Ira Richard Matthews III
Position: RB-WR
Height: 5-8 Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: August 23, 1957 in Rockford, IL
College: Wisconsin (school history)
Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 6th round (142nd overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 1 (11639th overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.
| Games | Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| League | NFL | 37 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1 | 6 | 71 | 1602 | 22.56 | 1 | 95 | 678 | 7.14 | 0 |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Place | Home | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 741 | 23.90 | 1 | 54 | 370 | 6.85 | 0 |
| Road | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 861 | 21.53 | 0 | 41 | 308 | 7.51 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Result | Win | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 933 | 23.33 | 1 | 62 | 462 | 7.45 | 0 |
| Loss | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 669 | 21.58 | 0 | 33 | 216 | 6.55 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Final Margin | 0-7 points | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 663 | 21.39 | 0 | 36 | 345 | 9.58 | 0 |
| 8-14 points | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 338 | 19.88 | 0 | 28 | 162 | 5.79 | 0 | |||
| 15+ points | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 601 | 26.13 | 1 | 31 | 171 | 5.52 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Month | September | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 554 | 22.16 | 0 | 31 | 167 | 5.39 | 0 | |
| October | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 392 | 28.00 | 1 | 28 | 173 | 6.18 | 0 | ||
| November | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 316 | 19.75 | 0 | 20 | 160 | 8.00 | 0 | |||
| December | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 340 | 21.25 | 0 | 16 | 178 | 11.13 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Day | Sunday | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1094 | 20.64 | 0 | 76 | 535 | 7.04 | 0 |
| Monday | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 328 | 23.43 | 0 | 15 | 141 | 9.40 | 0 | |||
| Thursday | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 180 | 45.00 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | |||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Conference | AFC | 27 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 1230 | 22.78 | 1 | 71 | 482 | 6.79 | 0 | |
| NFC | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 372 | 21.88 | 0 | 24 | 196 | 8.17 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Division | AFC East | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 21.40 | 0 | 11 | 66 | 6.00 | 0 | ||
| AFC Central | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 161 | 17.89 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 5.38 | 0 | |||
| AFC West | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 962 | 24.05 | 1 | 52 | 373 | 7.17 | 0 | ||
| NFC East | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 19.60 | 0 | 12 | 92 | 7.67 | 0 | |
| NFC Central | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 116 | 23.20 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | |||
| NFC West | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 158 | 22.57 | 0 | 7 | 70 | 10.00 | 0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Opponent | Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.33 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 126 | 21.00 | 0 | 18 | 191 | 10.61 | 0 | |||
| Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | |||
| Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 218 | 24.22 | 0 | 12 | 65 | 5.42 | 0 | ||
| Miami Dolphins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 26.67 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 4.57 | 0 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 26.00 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | |||
| New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | |||
| New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | ||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | |||
| San Diego Chargers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 355 | 29.58 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 3.22 | 0 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | ||||
| Seattle Seahawks | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 263 | 20.23 | 0 | 13 | 88 | 6.77 | 0 | |||
| St. Louis (LA/Cle) Rams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.50 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | |||
| Ten Titans/Hou Oilers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | |||
| Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | ||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Playoffs | Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | ||
| Super Bowl | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | |||
| Conference Championship | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | ||||
| Wild Card | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | |||