James Earl Owens
Position: RB-WR-DB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: July 5, 1955 in Sacramento, CA
College: UCLA (school history)
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2nd round (29th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 12 (6098th overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.
Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 1 | 1979 | 1 | 1979-09-02 | 24-059 | SFO | @ | MIN | L 22-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1979 | 2 | 1979-09-09 | 24-066 | SFO | DAL | L 13-21 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1979 | 3 | 1979-09-16 | 24-073 | SFO | @ | RAM | L 24-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 30.00 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1979 | 4 | 1979-09-23 | 24-080 | SFO | NOR | L 21-30 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1979 | 5 | 1979-09-30 | 24-087 | SFO | @ | SDG | L 9-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 1979 | 6 | 1979-10-07 | 24-094 | SFO | SEA | L 24-35 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 24.67 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1979 | 7 | 1979-10-14 | 24-101 | SFO | @ | NYG | L 16-32 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1979 | 8 | 1979-10-21 | 24-108 | SFO | ATL | W 20-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | |||
| 9 | 1979 | 9 | 1979-10-28 | 24-115 | SFO | CHI | L 27-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 1979 | 10 | 1979-11-04 | 24-122 | SFO | @ | OAK | L 10-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 30.67 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 1979 | 11 | 1979-11-11 | 24-129 | SFO | @ | NOR | L 20-31 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 |
| 12 | 1979 | 12 | 1979-11-18 | 24-136 | SFO | DEN | L 28-38 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 122 | 40.67 | 1 | |
| 13 | 1979 | 13 | 1979-11-25 | 24-143 | SFO | RAM | L 20-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 30.75 | 0 | |||
| 14 | 1979 | 14 | 1979-12-02 | 24-150 | SFO | @ | STL | L 10-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 26.50 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 1979 | 15 | 1979-12-09 | 24-157 | SFO | TAM | W 23-7 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | |
| 16 | 1979 | 16 | 1979-12-16 | 24-164 | SFO | @ | ATL | L 21-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 0 | ||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 17 | 1980 | 1 | 1980-09-07 | 25-064 | SFO | @ | NOR | W 26-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.00 | 0 | |
| 18 | 1980 | 4 | 1980-09-28 | 25-085 | SFO | ATL | L 17-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | 1980 | 5 | 1980-10-05 | 25-092 | SFO | @ | RAM | L 26-48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 1980 | 6 | 1980-10-12 | 25-099 | SFO | @ | DAL | L 14-59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 188 | 26.86 | 0 | ||
| 21 | 1980 | 7 | 1980-10-19 | 25-106 | SFO | RAM | L 17-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 1980 | 8 | 1980-10-26 | 25-113 | SFO | TAM | L 23-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | |||
| 23 | 1980 | 9 | 1980-11-02 | 25-120 | SFO | @ | DET | L 13-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 101 | 101.00 | 1 | ||
| 24 | 1980 | 11 | 1980-11-16 | 25-134 | SFO | @ | MIA | L 13-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 1980 | 12 | 1980-11-23 | 25-141 | SFO | NYG | W 12-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 1980 | 13 | 1980-11-30 | 25-148 | SFO | NWE | W 21-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 20.50 | 0 | |||
| 27 | 1980 | 14 | 1980-12-07 | 25-155 | SFO | NOR | W 38-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | |||
| 28 | 1980 | 15 | 1980-12-14 | 25-162 | SFO | @ | ATL | L 10-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | |
| 29 | 1980 | 16 | 1980-12-21 | 25-169 | SFO | BUF | L 13-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | |||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 30 | 1981 | 2 | 1981-09-13 | 26-070 | TAM | @ | KAN | L 10-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 15.50 | 0 | ||
| 31 | 1981 | 3 | 1981-09-20 | 26-077 | TAM | @ | CHI | L 17-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 1981 | 4 | 1981-09-27 | 26-084 | TAM | STL | W 20-10 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 33 | 1981 | 5 | 1981-10-04 | 26-091 | TAM | DET | W 28-10 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 1981 | 6 | 1981-10-11 | 26-098 | TAM | @ | GNB | W 21-10 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 0 | |
| 35 | 1981 | 7 | 1981-10-18 | 26-105 | TAM | @ | OAK | L 16-18 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 |
