John Riggins

Robert John Riggins

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 (231st 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 Career Splits

Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.

Career Splits

		Games				Rushing						Receiving						Passing											Scoring
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts
League	NFL	173	97	76	0	2916	11352	3.89	104	16.9	65.6	250	2090	8.36	12	1.4	12.1	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	116	696
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts
Place	Home	83	53	30	0	1319	5122	3.88	42	15.9	61.7	121	1020	8.43	5	1.5	12.3	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	47	282
	Road	90	44	46	0	1597	6230	3.90	62	17.7	69.2	129	1070	8.29	7	1.4	11.9	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	69	414
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts
Result	Win	97	97	0	0	1851	7236	3.91	73	19.1	74.6	124	1022	8.24	7	1.3	10.5	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	80	480
	Loss	76	0	76	0	1065	4116	3.86	31	14.0	54.2	126	1068	8.48	5	1.7	14.1	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	36	216
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts
Final Margin	0-7 points	69	41	28	0	1200	4494	3.75	37	17.4	65.1	90	726	8.07	3	1.3	10.5	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	40	240
	8-14 points	41	22	19	0	718	2618	3.65	20	17.5	63.9	64	596	9.31	6	1.6	14.5	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	26	156
	15+ points	63	34	29	0	998	4240	4.25	47	15.8	67.3	96	768	8.00	3	1.5	12.2	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	50	300
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts
Month	September	44	26	18	0	756	2902	3.84	20	17.2	66.0	69	545	7.90	2	1.6	12.4	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	22	132
	October	53	25	28	0	864	3515	4.07	26	16.3	66.3	77	771	10.01	6	1.5	14.5	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	32	192
	November	45	24	21	0	720	2586	3.59	32	16.0	57.5	59	461	7.81	1	1.3	10.2	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	33	198
	December	31	22	9	0	576	2349	4.08	26	18.6	75.8	45	313	6.96	3	1.5	10.1	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	29	174
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts
Day	Sunday	151	88	63	0	2534	10047	3.96	89	16.8	66.5	214	1833	8.57	11	1.4	12.1	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	100	600
	Monday	17	8	9	0	293	958	3.27	13	17.2	56.4	27	205	7.59	1	1.6	12.1	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	84
	Thursday	2	0	2	0	36	145	4.03	1	18.0	72.5	3	36	12.00	0	1.5	18.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6
	Saturday	3	1	2	0	53	202	3.81	1	17.7	67.3	6	16	2.67	0	2.0	5.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts
Conference	AFC	73	38	35	0	1199	5015	4.18	42	16.4	68.7	136	1151	8.46	6	1.9	15.8	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	48	288
	NFC	100	59	41	0	1717	6337	3.69	62	17.2	63.4	114	939	8.24	6	1.1	9.4	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	68	408
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts
Division	AFC East	49	25	24	0	778	3328	4.28	25	15.9	67.9	101	872	8.63	4	2.1	17.8	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	29	174
	AFC Central	12	6	6	0	184	758	4.12	6	15.3	63.2	16	102	6.38	0	1.3	8.5	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	36
	AFC West	12	7	5	0	237	929	3.92	11	19.8	77.4	19	177	9.32	2	1.6	14.8	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.1	0.0	13	78
	NFC East	66	38	28	0	1178	4383	3.72	38	17.8	66.4	67	520	7.76	4	1.0	7.9	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	42	252
	NFC Central	17	10	7	0	280	1099	3.93	10	16.5	64.6	31	277	8.94	2	1.8	16.3	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.1	0.0	12	72
	NFC West	17	11	6	0	259	855	3.30	14	15.2	50.3	16	142	8.88	0	0.9	8.4	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	84
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts
Opponent	Ari (StL/Chi) Cardinals	15	12	3	0	270	1034	3.83	11	18.0	68.9	16	181	11.31	2	1.1	12.1	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	13	78
