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Tom Matte

Thomas Roland Matte

Position: RB-QB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 214 lbs.
Born: June 14, 1939 in Pittsburgh, PA
College: Ohio State

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1961 Draft
Drafted by the New York Titans in the 5th round (37th overall) of the AFL 1961 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 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
1961 22 BAL 8 0 13 54 0 11 4.2 6.8 1.6 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 1.0 62 0 0
1962 23 BAL RET 14 0 74 226 2 29 3.1 16.1 5.3 8 81 10.1 1 22 0.6 5.8 307 3 2
1963 24 BAL HB 14 0 133 541 4 31 4.1 38.6 9.5 48 466 9.7 1 49 3.4 33.3 1007 5 2
1964 25 BAL 14 0 42 215 1 80 5.1 15.4 3.0 10 169 16.9 0 30 0.7 12.1 384 1 0
1965 26 BAL qb 14 1 69 235 1 20 3.4 16.8 4.9 12 131 10.9 0 15 0.9 9.4 366 1 2
1966 27 BAL 14 0 86 381 0 30 4.4 27.2 6.1 23 307 13.3 3 35 1.6 21.9 688 3 2
1967 28 BAL HB 14 0 147 636 9 30 4.3 45.4 10.5 35 496 14.2 3 88 2.5 35.4 1132 12 1
1968* 29 BAL HB 14 0 183 662 9 23 3.6 47.3 13.1 25 275 11.0 1 50 1.8 19.6 937 10 2
1969*+ 30 BAL HB 14 0 235 909 11 26 3.9 64.9 16.8 43 513 11.9 2 49 3.1 36.6 1422 13 4
1970 31 BAL 2 0 12 43 0 16 3.6 21.5 6.0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.5 1.0 45 0 0
1971 32 BAL RB 14 0 173 607 8 26 3.5 43.4 12.4 29 239 8.2 0 34 2.1 17.1 846 8 4
1972 33 BAL 6 0 33 137 0 18 4.2 22.8 5.5 14 182 13.0 1 43 2.3 30.3 319 1 2
Career 142 1 1200 4646 45 80 3.9 32.7 8.5 249 2869 11.5 12 88 1.8 20.2 7515 57 21

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
1961 22 BAL 8 0 2 50 0 30 25.0 112
1962 23 BAL RET 14 0 27 613 0 42 22.7 920
1963 24 BAL HB 14 0 16 331 0 34 20.7 1338
1964 25 BAL 14 0 3 71 0 34 23.7 455
1965 26 BAL qb 14 1 8 211 0 46 26.4 577
1966 27 BAL 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 3 55 0 31 18.3 743
1967 28 BAL HB 14 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 1146
1968* 29 BAL HB 14 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 959
1971 32 BAL RB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 846
Career 142 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 62 1367 0 46 22.0 8882

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1962 23 BAL RET 14 0 5 13 38.5 85 1 7.7 0 0.0 30 6.5 7.3 17.0 6.1 87.0
1963 24 BAL HB 14 0 1 5 20.0 20 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 4.0 4.0 20.0 1.4 43.7
1964 25 BAL 14 0 3 4 75.0 58 1 25.0 0 0.0 22 14.5 17.0 19.3 4.1 156.2
1965 26 BAL qb 14 1 1-0-0 1 7 14.3 19 0 0.0 1 14.3 19 2.7 -3.7 19.0 1.4 0.0
1966 27 BAL 14 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 -15.0 0.0 0.0
1967 28 BAL HB 14 0 1 5 20.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 3.6 3.6 18.0 1.3 42.1
1968* 29 BAL HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1969*+ 30 BAL HB 14 0 1 3 33.3 46 0 0.0 0 0.0 46 15.3 15.3 46.0 3.3 81.9 0 0 15.3 15.3 0.0
1971 32 BAL RB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 12 -6.0 -6.0 50.0
Career 142 1 1-0-0 12 42 28.6 246 2 4.8 2 4.8 46 5.9 4.2 20.5 1.7 47.5 1 12 5.4 3.8 2.3

Postseason record as starting QB: 1965: 0-1.

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
1962 23 BAL RET 14 0 2 1 0 0
1963 24 BAL HB 14 0 2 0 0 0
1965 26 BAL qb 14 1 2 0 0 0
1966 27 BAL 14 0 2 0 0 0
1967 28 BAL HB 14 0 1 0 0 0
1968* 29 BAL HB 14 0 2 0 0 0
1969*+ 30 BAL HB 14 0 4 0 0 0
1971 32 BAL RB 14 0 4 1 0 0
1972 33 BAL 6 0 2 0 0 0
Career 142 1 21 2 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1962 23 BAL RET 14 0 2 1 18
1963 24 BAL HB 14 0 4 1 30
1964 25 BAL 14 0 1 6
1965 26 BAL qb 14 1 1 6
1966 27 BAL 14 0 3 18
1967 28 BAL HB 14 0 9 3 72
1968* 29 BAL HB 14 0 9 1 60
1969*+ 30 BAL HB 14 0 11 2 78
1971 32 BAL RB 14 0 8 48
1972 33 BAL 6 0 1 6
Career 142 1 45 12 342

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1968
1969

1st-team All-Pro

1969

Rushing Att

1968 NFL 183 (7)
1969 NFL 235 (2)
Career 1200 (109)

Rushing Yds

1968 NFL 662 (10)
1969 NFL 909 (3)
Career 4646 (127)

Rushing TD

1967 NFL 9 (3)
1968 NFL 9 (3)
1969 NFL 11 (1)
1971 NFL 8 (5)
Career 45 (72)

Long Rush

1964 NFL 80 (2-- 76)

Yds/Rushing Att

1967 NFL 4.3 (8)

Rushing Yds/Game

1969 NFL 64.9 (4)

Long Reception

1967 NFL 88 (3)

Touchdowns

1967 NFL 12 (3)
1968 NFL 10 (6)
1969 NFL 13 (1)
Career 57 (141)

Points Scored

1969 NFL 78 (9)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1967 NFL 12 (3)
1968 NFL 10 (5)
1969 NFL 13 (1)
Career 57 (136)

Yds From Scrimmage

1967 NFL 1132 (9)
1969 NFL 1422 (1)
Career 7515 (182)

All-Purpose Yds

1963 NFL 1338 (6)
1969 NFL 1422 (3)
Career 8882 (173)

Touches

1963 NFL 197 (8)
1968 NFL 209 (6)
1969 NFL 278 (1)
Career 1512 (105)

Yds/Touch

1962 NFL 8.4 (4)
1963 NFL 6.8 (8)
1965 NFL 6.5 (4)
1966 NFL 6.6 (7)
1967 NFL 6.3 (9)

Kick Returns

1962 NFL 27 (7)

Kick Return Yds

1962 NFL 613 (8)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1962 NFL 613 (10)

 

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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1969 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 31 2 RB 5 124
1971 32 14 RB 133 14 18 62
1972 33 6 RB 38 68
176 14