Ollie Genoa Matson
Position: RB-FL
Height: 6-2 Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: May 1, 1930 in Trinity, TX
College: San Francisco
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1972
6-time Pro Bowler & 5-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1952 Draft
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View Details For: 73 Regular Season TDs Scored
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1952*+ | 22 | CRD | FB | 12 | 0 | 96 | 344 | 3 | 25 | 3.6 | 28.7 | 8.0 | 11 | 187 | 17.0 | 3 | 47 | 0.9 | 15.6 | 531 | 6 | 8 |
| 1954*+ | 24 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 101 | 506 | 4 | 79 | 5.0 | 42.2 | 8.4 | 34 | 611 | 18.0 | 3 | 70 | 2.8 | 50.9 | 1117 | 7 | 7 |
| 1955*+ | 25 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 109 | 475 | 1 | 54 | 4.4 | 39.6 | 9.1 | 17 | 237 | 13.9 | 2 | 70 | 1.4 | 19.8 | 712 | 3 | 7 |
| 1956*+ | 26 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 192 | 924 | 5 | 79 | 4.8 | 77.0 | 16.0 | 15 | 199 | 13.3 | 2 | 45 | 1.3 | 16.6 | 1123 | 7 | 6 |
| 1957*+ | 27 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 134 | 577 | 6 | 56 | 4.3 | 48.1 | 11.2 | 20 | 451 | 22.6 | 3 | 75 | 1.7 | 37.6 | 1028 | 9 | 6 |
| 1958* | 28 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 129 | 505 | 5 | 55 | 3.9 | 42.1 | 10.8 | 33 | 465 | 14.1 | 3 | 59 | 2.8 | 38.8 | 970 | 8 | 10 |
| 1959 | 29 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 161 | 863 | 6 | 50 | 5.4 | 71.9 | 13.4 | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 0 | 49 | 1.5 | 10.8 | 993 | 6 | 9 |
| 1960 | 30 | RAM | FL | 12 | 0 | 61 | 170 | 1 | 27 | 2.8 | 14.2 | 5.1 | 15 | 98 | 6.5 | 0 | 24 | 1.3 | 8.2 | 268 | 1 | 3 |
| 1961 | 31 | RAM | FL | 14 | 0 | 24 | 181 | 2 | 69 | 7.5 | 12.9 | 1.7 | 29 | 537 | 18.5 | 3 | 96 | 2.1 | 38.4 | 718 | 5 | 0 |
| 1962 | 32 | RAM | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 1 | 20 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 49 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1963 | 33 | DET | 8 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 34 | PHI | hb | 12 | 0 | 96 | 404 | 4 | 63 | 4.2 | 33.7 | 8.0 | 17 | 242 | 14.2 | 1 | 32 | 1.4 | 20.2 | 646 | 5 | 7 |
| 1965 | 35 | PHI | hb | 14 | 0 | 22 | 103 | 2 | 22 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 1 | 20 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 132 | 3 | 0 |
| 1966 | 36 | PHI | RET | 14 | 0 | 29 | 101 | 1 | 28 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 1 | 11 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 131 | 2 | 3 |
| Career | 171 | 0 | 1170 | 5173 | 40 | 79 | 4.4 | 30.3 | 6.8 | 222 | 3285 | 14.8 | 23 | 96 | 1.3 | 19.2 | 8458 | 63 | 66 | |||
| 6 yrs | ARI | 72 | 0 | 761 | 3331 | 24 | 79 | 4.4 | 46.3 | 10.6 | 130 | 2150 | 16.5 | 16 | 75 | 1.8 | 29.9 | 5481 | 40 | 44 | ||
| 4 yrs | STL | 51 | 0 | 249 | 1214 | 9 | 69 | 4.9 | 23.8 | 4.9 | 65 | 814 | 12.5 | 4 | 96 | 1.3 | 16.0 | 2028 | 13 | 12 | ||
| 3 yrs | PHI | 40 | 0 | 147 | 608 | 7 | 63 | 4.1 | 15.2 | 3.7 | 25 | 301 | 12.0 | 3 | 32 | 0.6 | 7.5 | 909 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 1 yr | DET | 8 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1952*+ | 22 | CRD | FB | 12 | 0 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 23 | 9.6 | 20 | 624 | 2 | 100 | 31.2 | 1241 |
| 1954*+ | 24 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 11 | 100 | 1 | 59 | 9.1 | 17 | 449 | 1 | 91 | 26.4 | 1666 |
| 1955*+ | 25 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 13 | 245 | 2 | 78 | 18.8 | 15 | 368 | 0 | 37 | 24.5 | 1325 |
| 1956*+ | 26 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 16 | 7.8 | 13 | 362 | 1 | 105 | 27.8 | 1524 |
| 1957*+ | 27 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 10 | 54 | 0 | 28 | 5.4 | 7 | 154 | 0 | 32 | 22.0 | 1236 |
| 1958* | 28 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 14 | 497 | 2 | 101 | 35.5 | 1467 | |||||
| 1959 | 29 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 14 | 61 | 0 | 20 | 4.4 | 16 | 367 | 0 | 48 | 22.9 | 1421 |
| 1960 | 30 | RAM | FL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 216 | 0 | 42 | 24.0 | 484 |
| 1963 | 33 | DET | 8 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 30 | 20.3 | 101 | ||||||
| 1964 | 34 | PHI | hb | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 5.0 | 3 | 104 | 0 | 43 | 34.7 | 760 |
| 1966 | 36 | PHI | RET | 14 | 0 | 26 | 544 | 0 | 31 | 20.9 | 675 | |||||
| Career | 171 | 0 | 65 | 595 | 3 | 78 | 9.2 | 143 | 3746 | 6 | 105 | 26.2 | 12799 | |||
| 6 yrs | ARI | 72 | 0 | 48 | 524 | 3 | 78 | 10.9 | 86 | 2454 | 6 | 105 | 28.5 | 8459 | ||
