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John Riggins
Robert John Riggins (Diesel) (twitter: @riggo44)
Position: RB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: August 4, 1949 in Centralia, KS
College: Kansas (school history)
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 91 (239th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1992, finalist in 1991
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John Riggins 1978 Game Log
1978 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
Regular Season
Age is Years-Days
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1978-09-03 | 29-030 | WAS | @ | NWE | W 16-14 | 16 | 60 | 3.75 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1978-09-10 | 29-037 | WAS | PHI | W 35-30 | 21 | 76 | 3.62 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1978-09-17 | 29-044 | WAS | @ | STL | W 28-10 | 16 | 108 | 6.75 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 1978-09-24 | 29-051 | WAS | NYJ | W 23-3 | 21 | 114 | 5.43 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | 1978-10-02 | 29-059 | WAS | DAL | W 9-5 | 19 | 96 | 5.05 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1978-10-08 | 29-065 | WAS | @ | DET | W 21-19 | 12 | 44 | 3.67 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 1978-10-15 | 29-072 | WAS | @ | PHI | L 10-17 | 21 | 97 | 4.62 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 8 | 1978-10-22 | 29-079 | WAS | @ | NYG | L 6-17 | 18 | 78 | 4.33 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 1978-10-29 | 29-086 | WAS | SFO | W 38-20 | 21 | 61 | 2.90 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
| 10 | 10 | 1978-11-06 | 29-094 | WAS | @ | BAL | L 17-21 | 20 | 60 | 3.00 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | 1978-11-12 | 29-100 | WAS | NYG | W 16-13 | 12 | 29 | 2.42 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 13 | 1978-11-23 | 29-111 | WAS | @ | DAL | L 10-37 | 12 | 40 | 3.33 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | 1978-12-03 | 29-121 | WAS | MIA | L 0-16 | 11 | 43 | 3.91 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 15 | 1978-12-10 | 29-128 | WAS | @ | ATL | L 17-20 | 18 | 64 | 3.56 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | 16 | 1978-12-16 | 29-134 | WAS | CHI | L 10-14 | 10 | 44 | 4.40 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 Games | 248 | 1014 | 4.09 | 5 | 31 | 299 | 9.65 | 0 | 5 | 30 | |||||||
