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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
Died: February 19, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA
College: San Francisco   (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 72 (581st overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1972

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 25, 2013 12:25AM
All-Time Rank: #398. Mark Gastineau… #399. John Henry Johnson… #400. Len Hauss… #401. OLLIE MATSON… #402. Cliff Branch… #403. Raymond Chester… #404. Tony Boselli… 

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
1952*+ 22 CRD FB/KR 33 12 96 344 3 25 3.6 28.7 8.0 11 187 17.0 3 47 0.9 15.6 531 6 8 8
1954*+ 24 CRD LH 33 12 101 506 4 79 5.0 42.2 8.4 34 611 18.0 3 70 2.8 50.9 1117 7 7 9
1955*+ 25 CRD KR/LH 33 12 109 475 1 54 4.4 39.6 9.1 17 237 13.9 2 70 1.4 19.8 712 3 7 11
1956*+ 26 CRD KR/LH 33 12 192 924 5 79 4.8 77.0 16.0 15 199 13.3 2 45 1.3 16.6 1123 7 6 14
1957*+ 27 CRD LH 33 12 134 577 6 56 4.3 48.1 11.2 20 451 22.6 3 75 1.7 37.6 1028 9 6 13
1958* 28 CRD LH 33 12 129 505 5 55 3.9 42.1 10.8 33 465 14.1 3 59 2.8 38.8 970 8 10 9
1959 29 RAM FB/KR 33 12 161 863 6 50 5.4 71.9 13.4 18 130 7.2 0 49 1.5 10.8 993 6 9 6
1960 30 RAM FL 33 12 61 170 1 27 2.8 14.2 5.1 15 98 6.5 0 24 1.3 8.2 268 1 3 3
1961 31 RAM FL 33 14 24 181 2 69 7.5 12.9 1.7 29 537 18.5 3 96 2.1 38.4 718 5 0 7
1962 32 RAM 33 13 3 0 0 2 0.0 0.0 0.2 3 49 16.3 1 20 0.2 3.8 49 1 0 0
1963 33 DET 30 8 13 20 0 9 1.5 2.5 1.6 2 20 10.0 0 17 0.3 2.5 40 0 0 0
1964 34 PHI 33 12 96 404 4 63 4.2 33.7 8.0 17 242 14.2 1 32 1.4 20.2 646 5 7 6
1965 35 PHI 33 14 22 103 2 22 4.7 7.4 1.6 2 29 14.5 1 20 0.1 2.1 132 3 0 1
1966 36 PHI KR 33 14 29 101 1 28 3.5 7.2 2.1 6 30 5.0 1 11 0.4 2.1 131 2 3 1
Career 171 1170 5173 40 79 4.4 30.3 6.8 222 3285 14.8 23 96 1.3 19.2 8458 63 66 88
6 yrs CRD 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 64
4 yrs RAM 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 16
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 8
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 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
1952*+ 22 CRD FB/KR 33 12 9 86 0 23 9.6 20 624 2 100 31.2 1241
1954*+ 24 CRD LH 33 12 11 100 1 59 9.1 17 449 1 91 26.4 1666
1955*+ 25 CRD KR/LH 33 12 13 245 2 78 18.8 15 368 0 37 24.5 1325
1956*+ 26 CRD KR/LH 33 12 5 39 0 16 7.8 13 362 1 105 27.8 1524
1957*+ 27 CRD LH 33 12 10 54 0 28 5.4 7 154 0 32 22.0 1236
1958* 28 CRD LH 33 12 14 497 2 101 35.5 1467
1959 29 RAM FB/KR 33 12 14 61 0 20 4.4 16 367 0 48 22.9 1421
1960 30 RAM FL 33 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 9 216 0 42 24.0 484
1963 33 DET 30 8 3 61 0 30 20.3 101
1964 34 PHI 33 12 2 10 0 9 5.0 3 104 0 43 34.7 760
1966 36 PHI KR 33 14 26 544 0 31 20.9 675
Career 171 65 595 3 78 9.2 143 3746 6 105 26.2 12799
6 yrs CRD 72 0 48 524 3 78 10.9 86 2454 6 105 28.5 8459
4 yrs RAM 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

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
1952*+ 22 CRD FB/KR 33 12 2 51 0 30 0 0 8 4 34 1
1954*+ 24 CRD LH 33 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0
1955*+ 25 CRD KR/LH 33 12 0 7 3 0 0
1956*+ 26 CRD KR/LH 33 12 0 6 0 0 0
1957*+ 27 CRD LH 33 12 0 6 1 0 0
1958* 28 CRD LH 33 12 0 10 3 0 0
1959 29 RAM FB/KR 33 12 0 9 0 0 0
1960 30 RAM FL 33 12 0 3 0 0 0
1964 34 PHI 33 12 0 7 1 0 0
1966 36 PHI KR 33 14 0 3 0 0 0
Career 171 3 51 0 30 0 0 66 15 34 1
6 yrs CRD 72 0 3 51 0 30 0 0 44 14 34 1
4 yrs RAM 51 0 0 12 0 0 0
3 yrs PHI 40 0 0 10 1 0 0

