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Nick Pietrosante

Nicholas Vincent Pietrosante

Position: FB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: September 10, 1937 in Ansonia, CT
College: Notre Dame

2-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1959 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

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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
1959 22 DET FB 10 0 76 447 3 37 5.9 44.7 7.6 16 140 8.8 0 20 1.6 14.0 587 3 4
1960* 23 DET FB 12 0 161 872 8 57 5.4 72.7 13.4 13 129 9.9 0 28 1.1 10.8 1001 8 4
1961* 24 DET FB 14 0 201 841 5 42 4.2 60.1 14.4 26 315 12.1 0 76 1.9 22.5 1156 5 7
1962 25 DET FB 13 0 134 445 2 22 3.3 34.2 10.3 26 251 9.7 2 26 2.0 19.3 696 4 3
1963 26 DET 12 0 112 418 5 22 3.7 34.8 9.3 16 173 10.8 0 24 1.3 14.4 591 5 4
1964 27 DET FB 14 0 147 536 4 21 3.6 38.3 10.5 19 152 8.0 0 20 1.4 10.9 688 4 4
1965 28 DET FB 14 6 107 374 1 12 3.5 26.7 7.6 18 163 9.1 0 54 1.3 11.6 537 1 3
1966 29 CLE 13 0 7 20 0 8 2.9 1.5 0.5 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 0.9 32 0 0
1967 30 CLE 14 0 10 73 0 31 7.3 5.2 0.7 6 56 9.3 0 23 0.4 4.0 129 0 0
Career 116 6 955 4026 28 57 4.2 34.7 8.2 141 1391 9.9 2 76 1.2 12.0 5417 30 29
7 yrs DET 89 6 938 3933 28 57 4.2 44.2 10.5 134 1323 9.9 2 76 1.5 14.9 5256 30 29
2 yrs CLE 27 0 17 93 0 31 5.5 3.4 0.6 7 68 9.7 0 23 0.3 2.5 161 0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1959 22 DET FB 10 0 5 98 0 24 19.6 685
1960* 23 DET FB 12 0 2 58 0 36 29.0 1059
1966 29 CLE 13 0 2 9 0 8 4.5 41
Career 116 6 9 165 0 36 18.3 5582
7 yrs DET 89 6 7 156 0 36 22.3 5412
2 yrs CLE 27 0 2 9 0 8 4.5 170

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1959 22 DET FB 10 0 4 1 0 0
1960* 23 DET FB 12 0 4 1 12 0
1961* 24 DET FB 14 0 7 1 0 0
1962 25 DET FB 13 0 3 0 0 0
1963 26 DET 12 0 4 0 0 0
1964 27 DET FB 14 0 4 2 0 0
1965 28 DET FB 14 6 3 0 0 0
Career 116 6 29 5 12 0

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1963 26 DET 12 0 1 1 100.0 37 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 37.0 37.0 37.0 3.1 118.7
1964 27 DET FB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Career 116 6 1 2 50.0 37 0 0.0 1 50.0 37 18.5 -4.0 37.0 0.3 56.2

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
1959 22 DET FB 10 0 3 18
1960* 23 DET FB 12 0 8 48
1961* 24 DET FB 14 0 5 30
1962 25 DET FB 13 0 2 2 24
1963 26 DET 12 0 5 30
1964 27 DET FB 14 0 4 24
1965 28 DET FB 14 6 1 6
Career 116 6 28 2 180

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1960
1961

Rushing Att

1960 NFL 161 (6)
1961 NFL 201 (4)
Career 955 (179)

Rushing Yds

1960 NFL 872 (4)
1961 NFL 841 (4)
Career 4026 (163)

Rushing TD

1960 NFL 8 (4)
1961 NFL 5 (10)
1963 NFL 5 (9)
Career 28 (187)

Long Rush

1960 NFL 57 (10)

Yds/Rushing Att

1959 NFL 5.9 (1)
1960 NFL 5.4 (3-- 83)
Career 4.2 (148)

Rushing Yds/Game

1960 NFL 72.7 (4)
1961 NFL 60.1 (4)

Yds From Scrimmage

1960 NFL 1001 (8)
1961 NFL 1156 (7)

All-Purpose Yds

1960 NFL 1059 (10)

Touches

1960 NFL 176 (8)
1961 NFL 227 (5)

Fumble Return Yds

1960 NFL 12 (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)