Willie Tennyson West
Position: DB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: May 1, 1938 in Lexington, MS
College: Oregon (school history)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round (37th overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 46 (1758th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.
Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Rushing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | ||||
| 1 | 1960 | 1 | 1960-09-23 | 22-145 | STL | @ | RAM | W 43-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 14.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1960 | 2 | 1960-10-02 | 22-154 | STL | NYG | L 14-35 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1960 | 3 | 1960-10-09 | 22-161 | STL | @ | PHI | L 27-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1960 | 4 | 1960-10-16 | 22-168 | STL | @ | PIT | L 14-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 49.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 1960 | 5 | 1960-10-23 | 22-175 | STL | DAL | W 12-10 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 1960 | 6 | 1960-10-30 | 22-182 | STL | @ | NYG | W 20-13 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1960 | 7 | 1960-11-06 | 22-189 | STL | WAS | W 44-7 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 1960 | 11 | 1960-12-04 | 22-217 | STL | PHI | L 6-20 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rushing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | ||||
| 9 | 1961 | 2 | 1961-09-24 | 23-146 | STL | @ | CLE | L 17-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.00 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1961 | 3 | 1961-10-01 | 23-153 | STL | @ | PHI | W 30-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 1961 | 4 | 1961-10-08 | 23-160 | STL | NYG | L 9-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | 1961 | 5 | 1961-10-15 | 23-167 | STL | PHI | L 7-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | 1961 | 6 | 1961-10-22 | 23-174 | STL | @ | WAS | W 24-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 1961 | 7 | 1961-10-29 | 23-181 | STL | CLE | L 10-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15 | 1961 | 9 | 1961-11-12 | 23-195 | STL | DET | L 14-45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 19.20 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 1961 | 10 | 1961-11-19 | 23-202 | STL | @ | BAL | L 0-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 1961 | 11 | 1961-11-26 | 23-209 | STL | @ | PIT | L 27-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 1961 | 12 | 1961-12-03 | 23-216 | STL | WAS | W 38-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | 1961 | 14 | 1961-12-17 | 23-230 | STL | PIT | W 20-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rushing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | ||||
| 20 | 1962 | 3 | 1962-09-22 | 24-144 | BUF | NYT | L 6-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | 1962 | 4 | 1962-09-30 | 24-152 | BUF | @ | DTX | L 21-41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 1962 | 5 | 1962-10-07 | 24-159 | BUF | @ | HOU | L 14-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 1962 | 6 | 1962-10-13 | 24-165 | BUF | SDG | W 35-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | 1962 | 11 | 1962-11-18 | 24-201 | BUF | @ | OAK | W 10-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 1962 | 12 | 1962-11-23 | 24-206 | BUF | @ | BOS | L 10-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 1962 | 13 | 1962-12-02 | 24-215 | BUF | DTX | W 23-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 27 | 1962 | 14 | 1962-12-08 | 24-221 | BUF | @ | NYT | W 20-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 45.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rushing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | ||||
| 28 | 1963 | 1 | 1963-09-08 | 25-130 | BUF | @ | SDG | L 10-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | 1963 | 3 | 1963-09-22 | 25-144 | BUF | KAN | T 27-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | 1963 | 4 | 1963-09-28 | 25-150 | BUF | HOU | L 20-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 31 | 1963 | 5 | 1963-10-05 | 25-157 | BUF | OAK | W 12-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 32 | 1963 | 6 | 1963-10-13 | 25-165 | BUF | @ | KAN | W 35-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 107 | 26.75 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | 1963 | 7 | 1963-10-20 | 25-172 | BUF | @ | HOU | L 14-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 1963 | 8 | 1963-10-26 | 25-178 | BUF | BOS | W 28-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | 1963 | 11 | 1963-11-17 | 25-200 | BUF | SDG | L 13-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 36 | 1963 | 13 | 1963-12-08 | 25-221 | BUF | NYJ | W 45-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 37 | 1963 | 14 | 1963-12-14 | 25-227 | BUF | @ | NYJ | W 19-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 38 | 1963 | 15 | 1963-12-28 | 25-241 | BUF | BOS | L 8-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rushing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | ||||
| 39 | 1964 | 2 | 1964-09-20 | 26-142 | DEN | @ | BUF | L 13-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 40 | 1964 | 9 | 1964-11-15 | 26-198 | NYJ | @ | DEN | L 16-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 44.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 41 | 1964 | 10 | 1964-11-22 | 26-205 | NYJ | @ | OAK | L 26-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rushing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | ||||
| 42 | 1965 | 1 | 1965-09-12 | 27-134 | NYJ | @ | HOU | L 21-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 43 | 1965 | 2 | 1965-09-18 | 27-140 | NYJ | KAN | L 10-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 44 | 1965 | 3 | 1965-09-26 | 27-148 | NYJ | @ | BUF | L 21-33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 45 | 1965 | 9 | 1965-11-14 | 27-197 | NYJ | @ | BOS | W 30-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 46 | 1965 | 10 | 1965-11-21 | 27-204 | NYJ | HOU | W 41-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 47 | 1965 | 11 | 1965-11-28 | 27-211 | NYJ | BOS | L 23-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 48 | 1965 | 12 | 1965-12-04 | 27-217 | NYJ | @ | SDG | L 7-38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 49 | 1965 | 13 | 1965-12-12 | 27-225 | NYJ | @ | OAK | L 14-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rushing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | ||||
| 50 | 1966 | 1 | 1966-09-02 | 28-124 | MIA | OAK | L 14-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 51 | 1966 | 6 | 1966-10-16 | 28-168 | MIA | DEN | W 24-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 52 | 1966 | 7 | 1966-10-23 | 28-175 | MIA | @ | HOU | W 20-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 0 | |||
| 53 | 1966 | 8 | 1966-11-06 | 28-189 | MIA | BUF | L 0-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 54 | 1966 | 9 | 1966-11-13 | 28-196 | MIA | @ | KAN | L 16-34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rushing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | ||||
| 55 | 1967 | 9 | 1967-11-19 | 29-202 | MIA | @ | OAK | L 17-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Rushing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | ||||
| 56 | 1968 | 4 | 1968-10-06 | 30-158 | MIA | @ | HOU | W 24-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 57 | 1968 | 5 | 1968-10-12 | 30-164 | MIA | BUF | T 14-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 58 | 1968 | 8 | 1968-11-03 | 30-186 | MIA | @ | SDG | L 28-34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 0 | |||
| 58 Games | 7 | 45 | 6.43 | 0 | 40 | 998 | 24.95 | 0 | 53 | 400 | 7.55 | 0 | 30 | 332 | 0 | ||||||||