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Ollie Matson

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

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
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

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt 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

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
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

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
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

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1952
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958

1st-team All-Pro

1952
1954
1955
1956
1957

Rushing Att

1956 NFL 192 (2)
1957 NFL 134 (9)
1958 NFL 129 (8)
1959 NFL 161 (7)
Career 1170 (115)

Rushing Yds

1954 NFL 506 (10)
1956 NFL 924 (2)
1957 NFL 577 (6)
1958 NFL 505 (10)
1959 NFL 863 (3)
Career 5173 (96)

Rushing TD

1952 NFL 3 (10)
1956 NFL 5 (9)
1957 NFL 6 (3)
1958 NFL 5 (10)
1959 NFL 6 (7)
Career 40 (88)

Long Rush

1954 NFL 79 (2)
1955 NFL 54 (9)
1956 NFL 79 (2)
1961 NFL 69 (3)
1964 NFL 63 (7)

Yds/Rushing Att

1954 NFL 5.0 (7)
1956 NFL 4.8 (5)
1957 NFL 4.3 (8)
1959 NFL 5.4 (3-- 83)
Career 4.4 (88)

Rushing Yds/Game

1956 NFL 77.0 (2)
1957 NFL 48.1 (8)
1959 NFL 71.9 (3)

Long Reception

1957 NFL 75 (5)
1961 NFL 96 (2-- 25)

Yds/Reception

1954 NFL 18.0 (10)
1961 NFL 18.5 (6)

Touchdowns

1952 NFL 9 (6)
1954 NFL 9 (5)
1956 NFL 8 (8)
1957 NFL 9 (3)
1958 NFL 10 (4)
Career 73 (65)

Points Scored

1957 NFL 54 (10)
Career 438 (184)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1952 NFL 6 (10)
1957 NFL 9 (3)
1958 NFL 8 (10)
Career 63 (106)

Non-Offensive TDs

1952 NFL 3 (1-- 23)
1954 NFL 2 (1)
1955 NFL 2 (1)
1956 NFL 1 (5)
1958 NFL 2 (1)
Career 10 (14)

Yds From Scrimmage

1954 NFL 1117 (4)
1956 NFL 1123 (5)
1957 NFL 1028 (3)
1958 NFL 970 (8)
1959 NFL 993 (9)
Career 8458 (130)

All-Purpose Yds

1952 NFL 1241 (4)
1954 NFL 1666 (1)
1955 NFL 1325 (2)
1956 NFL 1524 (1)
1957 NFL 1236 (4)
1958 NFL 1467 (4)
1959 NFL 1421 (3)
Career 12799 (52)

Touches

1952 NFL 136 (7)
1954 NFL 163 (4)
1955 NFL 154 (9)
1956 NFL 225 (3)
1957 NFL 171 (6)
1958 NFL 176 (7)
1959 NFL 209 (5)
Career 1600 (85)

Yds/Touch

1952 NFL 9.1 (7)
1954 NFL 10.2 (7)
1955 NFL 8.6 (6)
1956 NFL 6.8 (8)
1957 NFL 7.2 (7)
1958 NFL 8.3 (10)
1964 NFL 6.4 (10)

Kick Returns

1952 NFL 20 (4)
1954 NFL 17 (6)
1955 NFL 15 (8)
1959 NFL 16 (9)
1966 NFL 26 (5)
Career 143 (79)

Kick Return Yds

1952 NFL 624 (2)
1954 NFL 449 (6)
1955 NFL 368 (10)
1958 NFL 497 (3)
1959 NFL 367 (10)
1966 NFL 544 (8)
Career 3746 (62)

Kick Return TD

1952 NFL 2 (1-- 13)
1954 NFL 1 (2-- 57)
1956 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
1958 NFL 2 (1-- 13)
Career 6 (1)

Long Kick Return

1952 NFL 100 (1-- 66)
1954 NFL 91 (4)
1956 NFL 105 (2-- 5)
1958 NFL 101 (3-- 46)
1959 NFL 48 (7)

Yds/Kick Return

1952 NFL 31.2 (2-- 24)
1954 NFL 26.4 (4)
1955 NFL 24.5 (8)
1956 NFL 27.8 (4)
1958 NFL 35.5 (1-- 3)
1959 NFL 22.9 (8)
Career 26.2 (22)

Punt Return Yds

1954 NFL 100 (8)
1955 NFL 245 (1)

Punt Return TD

1954 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
1955 NFL 2 (1-- 13)
Career 3 (32)

Long Punt Return

1954 NFL 59 (4)
1955 NFL 78 (1)
1957 NFL 28 (9)

Yds/Punt Return

1955 NFL 18.8 (1)
Career 9.2 (125)

Kick & Punt Returns

1954 NFL 28 (9)
1955 NFL 28 (9)
1959 NFL 30 (9)
Career 208 (107)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1952 NFL 710 (5)
1954 NFL 549 (7)
1955 NFL 613 (5)
1958 NFL 497 (6)
Career 4341 (68)

Fumbles

1952 NFL 8 (3)
1954 NFL 7 (5)
1955 NFL 7 (5)
1956 NFL 6 (6)
1958 NFL 10 (2)
1959 NFL 9 (3)
1964 NFL 7 (8)
Career 66 (56)

Fumbles Recovered

1952 NFL 4 (5)
1954 NFL 3 (10)
1955 NFL 3 (10)
1958 NFL 3 (10)

Fumble Return Yds

1952 NFL 34 (6)

Fumble Return TD

1952 NFL 1 (2)

     

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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
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