| 36 | 1981 | 8 | 1981-10-25 | 26-112 | TAM | @ | PHI | L 10-20 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | |
| 37 | 1981 | 9 | 1981-11-01 | 26-119 | TAM | CHI | W 20-10 | 10 | 68 | 6.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 1981 | 10 | 1981-11-08 | 26-126 | TAM | @ | MIN | L 10-25 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | |
| 39 | 1981 | 11 | 1981-11-15 | 26-133 | TAM | DEN | L 7-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | |||
| 40 | 1981 | 12 | 1981-11-22 | 26-140 | TAM | GNB | W 37-3 | 16 | 112 | 7.00 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 11.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 41 | 1981 | 13 | 1981-11-29 | 26-147 | TAM | @ | NOR | W 31-14 | 17 | 50 | 2.94 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 |
| 42 | 1981 | 14 | 1981-12-06 | 26-154 | TAM | ATL | W 24-23 | 7 | 15 | 2.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 43 | 1981 | 15 | 1981-12-13 | 26-161 | TAM | SDG | L 23-24 | 11 | 61 | 5.55 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | |
| 44 | 1981 | 16 | 1981-12-20 | 26-168 | TAM | @ | DET | W 20-17 | 17 | 61 | 3.59 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 45 | 1982 | 1 | 1982-09-12 | 27-069 | TAM | @ | MIN | L 10-17 | 12 | 31 | 2.58 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | 1982 | 2 | 1982-09-19 | 27-076 | TAM | WAS | L 13-21 | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 47 | 1982 | 3 | 1982-11-21 | 27-139 | TAM | @ | DAL | L 9-14 | 17 | 50 | 2.94 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | 1982 | 4 | 1982-11-29 | 27-147 | TAM | MIA | W 23-17 | 18 | 82 | 4.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 49 | 1982 | 5 | 1982-12-05 | 27-153 | TAM | @ | NOR | W 13-10 | 12 | 46 | 3.83 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | 1982 | 6 | 1982-12-12 | 27-160 | TAM | @ | NYJ | L 17-32 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 51 | 1982 | 8 | 1982-12-26 | 27-174 | TAM | DET | W 23-21 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 52 | 1982 | 9 | 1983-01-02 | 27-181 | TAM | CHI | W 26-23 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 53 | 1983 | 1 | 1983-09-04 | 28-061 | TAM | DET | L 0-11 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 54 | 1983 | 2 | 1983-09-11 | 28-068 | TAM | @ | CHI | L 10-17 | 12 | 25 | 2.08 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 30.50 | 0 |
| 55 | 1983 | 3 | 1983-09-18 | 28-075 | TAM | MIN | L 16-19 | 22 | 55 | 2.50 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | |
| 56 | 1983 | 4 | 1983-09-25 | 28-082 | TAM | CIN | L 17-23 | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | |
| 57 | 1983 | 5 | 1983-10-02 | 28-089 | TAM | @ | GNB | L 14-55 | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 103 | 20.60 | 0 | |
| 58 | 1983 | 6 | 1983-10-09 | 28-096 | TAM | @ | DAL | L 24-27 | 10 | 34 | 3.40 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 |
| 59 | 1983 | 7 | 1983-10-16 | 28-103 | TAM | STL | L 27-34 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | ||
| 60 | 1983 | 12 | 1983-11-20 | 28-138 | TAM | CHI | L 0-27 | 8 | 23 | 2.88 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 61 | 1983 | 13 | 1983-11-27 | 28-145 | TAM | HOU | W 33-24 | 20 | 80 | 4.00 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 62 | 1983 | 14 | 1983-12-04 | 28-152 | TAM | @ | SFO | L 21-35 | 6 | 12 | 2.00 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 63 | 1983 | 15 | 1983-12-12 | 28-160 | TAM | GNB | L 9-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| 64 | 1983 | 16 | 1983-12-18 | 28-166 | TAM | @ | DET | L 20-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | ||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 65 | 1984 | 1 | 1984-09-02 | 29-059 | TAM | @ | CHI | L 14-34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | |
| 66 | 1984 | 2 | 1984-09-09 | 29-066 | TAM | @ | NOR | L 13-17 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.00 | 0 | |
| 67 | 1984 | 3 | 1984-09-16 | 29-073 | TAM | DET | W 21-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 35.00 | 0 | ||
| 68 | 1984 | 4 | 1984-09-23 | 29-080 | TAM | @ | NYG | L 14-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | ||
| 68 Games | 271 | 944 | 3.48 | 8 | 56 | 535 | 9.55 | 3 | 13 | 78 | 127 | 2801 | 22.06 | 2 | ||||||||
| Rushing | Receiving | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 1 | 1981 | 17 | 1982-01-02 | 26-181 | TAM | @ | DAL | L 0-38 | 12 | 40 | 3.33 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 30.67 | 0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 2 | 1982 | 10 | 1983-01-09 | 27-188 | TAM | @ | DAL | L 17-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 110 | 22.00 | 0 | ||
| 2 Games | 12 | 40 | 3.33 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | 8 | 202 | 25.25 | 0 | ||||||||