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Joe Morrison

Joseph R. Morrison

Position: HB-FL-FB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: August 21, 1937 in Lima, OH
College: Cincinnati

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 3rd round (34th overall) of the 1959 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
1959 22 NYG RET 12 0 62 165 1 14 2.7 13.8 5.2 17 183 10.8 1 37 1.4 15.3 348 2 5
1960 23 NYG RH 12 0 103 346 2 19 3.4 28.8 8.6 29 367 12.7 3 51 2.4 30.6 713 5 7
1961 24 NYG RH 13 0 33 48 1 14 1.5 3.7 2.5 11 67 6.1 1 16 0.8 5.2 115 2 4
1962 25 NYG 14 0 35 146 1 21 4.2 10.4 2.5 6 107 17.8 2 36 0.4 7.6 253 3 1
1963 26 NYG fb 14 0 119 568 3 70 4.8 40.6 8.5 31 284 9.2 7 57 2.2 20.3 852 10 3
1964 27 NYG 14 0 45 138 1 15 3.1 9.9 3.2 40 505 12.6 2 70 2.9 36.1 643 3 2
1965 28 NYG FL 13 0 3 20 1 11 6.7 1.5 0.2 41 574 14.0 4 46 3.2 44.2 594 5 1
1966 29 NYG HB 14 0 67 275 2 20 4.1 19.6 4.8 46 724 15.7 6 49 3.3 51.7 999 8 1
1967 30 NYG 13 0 36 161 2 11 4.5 12.4 2.8 37 524 14.2 7 59 2.8 40.3 685 9 0
1968 31 NYG FL 14 0 9 28 0 11 3.1 2.0 0.6 37 425 11.5 6 68 2.6 30.4 453 6 1
1969 32 NYG FB 14 0 107 387 4 13 3.6 27.6 7.6 44 647 14.7 7 65 3.1 46.2 1034 11 0
1970 33 NYG 10 0 11 25 0 7 2.3 2.5 1.1 11 136 12.4 0 25 1.1 13.6 161 0 1
1971 34 NYG 13 0 38 131 0 20 3.4 10.1 2.9 40 411 10.3 1 45 3.1 31.6 542 1 1
1972 35 NYG 14 0 9 36 0 45 4.0 2.6 0.6 5 39 7.8 0 13 0.4 2.8 75 0 1
Career 184 0 677 2474 18 70 3.7 13.4 3.7 395 4993 12.6 47 70 2.1 27.1 7467 65 28

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
1959 22 NYG RET 12 0 15 51 0 12 3.4 15 345 0 29 23.0 744
1961 24 NYG RH 13 0 3 6 0 5 2.0 2 32 0 21 16.0 153
1962 25 NYG 14 0 5 22 0 10 4.4 5 113 0 28 22.6 388
1963 26 NYG fb 14 0 4 75 0 23 18.8 927
1964 27 NYG 14 0 4 75 0 22 18.8 718
Career 184 0 23 79 0 12 3.4 30 640 0 29 21.3 8186

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
1959 22 NYG RET 12 0 5 2 0 0
1960 23 NYG RH 12 0 7 3 0 0
1961 24 NYG RH 13 0 2 30 0 18 4 1 0 0
1962 25 NYG 14 0 1 0 0 0
1963 26 NYG fb 14 0 3 1 0 0
1964 27 NYG 14 0 2 2 0 0
1965 28 NYG FL 13 0 1 0 0 0
1966 29 NYG HB 14 0 1 1 0 0
1968 31 NYG FL 14 0 1 1 0 0
1969 32 NYG FB 14 0 0 2 0 0
1970 33 NYG 10 0 1 0 0 0
1971 34 NYG 13 0 1 2 0 0
1972 35 NYG 14 0 1 1 0 0
Career 184 0 2 30 0 18 28 16 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%
1959 22 NYG RET 12 0 1 2 50.0 14 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 7.0 7.0 14.0 1.2 72.9
1960 23 NYG RH 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
1963 26 NYG fb 14 0 1 2 50.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 9.0 9.0 18.0 1.3 81.2
1967 30 NYG 13 0 1 1 100.0 12 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 12.0 12.0 12.0 0.9 116.7
Career 184 0 3 6 50.0 44 0 0.0 1 16.7 18 7.3 -0.2 14.7 0.2 34.7 0 0 7.3 -0.2 0.0

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
1959 22 NYG RET 12 0 1 1 12
1960 23 NYG RH 12 0 2 3 30
1961 24 NYG RH 13 0 1 1 12
1962 25 NYG 14 0 1 2 18
1963 26 NYG fb 14 0 3 7 60
1964 27 NYG 14 0 1 2 18
1965 28 NYG FL 13 0 1 4 30
1966 29 NYG HB 14 0 2 6 48
1967 30 NYG 13 0 2 7 54
1968 31 NYG FL 14 0 6 36
1969 32 NYG FB 14 0 4 7 66
1971 34 NYG 13 0 1 6
Career 184 0 18 47 390

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Long Rush

1963 NFL 70 (4)

Yds/Rushing Att

1963 NFL 4.8 (5)

Receptions

Career 395 (179)

Receiving TD

1966 NFL 6 (10)
Career 47 (116)

Long Reception

1964 NFL 70 (10)

Touchdowns

1963 NFL 10 (6)
1969 NFL 11 (3)
Career 65 (98)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1963 NFL 10 (5)
1967 NFL 9 (10)
1969 NFL 11 (3)
Career 65 (92)

Yds From Scrimmage

1969 NFL 1034 (10)
Career 7467 (178)

Touches

Career 1125 (195)

Yds/Touch

1964 NFL 8.1 (6)
1966 NFL 8.8 (3)
1969 NFL 6.8 (4)

Yds/Kick Return

1959 NFL 23.0 (7)

Kick & Punt Returns

1959 NFL 30 (9)

Fumbles

1960 NFL 7 (6)

Fumbles Recovered

1960 NFL 3 (6)
Career 16 (191)

   

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)