William Pierce Matthews
Position: RB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: November 15, 1951 in Huntsville, AL
College: Colorado (school history)
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 13 (5878th overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.
| Games | Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||
| League | NFL | 83 | 30 | 53 | 0 | 424 | 1566 | 3.69 | 11 | 5.1 | 18.9 | 75 | 488 | 6.51 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 11 | 66 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||
| Place | Home | 40 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 210 | 771 | 3.67 | 9 | 5.3 | 19.3 | 29 | 208 | 7.17 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 |
| Road | 43 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 214 | 795 | 3.71 | 2 | 5.0 | 18.5 | 46 | 280 | 6.09 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||
| Result | Win | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 817 | 4.13 | 9 | 6.6 | 27.2 | 20 | 145 | 7.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 |
| Loss | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 226 | 749 | 3.31 | 2 | 4.3 | 14.1 | 55 | 343 | 6.24 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||
| Final Margin | 0-7 points | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 172 | 645 | 3.75 | 6 | 5.4 | 20.2 | 25 | 186 | 7.44 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 |
| 8-14 points | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 79 | 305 | 3.86 | 2 | 5.6 | 21.8 | 15 | 100 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15+ points | 37 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 173 | 616 | 3.56 | 3 | 4.7 | 16.6 | 35 | 202 | 5.77 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||
| Month | September | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 105 | 409 | 3.90 | 0 | 5.3 | 20.5 | 17 | 122 | 7.18 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| October | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 92 | 350 | 3.80 | 2 | 3.8 | 14.6 | 24 | 154 | 6.42 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| November | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 136 | 455 | 3.35 | 4 | 5.4 | 18.2 | 24 | 135 | 5.63 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| December | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 91 | 352 | 3.87 | 5 | 6.5 | 25.1 | 10 | 77 | 7.70 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||
| Day | Sunday | 78 | 29 | 49 | 0 | 398 | 1464 | 3.68 | 10 | 5.1 | 18.8 | 72 | 477 | 6.63 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.1 | 10 | 60 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 |
| Monday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 67 | 4.19 | 1 | 8.0 | 33.5 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thursday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Saturday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||
| Conference | AFC | 57 | 20 | 37 | 0 | 302 | 1170 | 3.87 | 9 | 5.3 | 20.5 | 53 | 394 | 7.43 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.9 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| NFC | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 122 | 396 | 3.25 | 2 | 4.7 | 15.2 | 22 | 94 | 4.27 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||
| Division | AFC East | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 125 | 3.57 | 1 | 3.2 | 11.4 | 10 | 86 | 8.60 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| AFC Central | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 257 | 4.67 | 5 | 4.6 | 21.4 | 13 | 90 | 6.92 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFC West | 34 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 212 | 788 | 3.72 | 3 | 6.2 | 23.2 | 30 | 218 | 7.27 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.4 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFC East | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 148 | 3.22 | 0 | 4.2 | 13.5 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFC Central | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 127 | 2.95 | 1 | 5.4 | 15.9 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFC West | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 121 | 3.67 | 1 | 4.7 | 17.3 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||
| Opponent | Ari (StL/Chi) Cardinals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 53 | 3.31 | 0 | 5.3 | 17.7 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 3.00 | 1 | 13.0 | 39.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 70 | 4.67 | 1 | 5.0 | 23.3 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 100 | 4.35 | 1 | 7.7 | 33.3 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 78 | 262 | 3.36 | 2 | 7.1 | 23.8 | 13 | 102 | 7.85 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Green Bay Packers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 48 | 2.82 | 0 | 5.7 | 16.0 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Indianapolis (Bal) Colts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 201 | 3.72 | 1 | 6.0 | 22.3 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oakland (LA) Raiders | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 169 | 3.76 | 0 | 5.0 | 18.8 | 9 | 67 | 7.44 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miami Dolphins | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 14.0 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 5.50 | 0 | 5.0 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 4.57 | 0 | 7.0 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| New York Jets | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 65 | 3.82 | 1 | 8.5 | 32.5 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 39 | 2.79 | 0 | 4.7 | 13.0 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 0 | 10.0 | 33.0 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 53 | 3.53 | 1 | 5.0 | 17.7 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 96 | 5.05 | 0 | 6.3 | 32.0 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis (LA/Cle) Rams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 1.63 | 0 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 2.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ten Titans/Hou Oilers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 51 | 5.67 | 2 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||