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
1954*+ 24 CRD LH 33 12 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
1955*+ 25 CRD KR/LH 33 12 1 1 100.0 43 0 0.0 0 0.0 43 43.0 43.0 43.0 3.6 118.7 0 0
1956*+ 26 CRD KR/LH 33 12 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
1957*+ 27 CRD LH 33 12 2 5 40.0 59 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 11.8 11.8 29.5 4.9 84.6 0 0
1958* 28 CRD LH 33 12 1 2 50.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 2.0 4.0 0.3 56.2 0 0
1959 29 RAM FB/KR 33 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1962 32 RAM 33 13 1 1 100.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 13.0 13.0 13.0 1.0 118.7
Career 171 5 15 33.3 119 0 0.0 1 6.7 43 7.9 4.9 23.8 0.7 35.1 0 0
6 yrs CRD 72 0 4 13 30.8 106 0 0.0 0 0.0 43 8.2 8.2 26.5 1.5 61.7 0 0
4 yrs RAM 51 0 1 2 50.0 13 0 0.0 1 50.0 13 6.5 -16.0 13.0 0.3 31.2 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.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1952*+ 22 CRD FB/KR 33 12 3 3 2 1 9 54
1954*+ 24 CRD LH 33 12 4 3 1 1 9 54
1955*+ 25 CRD KR/LH 33 12 1 2 2 5 30
1956*+ 26 CRD KR/LH 33 12 5 2 1 8 48
1957*+ 27 CRD LH 33 12 6 3 9 54
1958* 28 CRD LH 33 12 5 3 2 10 60
1959 29 RAM FB/KR 33 12 6 6 36
1960 30 RAM FL 33 12 1 1 6
1961 31 RAM FL 33 14 2 3 5 30
1962 32 RAM 33 13 1 1 6
1964 34 PHI 33 12 4 1 5 30
1965 35 PHI 33 14 2 1 3 18
1966 36 PHI KR 33 14 1 1 2 12
Career 171 40 23 3 6 1 73 438
6 yrs CRD 72 0 24 16 3 6 1 50 300
4 yrs RAM 51 0 9 4 13 78
3 yrs PHI 40 0 7 3 10 60

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5 Edgar Bennett, Sherman Smith, Joe Cribbs, Neal Anderson, Terry Allen, Tommy Mason, Reggie Bush, Ed Podolak, Joseph Addai, Frank Gifford*
6 Neal Anderson, Terry Metcalf, Delvin Williams, John Riggins*, Sherman Smith, Terry Allen, Frank Gifford*, John Brockington, Joe Cribbs, Jim Taylor*
7 Neal Anderson, Frank Gifford*, John Riggins*, Delvin Williams, Altie Taylor, Doak Walker*, Larry Csonka*, Jerome Bettis, Joe Cribbs, Calvin Hill
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1952
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958

First-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 (131)

Rushing Yds
1954 NFL 506 (10)
1956 NFL 924 (2)
1957 NFL 577 (6)
1958 NFL 505 (10)
1959 NFL 863 (3)
Career 5173 (112)

Rushing TD
1952 NFL 3 (10)
1956 NFL 5 (9)
1957 NFL 6 (3)
1958 NFL 5 (10)
1959 NFL 6 (7)
Career 40 (103)

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 (3/98)
Career 4.4 (102)

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 (2/29)

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 (77)

Points Scored
1957 NFL 54 (10)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1952 NFL 6 (10)
1957 NFL 9 (3)
1958 NFL 8 (10)
Career 63 (123)

Non-Offensive TDs
1952 NFL 3 (1/26)
1954 NFL 2 (1)
1955 NFL 2 (1)
1956 NFL 1 (5)
1958 NFL 2 (1)
Career 10 (18)

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 (150)

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 (63)

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 (97)

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 (91)

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 (71)

Kick Return TD
1952 NFL 2 (1/16)
1954 NFL 1 (2/67)
1956 NFL 1 (1/67)
1958 NFL 2 (1/16)
Career 6 (3)

Long Kick Return
1952 NFL 100 (1/93)
1954 NFL 91 (4)
1956 NFL 105 (2/9)
1958 NFL 101 (3/66)
1959 NFL 48 (7)

Yds/Kick Return
1952 NFL 31.2 (2/28)
1954 NFL 26.4 (4)
1955 NFL 24.5 (8)
1956 NFL 27.8 (4)
1958 NFL 35.5 (1/4)
1959 NFL 22.9 (8)
Career 26.2 (27)

Punt Return Yds
1954 NFL 100 (8)
1955 NFL 245 (1)

Punt Return TD
1954 NFL 1 (1/97)
1955 NFL 2 (1/17)
Career 3 (36)

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 (149)

Kick & Punt Returns
1954 NFL 28 (9)
1955 NFL 28 (9)
1959 NFL 30 (9)
Career 208 (122)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1952 NFL 710 (5)
1954 NFL 549 (7)
1955 NFL 613 (5)
1958 NFL 497 (6)
Career 4341 (77)

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 (62)

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)

     

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19521st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19522nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19541st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19541st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19541st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19541st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19551st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19551st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19551st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19551st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19551st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19561st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19561st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19561st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19561st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19561st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19571st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19571st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19571st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19571st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19571st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19582nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19582nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19581st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19582nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19591st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19592nd TeamAll-NFLUPI