	Atlanta Falcons	5	4	1	0	99	311	3.14	4	19.8	62.2	4	42	10.50	0	0.8	8.4	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	24
	Buffalo Bills	11	6	5	0	151	597	3.95	5	13.7	54.3	16	141	8.81	1	1.5	12.8	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	36
	Chicago Bears	5	2	3	0	68	282	4.15	3	13.6	56.4	7	64	9.14	0	1.4	12.8	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	18
	Cincinnati Bengals	3	2	1	0	38	199	5.24	2	12.7	66.3	7	27	3.86	0	2.3	9.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	12
	Cleveland Browns	2	2	0	0	44	143	3.25	1	22.0	71.5	2	6	3.00	0	1.0	3.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6
	Dallas Cowboys	18	6	12	0	293	1157	3.95	10	16.3	64.3	9	79	8.78	0	0.5	4.4	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	60
	Denver Broncos	1	0	1	0	8	31	3.88	0	8.0	31.0	4	34	8.50	0	4.0	34.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0
	Detroit Lions	6	5	1	0	98	396	4.04	4	16.3	66.0	8	65	8.13	0	1.3	10.8	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.2	0.0	4	24
	Green Bay Packers	3	1	2	0	48	188	3.92	2	16.0	62.7	9	47	5.22	1	3.0	15.7	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	18
	Indianapolis (Bal) Colts	12	6	6	0	168	644	3.83	8	14.0	53.7	25	252	10.08	1	2.1	21.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	54
	Kansas City Chiefs	5	3	2	0	91	432	4.75	4	18.2	86.4	9	74	8.22	0	1.8	14.8	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	39.6	0.00	0.00	0.2	0.0	4	24
	Oakland (LA) Raiders	1	1	0	0	26	91	3.50	1	26.0	91.0	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6
	Miami Dolphins	13	2	11	0	183	761	4.16	5	14.1	58.5	40	344	8.60	1	3.1	26.5	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	36
	Minnesota Vikings	1	0	1	0	15	45	3.00	1	15.0	45.0	4	77	19.25	1	4.0	77.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	12
	New England Patriots	11	9	2	0	236	1108	4.69	6	21.5	100.7	14	91	6.50	0	1.3	8.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	36
	New Orleans Saints	3	2	1	0	30	94	3.13	1	10.0	31.3	4	40	10.00	0	1.3	13.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6
	New York Giants	17	10	7	0	311	1018	3.27	8	18.3	59.9	14	96	6.86	1	0.8	5.6	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	54
	New York Jets	2	2	0	0	40	218	5.45	1	20.0	109.0	6	44	7.33	1	3.0	22.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	12
	Philadelphia Eagles	15	10	5	0	284	1089	3.83	8	18.9	72.6	24	142	5.92	1	1.6	9.5	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	54
	Pittsburgh Steelers	4	1	3	0	62	211	3.40	3	15.5	52.8	5	38	7.60	0	1.3	9.5	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	18
	San Diego Chargers	4	2	2	0	82	292	3.56	5	20.5	73.0	6	69	11.50	2	1.5	17.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	42
	San Francisco 49ers	6	2	4	0	76	244	3.21	4	12.7	40.7	4	20	5.00	0	0.7	3.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	24
	Seattle Seahawks	2	2	0	0	47	154	3.28	1	23.5	77.0	4	40	10.00	0	2.0	20.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6
	St. Louis (LA/Cle) Rams	2	2	0	0	37	135	3.65	5	18.5	67.5	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	30
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	2	0	0	51	188	3.69	0	25.5	94.0	3	24	8.00	0	1.5	12.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0
	Ten Titans/Hou Oilers	3	1	2	0	40	205	5.13	0	13.3	68.3	2	31	15.50	0	0.7	10.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0
	Washington Redskins	1	0	1	0	20	85	4.25	1	20.0	85.0	4	22	5.50	0	4.0	22.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts
Playoffs	Total	9	6	3	0	251	996	3.97	12	27.9	110.7	6	45	7.50	0	0.7	5.0	1	1	100.0%	36	0	0	118.7	36.00	36.00	0.1	4.0	12	72
	Super Bowl	2	1	1	0	64	230	3.59	2	32.0	115.0	2	16	8.00	0	1.0	8.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	12
	Conference Championship	2	2	0	0	72	263	3.65	4	36.0	131.5	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	1	1	100.0%	36	0	0	118.7	36.00	36.00	0.5	18.0	4	24
	Divisional	4	2	2	0	90	384	4.27	6	22.5	96.0	4	29	7.25	0	1.0	7.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	36
	Wild Card	1	1	0	0	25	119	4.76	0	25.0	119.0	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0

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