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Tom Nowatzke

Thomas Matthew Nowatzke

Position: FB-LB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: September 30, 1942 in La Porte, IN
College: Indiana

Career AV: 14 (5410th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the New York Jets in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.

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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 AV
1965 23 DET 35 14 0 27 73 1 14 2.7 5.2 1.9 5 45 9.0 1 22 0.4 3.2 118 2 1 1
1966 24 DET FB 35 14 0 151 512 6 21 3.4 36.6 10.8 54 316 5.9 1 25 3.9 22.6 828 7 6 4
1967 25 DET 35 14 0 70 288 4 15 4.1 20.6 5.0 21 145 6.9 2 25 1.5 10.4 433 6 3 1
1968 26 DET 35 14 0 36 116 1 11 3.2 8.3 2.6 4 6 1.5 0 5 0.3 0.4 122 1 2 1
1969 27 DET 35 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1
1970 28 BAL fb 34 11 0 73 248 1 14 3.4 22.5 6.6 16 93 5.8 0 17 1.5 8.5 341 1 3 5
1971 29 BAL 34 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0 2
1972 30 BAL 34 6 0 3 11 0 6 3.7 1.8 0.5 11 0 0 1
Career 96 0 361 1249 13 21 3.5 13.0 3.8 100 605 6.1 4 25 1.0 6.3 1854 17 15 16
5 yrs DET 65 0 284 989 12 21 3.5 15.2 4.4 84 512 6.1 4 25 1.3 7.9 1501 16 12 8
3 yrs CLT 31 0 77 260 1 14 3.4 8.4 2.5 16 93 5.8 0 17 0.5 3.0 353 1 3 8

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
1965 23 DET 35 14 0 2 12 0 12 6.0 130
1968 26 DET 35 14 0 3 34 0 15 11.3 156
1969 27 DET 35 9 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
1970 28 BAL fb 34 11 0 7 93 0 21 13.3 434
1971 29 BAL 34 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 2
Career 96 0 14 154 0 21 11.0 2008
5 yrs DET 65 0 6 60 0 15 10.0 1561
3 yrs CLT 31 0 8 94 0 21 11.8 447

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
1965 23 DET 35 14 0 1 1 0 0
1966 24 DET FB 35 14 0 6 0 0 0
1967 25 DET 35 14 0 3 0 0 0
1968 26 DET 35 14 0 2 0 0 0
1970 28 BAL fb 34 11 0 3 2 0 0
1971 29 BAL 34 14 0 1 29 0 29
Career 96 0 1 29 0 29 15 3 0 0
5 yrs DET 65 0 12 1 0 0
3 yrs CLT 31 0 1 29 0 29 3 2 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
1965 23 DET 35 14 0 1 1 2 12
1966 24 DET FB 35 14 0 6 1 7 42
1967 25 DET 35 14 0 4 2 6 36
1968 26 DET 35 14 0 1 1 6
1970 28 BAL fb 34 11 0 1 1 6
Career 96 0 13 4 17 102
5 yrs DET 65 0 12 4 16 96
3 yrs CLT 31 0 1 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing TD

1966 NFL 6 (9)

Receptions

1966 NFL 54 (10)

Fumbles

1966 NFL 6 (10)

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

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 28 11 RB 40 64
1971 29 14 RB 139
1972 30 6 RB 1 135
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