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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | |||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 |
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