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Ira Matthews

Ira Richard Matthews III

Position: RB-WR
Height: 5-8    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: August 23, 1957 in Rockford, IL
College: Wisconsin

Career AV: 1 (11373rd overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 6th round (142nd overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1979 22 OAK RET 43 16 0 32 165 0 20 5.2 35 873 1 104 24.9 1041 1
1980 23 OAK RET 43 16 0 48 421 0 34 8.8 29 585 0 45 20.2 1050 0
1981 24 OAK 43 5 0 15 92 0 26 6.1 7 144 0 39 20.6 236 0
Career 37 0 95 678 0 34 7.1 71 1602 1 104 22.6 2327 1

Rushing & Receiving

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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
1979 22 OAK RET 43 16 0 2 3 0 3 1.5 0.2 0.1 3 0 4
1980 23 OAK RET 43 16 0 5 11 0 5 2.2 0.7 0.3 3 33 11.0 0 20 0.2 2.1 44 0 7
Career 37 0 7 14 0 5 2.0 0.4 0.2 3 33 11.0 0 20 0.1 0.9 47 0 16

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1979 22 OAK RET 43 16 0 4 3 0 0
1980 23 OAK RET 43 16 0 7 3 0 0
1981 24 OAK 43 5 0 5 2 0 0
Career 37 0 16 8 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1979 22 OAK RET 43 16 0 1 1 6
Career 37 0 1 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Non-Offensive TDs

1979 NFL 1 (6)

Kick Return Yds

1979 NFL 873 (10)

Kick Return TD

1979 NFL 1 (1/58)
Career 1 (108)

Long Kick Return

1979 NFL 104 (2/13)

Yds/Kick Return

1979 NFL 24.9 (3)
Career 22.6 (192)

Punt Returns

1980 NFL 48 (3/49)
Career 95 (158)

Punt Return Yds

1980 NFL 421 (4)

Kick & Punt Returns

1979 NFL 67 (8)
1980 NFL 77 (5)
Career 166 (168)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1979 NFL 1038 (9)
1980 NFL 1006 (7)

     
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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1979Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1979 22 16 RB 166
1980 23 16 RB 4 148
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