Jim Nance

James Solomon Nance

Position: RB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: December 30, 1942 in Indiana, PA
College: Syracuse

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

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 4th round (45th overall) of the 1965 Draft
Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 19th round (151st overall) of the AFL 1965 Draft

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Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · 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
1965	23	BOS	FB	14	0	111	321	5	20	2.9	22.9	7.9	12	83	6.9	0	22	0.9	5.9	404	5	2
1966*+	24	BOS	FB	14	0	299	1458	11	65	4.9	104.1	21.4	8	103	12.9	0	45	0.6	7.4	1561	11	7
1967*+	25	BOS	FB	14	14	269	1216	7	53	4.5	86.9	19.2	22	196	8.9	1	36	1.6	14.0	1412	8	10
1968	26	BOS	FB/hb	12	12	177	593	4	30	3.4	49.4	14.8	14	51	3.6	0	13	1.2	4.3	644	4	2
1969	27	BOS	FB/hb	14	14	193	750	6	43	3.9	53.6	13.8	29	168	5.8	0	27	2.1	12.0	918	6	1
1970	28	BOS	FB/rb	13	13	145	522	7	21	3.6	40.2	11.2	26	148	5.7	0	16	2.0	11.4	670	7	6
1971	29	NWE	FB	13	13	129	463	5	50	3.6	35.6	9.9	18	95	5.3	0	12	1.4	7.3	558	5	2
1973	31	NYJ		7	0	18	78	0	18	4.3	11.1	2.6	4	26	6.5	0	9	0.6	3.7	104	0	0
Career				101	66	1341	5401	45	65	4.0	53.5	13.3	133	870	6.5	1	45	1.3	8.6	6271	46	30
7 yrs		NWE		94	66	1323	5323	45	65	4.0	56.6	14.1	129	844	6.5	1	45	1.4	9.0	6167	46	30
1 yr		NYJ		7	0	18	78	0	18	4.3	11.1	2.6	4	26	6.5	0	9	0.6	3.7	104	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1965	23	BOS	FB	14	0	1	16	0	16	16.0	3	40	0	19	13.3	460
Career				101	66	1	16	0	16	16.0	3	40	0	19	13.3	6327

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1965	23	BOS	FB	14	0								2	0	0	0
1966*+	24	BOS	FB	14	0								7	0	0	0
1967*+	25	BOS	FB	14	14								10	1	0	0
1968	26	BOS	FB/hb	12	12								2	0	0	0
1969	27	BOS	FB/hb	14	14								1	0	0	0
1970	28	BOS	FB/rb	13	13								6	0	0	0
1971	29	NWE	FB	13	13								2	1	0	0
Career				101	66								30	2	0	0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	Pts
1965	23	BOS	FB	14	0	5		30
1966*+	24	BOS	FB	14	0	11		66
1967*+	25	BOS	FB	14	14	7	1	48
1968	26	BOS	FB/hb	12	12	4		24
1969	27	BOS	FB/hb	14	14	6		36
1970	28	BOS	FB/rb	13	13	7		42
1971	29	NWE	FB	13	13	5		30
Career				101	66	45	1	276

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls 1966 1967	1st-team All-Pro 1966 1967	Rushing Att 1966 AFL 299 (1) 1967 AFL 269 (1) 1968 AFL 177 (5) 1969 AFL 193 (1) Career 1341 (84)	Rushing Yds 1966 AFL 1458 (1-- 91) 1967 AFL 1216 (1) 1968 AFL 593 (8) 1969 AFL 750 (2) Career 5401 (86)
Rushing TD 1965 AFL 5 (5) 1966 AFL 11 (1) 1967 AFL 7 (3) 1968 AFL 4 (10) 1969 AFL 6 (3) 1970 NFL 7 (5) Career 45 (70)	Long Rush 1966 AFL 65 (3) 1967 AFL 53 (6)	Yds/Rushing Att 1966 AFL 4.9 (3) 1967 AFL 4.5 (5)	Rushing Yds/Game 1966 AFL 104.1 (1-- 49) 1967 AFL 86.9 (1) 1968 AFL 49.4 (8) 1969 AFL 53.6 (4) Career 53.5 (90)
Touchdowns 1966 AFL 11 (3)	Points Scored 1966 AFL 66 (10)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1966 AFL 11 (3)	Yds From Scrimmage 1966 AFL 1561 (1) 1967 AFL 1412 (3)
All-Purpose Yds 1966 AFL 1561 (1) 1967 AFL 1412 (4)	Touches 1966 AFL 307 (1) 1967 AFL 291 (1) 1968 AFL 191 (10) 1969 AFL 222 (2) Career 1478 (113)	Fumbles 1966 AFL 7 (3) 1967 AFL 10 (3) 1970 NFL 6 (7)

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

1966 - AFL: 1st team all-AFL
1966 - Associated Press: 1st team all-AFL
1966 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-AFL
1966 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-AFL
1966 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL
1967 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-conf.
1967 - Associated Press: 1st team all-AFL
1967 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-AFL
1967 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-AFL
1967 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL
1969 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-AFL
1969 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-AFL
1969 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-AFL
1969 - UPI: 2nd team all-AFL

Fantasy

Glossary · ·

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1970	28	13	RB	109	5	22	70
1971	29	13	RB	86		43
1973	31	7	RB	10		110
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