| 4 yrs | STL | 51 | 0 | 15 | 61 | 0 | 20 | 4.1 | 25 | 583 | 0 | 48 | 23.3 | 2672 | ||
| 3 yrs | PHI | 40 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 5.0 | 29 | 648 | 0 | 43 | 22.3 | 1567 | ||
| 1 yr | DET | 8 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 30 | 20.3 | 101 | |||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1952*+ | 22 | CRD | FB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 1 | ||||||
| 1954*+ | 24 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1955*+ | 25 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1956*+ | 26 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957*+ | 27 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1958* | 28 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 29 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1960 | 30 | RAM | FL | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1964 | 34 | PHI | hb | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1966 | 36 | PHI | RET | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 171 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 66 | 15 | 34 | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 yrs | ARI | 72 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 44 | 14 | 34 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 yrs | STL | 51 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | PHI | 40 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1954*+ | 24 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||
| 1955*+ | 25 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 3.6 | 118.7 | |||||
| 1956*+ | 26 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||
| 1957*+ | 27 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 29.5 | 4.9 | 84.6 | |||||
| 1958* | 28 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 56.2 | |||||
| 1959 | 29 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1962 | 32 | RAM | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 118.7 | ||||||
| Career | 171 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 119 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 43 | 7.9 | 4.9 | 23.8 | 0.7 | 35.1 | ||||||||
| 6 yrs | ARI | 72 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 30.8 | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 26.5 | 1.5 | 61.7 | |||||||
| 4 yrs | STL | 51 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 13 | 6.5 | -16.0 | 13.0 | 0.3 | 31.2 |
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1952*+ | 22 | CRD | FB | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 54 | |||||||
| 1954*+ | 24 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54 | |||||||
| 1955*+ | 25 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1956*+ | 26 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1957*+ | 27 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 54 | |||||||||
| 1958* | 28 | CRD | LH | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60 | ||||||||
| 1959 | 29 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1960 | 30 | RAM | FL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1961 | 31 | RAM | FL | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1962 | 32 | RAM | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1964 | 34 | PHI | hb | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1965 | 35 | PHI | hb | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 36 | PHI | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Career | 171 | 0 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 438 | |||||||||
| 6 yrs | ARI | 72 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 300 | ||||||||
| 4 yrs | STL | 51 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 78 | |||||||||||
| 3 yrs | PHI | 40 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 60 |
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)
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1952 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1952 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL 1954 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1954 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1954 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1954 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1958 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL 1958 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL 1958 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1958 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL 1959 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1959 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |