Gary Anderson

Gary Allan Anderson

Position: K

5-11, 193lb (180cm, 87kg)

Born: July 16, 1959 in Parys, South Africa

College: Syracuse (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 51 (1561st overall since 1960)

High School: Brettonwood (South Africa)

Draft: Buffalo Bills in the 7th round (171st overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

353

FGM

538

FGA

672

XPM

820

XPA

827

Kicking & Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P	AV	Awards
1982	23	PIT	K	1	9	0			4	4	2	1	5	5	1		12	10	48	83.3%	22	22	100.0%											6
1983*	24	PIT	K	1	16	0	2	2	9	8	10	9	10	8			31	27	49	87.1%	39	38	97.4%											5	AP2, PB
1984	25	PIT	K	1	16	0			9	8	9	6	11	8	3	2	32	24	55	75.0%	45	45	100.0%											4
1985*	26	PIT	K	1	16	0	1	1	13	12	15	14	9	5	4	1	42	33	52	78.6%	40	40	100.0%											5	PB
1986	27	PIT	K	1	16	0	1		7	6	7	6	14	9	3		32	21	45	65.6%	32	32	100.0%											3
1987	28	PIT	K	1	12	0			9	8	5	5	11	7	2	2	27	22	52	81.5%	21	21	100.0%											5
1988	29	PIT	K	1	16	0	1	1	11	11	10	9	12	6	2	1	36	28	52	77.8%	35	34	97.1%											4
1989	30	PIT	K	1	16	0	2	2	5	5	8	5	15	9			30	21	49	70.0%	28	28	100.0%											3
1990	31	PIT	K	1	16	0	1	1	3	3	8	8	11	8	2		25	20	48	80.0%	32	32	100.0%											5
1991	32	PIT	K	1	16	0			10	8	11	9	6	5	6	1	33	23	54	69.7%	31	31	100.0%	69	4379	24	34.8%	63.5						3
1992	33	PIT	K	1	16	0			13	12	15	12	6	4	2		36	28	49	77.8%	31	29	93.5%	72	4410	15	20.8%	61.3						3
1993*	34	PIT	K	1	16	0	1	1	9	8	14	14	6	5			30	28	46	93.3%	32	32	100.0%	76	4703	19	25.0%	61.9						5	PB
1994	35	PIT	K	1	16	0	1	1	8	7	9	8	9	7	2	1	29	24	50	82.8%	32	32	100.0%	71	4210	1	1.4%	59.3						4
1995	36	PHI	K	1	16	0			5	5	10	9	12	8	3		30	22	43	73.3%	33	32	97.0%	72	4476	10	13.9%	62.2						3
1996	37	PHI	K	1	16	0			11	10	9	8	9	7			29	25	46	86.2%	40	40	100.0%	57	3350	1	1.8%	58.8						4
1997	38	SFO	K	1	16	0			11	11	12	9	10	8	3	1	36	29	51	80.6%	38	38	100.0%	8	481			60.1						4
1998*+	39	MIN	K	1	16	0	1	1	11	11	9	9	12	12	2	2	35	35	53	100.0%	59	59	100.0%	2	108			54.0						7	AP1, PB
1999	40	MIN	K	1	16	0			8	6	11	9	9	4	2		30	19	44	63.3%	46	46	100.0%	5	288			57.6						1
2000	41	MIN	K	1	16	0	1	1	5	5	9	9	7	7	1		23	22	49	95.7%	45	45	100.0%	24	1323	1	4.2%	55.1						5
2001	42	MIN	K	1	16	0			7	7	4	2	7	6			18	15	44	83.3%	30	29	96.7%	10	555			55.5						4
2002	43	MIN	K	1	14	0	1	1	8	8	5	5	8	3	1	1	23	18	53	78.3%	37	36	97.3%	8	444			55.5						2
2003	44	TEN	K	1	15	0			5	5	12	12	14	10			31	27	43	87.1%	42	42	100.0%											4
2004	45	TEN	K	1	15	0			5	4	4	4	12	9	1		22	17	45	77.3%	37	37	100.0%											3
Career					353		13	12	186	172	208	182	225	160	40	12	672	538	55	80.1%	827	820	99.2%	474	28727	71	15.0%	60.6						92
13 yrs		PIT			197	0	10	9	110	100	123	106	125	86	27	8	395	309	55	78.2%	420	416	99.0%	288	17702	59	20.5%	61.5						55
5 yrs		MIN			78	0	3	3	39	37	38	34	43	32	6	3	129	109	53	84.5%	217	215	99.1%	49	2718	1	2.0%	55.5						19
2 yrs		PHI			32	0			16	15	19	17	21	15	3		59	47	46	79.7%	73	72	98.6%	129	7826	11	8.5%	60.7						7
2 yrs		TEN			30	0			10	9	16	16	26	19	1		53	44	45	83.0%	79	79	100.0%											7
1 yr		SFO			16	0			11	11	12	9	10	8	3	1	36	29	51	80.6%	38	38	100.0%	8	481			60.1						4

Kicking & Punting Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1982	23	PIT		1	0														4	4	100.0%
1983*	24	PIT		1	0											1	1	100.0%	1	1	100.0%
1984	25	PIT		2	0											5	1	20.0%	7	7	100.0%
1989	30	PIT		2	0											7	7	100.0%	4	4	100.0%
1992	33	PIT		1	0					1	1					1	1	100.0%				2	126			63.0
1993*	34	PIT		1	0					1	1					1	1	100.0%	3	3	100.0%	6	373			62.2
1994	35	PIT		2	0			1	1	2	2	1	1			4	4	100.0%	4	4	100.0%	10	560			56.0
1995	36	PHI		2	0			2	2	2	2	1				5	4	80.0%	7	7	100.0%	13	741			57.0
1996	37	PHI		1	0							1				1		0.0%				1	53			53.0
1997	38	SFO		2	0			1	1	1	1					2	2	100.0%	6	6	100.0%
1998*+	39	MIN		2	0			2	2	3	2					5	4	80.0%	8	8	100.0%
1999	40	MIN	K	2	0					2	2	1	1			3	3	100.0%	5	5	100.0%	4	73			18.3
2000	41	MIN	K	1	0			1	1			1	1			2	2	100.0%	4	4	100.0%
2003	44	TEN	K	2	0					1		2	2			3	2	66.7%	4	4	100.0%
Career				22				7	7	13	11	7	5			40	32	80.0%	57	57	100.0%	36	1926			53.5
7 yrs		PIT		10	0			1	1	4	4	1	1			19	15	78.9%	23	23	100.0%	18	1059			58.8
3 yrs		MIN		5	0			3	3	5	4	2	2			10	9	90.0%	17	17	100.0%	4	73			18.3
2 yrs		PHI		3	0			2	2	2	2	2				6	4	66.7%	7	7	100.0%	14	794			56.7
1 yr		SFO		2	0			1	1	1	1					2	2	100.0%	6	6	100.0%
1 yr		TEN		2	0					1		2	2			3	2	66.7%	4	4	100.0%

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Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1994	35	PIT	K	1	16	0	1	3	0		3	3.0	0.2	0.1												1	3.0	3	0	0
Career					353		1	3	0	0	3	3.0	0.0	0.0												1	3.0	3	0	0
13 yrs		PIT			197	0	1	3	0	0	3	3.0	0.0	0.0												1	3.0	3	0	0
5 yrs		MIN			78	0	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	0
2 yrs		PHI			32	0	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	0
2 yrs		TEN			30	0	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	0
1 yr		SFO			16	0	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1982	23	PIT	K	1	9	0		22	22	10	12	52	5.8
1983*	24	PIT	K	1	16	0		38	39	27	31	119	7.4
1984	25	PIT	K	1	16	0		45	45	24	32	117	7.3
1985*	26	PIT	K	1	16	0		40	40	33	42	139	8.7
1986	27	PIT	K	1	16	0		32	32	21	32	95	5.9
1987	28	PIT	K	1	12	0		21	21	22	27	87	7.3
1988	29	PIT	K	1	16	0		34	35	28	36	118	7.4
1989	30	PIT	K	1	16	0		28	28	21	30	91	5.7
1990	31	PIT	K	1	16	0		32	32	20	25	92	5.8
1991	32	PIT	K	1	16	0		31	31	23	33	100	6.3
1992	33	PIT	K	1	16	0		29	31	28	36	113	7.1
1993*	34	PIT	K	1	16	0		32	32	28	30	116	7.3
1994	35	PIT	K	1	16	0		32	32	24	29	104	6.5
1995	36	PHI	K	1	16	0		32	33	22	30	98	6.1
1996	37	PHI	K	1	16	0		40	40	25	29	115	7.2
1997	38	SFO	K	1	16	0		38	38	29	36	125	7.8
1998*+	39	MIN	K	1	16	0		59	59	35	35	164	10.3
1999	40	MIN	K	1	16	0		46	46	19	30	103	6.4
2000	41	MIN	K	1	16	0		45	45	22	23	111	6.9
2001	42	MIN	K	1	16	0		29	30	15	18	74	4.6
2002	43	MIN	K	1	14	0		36	37	18	23	90	6.4
2003	44	TEN	K	1	15	0		42	42	27	31	123	8.2
2004	45	TEN	K	1	15	0		37	37	17	22	88	5.9
Career					353		0	820	827	538	672	2434	6.9
13 yrs		PIT			197	0	0	416	420	309	395	1343	6.8
5 yrs		MIN			78	0	0	215	217	109	129	542	6.9
2 yrs		PHI			32	0	0	72	73	47	59	213	6.7
2 yrs		TEN			30	0	0	79	79	44	53	211	7.0
1 yr		SFO			16	0	0	38	38	29	36	125	7.8

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1982	23	PIT		1	0	4	4			4	4.0
1983*	24	PIT		1	0	1	1	1	1	4	4.0
1984	25	PIT		2	0	7	7	1	5	10	5.0
1989	30	PIT		2	0	4	4	7	7	25	12.5
1992	33	PIT		1	0			1	1	3	3.0
1993*	34	PIT		1	0	3	3	1	1	6	6.0
1994	35	PIT		2	0	4	4	4	4	16	8.0
1995	36	PHI		2	0	7	7	4	5	19	9.5
1996	37	PHI		1	0				1	0	0.0
1997	38	SFO		2	0	6	6	2	2	12	6.0
1998*+	39	MIN		2	0	8	8	4	5	20	10.0
1999	40	MIN	K	2	0	5	5	3	3	14	7.0
2000	41	MIN	K	1	0	4	4	2	2	10	10.0
2003	44	TEN	K	2	0	4	4	2	3	10	5.0
Career				22		57	57	32	40	153	7.0
7 yrs		PIT		10	0	23	23	15	19	68	6.8
3 yrs		MIN		5	0	17	17	9	10	44	8.8
2 yrs		PHI		3	0	7	7	4	6	19	6.3
1 yr		SFO		2	0	6	6	2	2	12	6.0
1 yr		TEN		2	0	4	4	2	3	10	5.0

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1999	40	MIN	K	2	0											0.0	1	1	0	0
Career				22												0.0	1	1	0	0
7 yrs		PIT		10	0											0.0
3 yrs		MIN		5	0											0.0	1	1	0	0
2 yrs		PHI		3	0											0.0
1 yr		SFO		2	0											0.0
1 yr		TEN		2	0											0.0

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