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Ray Mathews

Raymond Dyral Mathews

Position: HB-E
Height: 6-0    Weight: 185 lbs.

Born: February 26, 1929 in Dayton, PA
College: Clemson   (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 7th round (81st overall) of the 1951 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 46 (1828th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1951 22 PIT KR 44 12 21 37 0 15 1.8 3.1 1.8 37 0 3 1
1952* 23 PIT LH/PR 25 12 66 315 0 36 4.8 26.3 5.5 33 543 16.5 5 50 2.8 45.3 858 5 6 10
1953 24 PIT LH/LS 25 12 65 260 2 31 4.0 21.7 5.4 27 346 12.8 4 77 2.3 28.8 606 6 5 8
1954 25 PIT LH 25 12 80 242 2 24 3.0 20.2 6.7 44 652 14.8 6 78 3.7 54.3 894 8 5 6
1955* 26 PIT LH 25 12 57 187 1 23 3.3 15.6 4.8 42 762 18.1 6 61 3.5 63.5 949 7 1 7
1956 27 PIT RE 25 12 3 -11 0 2 -3.7 -0.9 0.3 31 540 17.4 5 64 2.6 45.0 529 5 0 6
1957 28 PIT RE 25 12 3 -1 0 6 -0.3 -0.1 0.3 15 369 24.6 4 64 1.3 30.8 368 4 3 4
1958 29 PIT LH 25 12 4 24 0 14 6.0 2.0 0.3 25 525 21.0 4 65 2.1 43.8 549 4 0 6
1959 30 PIT LH 25 12 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 13 182 14.0 0 56 1.1 15.2 186 0 0 6
1960 31 DAL 25 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 44 14.7 0 20 0.5 7.3 44 0 0 0
Career 114 300 1057 5 36 3.5 9.3 2.6 233 3963 17.0 34 78 2.0 34.8 5020 39 23 54
9 yrs PIT 108 0 300 1057 5 36 3.5 9.8 2.8 230 3919 17.0 34 78 2.1 36.3 4976 39 23 54
1 yr DAL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 44 14.7 0 20 0.5 7.3 44 0 0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1951 22 PIT KR 44 12 15 231 1 68 15.4 13 327 0 40 25.2 595
1952* 23 PIT LH/PR 25 12 26 397 2 70 15.3 14 367 0 45 26.2 1622
1953 24 PIT LH/LS 25 12 16 128 0 54 8.0 10 261 0 44 26.1 995
1954 25 PIT LH 25 12 2 6 0 6 3.0 4 88 0 31 22.0 988
1956 27 PIT RE 25 12 1 26 0 26 26.0 555
1959 30 PIT LH 25 12 2 17 0 15 8.5 203
Career 114 61 779 3 70 12.8 42 1069 0 45 25.5 6868

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
1951 22 PIT KR 44 12 15 31 48.4 208 2 6.5 0 0.0 39 6.7 8.0 13.9 17.3 91.9 0 0
1952* 23 PIT LH/PR 25 12 3 13 23.1 104 0 0.0 1 7.7 69 8.0 4.5 34.7 8.7 28.4 0 0
1953 24 PIT LH/LS 25 12 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
1954 25 PIT LH 25 12 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 -11.3 0.0 0.0 0 0
1959 30 PIT LH 25 12 1 1 100.0 38 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 38.0 38.0 38.0 3.2 118.7 0 0
Career 114 19 51 37.3 350 2 3.9 2 3.9 69 6.9 5.9 18.4 3.1 58.5 0 0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1951 22 PIT KR 44 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
1952* 23 PIT LH/PR 25 12 0 6 3 0 0
1953 24 PIT LH/LS 25 12 1 17 0 17 0 0 5 3 1 1 1
1954 25 PIT LH 25 12 0 5 0 0 0
1955* 26 PIT LH 25 12 0 1 0 0 0
1957 28 PIT RE 25 12 0 3 0 0 0
1959 30 PIT LH 25 12 0 0 1 0 0
Career 114 2 17 0 17 0 0 23 9 1 1 1

Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1952* 23 PIT LH/PR 25 12 1 1 100.0%
Career 114 1 1 100.0%

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1951 22 PIT KR 44 12 1 1 6
1952* 23 PIT LH/PR 25 12 5 2 7 1 43
1953 24 PIT LH/LS 25 12 2 4 1 7 1 44
1954 25 PIT LH 25 12 2 6 8 48
1955* 26 PIT LH 25 12 1 6 7 42
1956 27 PIT RE 25 12 5 5 30
1957 28 PIT RE 25 12 4 4 24
1958 29 PIT LH 25 12 4 4 24
Career 114 5 34 3 1 43 1 1 261

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1952
1955

Receptions
1954 NFL 44 (8)
1955 NFL 42 (7)

Receiving Yds
1955 NFL 762 (4)

Receiving TD
1955 NFL 6 (8)
1956 NFL 5 (7)

Long Reception
1953 NFL 77 (4)
1954 NFL 78 (7)
1956 NFL 64 (10)

Yds/Reception
1952 NFL 16.5 (10)
1955 NFL 18.1 (7)
1956 NFL 17.4 (7)
1958 NFL 21.0 (4)
Career 17.0 (79)

Receiving Yds/Game
1955 NFL 63.5 (4)

Touchdowns
1952 NFL 7 (9)
1953 NFL 7 (9)
1954 NFL 8 (8)
1955 NFL 7 (10)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1954 NFL 8 (7)
1955 NFL 7 (10)

Non-Offensive TDs
1951 NFL 1 (9)
1952 NFL 2 (3)
1953 NFL 1 (3)
Career 4 (196)

Yds From Scrimmage
1952 NFL 858 (10)
1954 NFL 894 (6)
1955 NFL 949 (4)

All-Purpose Yds
1952 NFL 1622 (2)

Touches
1952 NFL 139 (6)

Yds/Touch
1952 NFL 11.7 (1)
1953 NFL 8.4 (10)
1955 NFL 9.6 (3)

Yds/Kick Return
1951 NFL 25.2 (10)
1952 NFL 26.2 (5)

Punt Returns
1951 NFL 15 (9)
1952 NFL 26 (3)

Punt Return Yds
1951 NFL 231 (4)
1952 NFL 397 (2)
1953 NFL 128 (6)

Punt Return TD
1951 NFL 1 (3/97)
1952 NFL 2 (1/17)
Career 3 (36)

Long Punt Return
1951 NFL 68 (5)
1952 NFL 70 (7)
1953 NFL 54 (6)

Yds/Punt Return
1951 NFL 15.4 (3/47)
1952 NFL 15.3 (3/52)
1953 NFL 8.0 (5)

Kick & Punt Returns
1951 NFL 28 (10)
1952 NFL 40 (3)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1951 NFL 558 (10)
1952 NFL 764 (3)

Fumbles
1952 NFL 6 (9)

Fumble Return TD
1953 NFL 1 (1)

Safeties
1953 NFL 1 (1/18)
Career 1 (72)

     

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19522nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19522nd TeamAll-NFLUPI