Lew Carpenter

Lewis Glenn Carpenter

Position: HB-FB

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: January 12, 1932 in Hayti, MO

Died: November 14, 2010 in San Marcos, TX

College: Arkansas

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 4 (10958th overall since 1960)

High School: West Memphis (AR)

Draft: Detroit Lions in the 8th round (98th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.

As Coach: 4 Yrs (Full Record)

3x NFL Champ

+3

SUMMARY

Career

G

123

AV

4

Rush

468

Yds

2025

Y/A

4.3

TD

16

FantPt

378.7

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1953	21	DET		32	12	2	7	24	0	13	3.4	2.0	0.6								7	3.4	24	0	1
1954	22	DET	rh	34	11	5	104	476	3	60	4.6	43.3	9.5	16	145	9.1	2	23	1.5	13.2	120	5.2	621	5	1
1955	23	DET	FB	34	12	12	137	543	6	49	4.0	45.3	11.4	44	312	7.1	2	34	3.7	26.0	181	4.7	855	8	6
1957	25	CLE	lh	30	10	4	83	315	4	55	3.8	31.5	8.3	5	65	13.0	0	21	0.5	6.5	88	4.3	380	4	3
1958	26	CLE	lh	30	12	4	73	308	2	30	4.2	25.7	6.1	5	47	9.4	0	18	0.4	3.9	78	4.6	355	2	3
1959	27	GNB	fb	33	12	6	60	322	1	55	5.4	26.8	5.0	5	47	9.4	0	23	0.4	3.9	65	5.7	369	1	3
1960	28	GNB		33	12	0	1	24	0	24	24.0	2.0	0.1	1	21	21.0	0	21	0.1	1.8	2	22.5	45	0	4	1
1961	29	GNB		33	14	1	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	3	29	9.7	0	16	0.2	2.1	4	8.5	34	0	0	1
1962	30	GNB		33	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	104	14.9	0	22	0.5	7.4	7	14.9	104	0	0	2
1963	31	GNB		33	14	0	2	8	0	5	4.0	0.6	0.1	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.1	0.9	3	6.7	20	0	1	0
Career					123	34	468	2025	16	60	4.3	16.5	3.8	87	782	9.0	4	34	0.7	6.4	555	5.1	2807	20	22	4
5 yrs		GNB			66	7	64	359	1	55	5.6	5.4	1.0	17	213	12.5	0	23	0.3	3.2	81	7.1	572	1	8	4
3 yrs		DET			35	19	248	1043	9	60	4.2	29.8	7.1	60	457	7.6	4	34	1.7	13.1	308	4.9	1500	13	8
2 yrs		CLE			22	8	156	623	6	55	4.0	28.3	7.1	10	112	11.2	0	21	0.5	5.1	166	4.4	735	6	6

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1953	21	DET	HB	1	0	0						0.0								0
1954	22	DET		1	1	8	64	0	52	8.0	64.0	8.0	6	17	2.8	0	9	6.0	17.0	14	5.8	81	0	1
1957	25	CLE		1	1	14	82	1	27	5.9	82.0	14.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	1.0	8.0	15	6.0	90	1	0
1958	26	CLE		1	1	3	3	0	6	1.0	3.0	3.0	2	5	2.5	0	8	2.0	5.0	5	1.6	8	0	0
1960	28	GNB		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1961	29	GNB	HB	1	0															0
1962	30	GNB	HB	1	0															0
Career				7	0	25	149	1	52	6.0	21.3	3.6	9	30	3.3	0	9	1.3	4.3	34	5.3	179	1	1
2 yrs		CLE		2		17	85	1	27	5.0	42.5	8.5	3	13	4.3	0	8	1.5	6.5	20	4.9	98	1	0
2 yrs		DET		2	0	8	64	0	52	8.0	32.0	4.0	6	17	2.8	0	9	3.0	8.5	14	5.8	81	0	1

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1953	21	DET		32	12	2						8	172	0	30	21.5	269
1954	22	DET	rh	34	11	5						2	46	0	25	23.0	667
1955	23	DET	FB	34	12	12						4	78	0	24	19.5	933
1957	25	CLE	lh	30	10	4						1	24	0	24	24.0	404
1958	26	CLE	lh	30	12	4						1	18	0	18	18.0	373
1959	27	GNB	fb	33	12	6	13	150	0	51	11.5	1	24	0	24	24.0	543
1960	28	GNB		33	12	0	9	59	0	12	6.6	12	249	0	29	20.8	353
1961	29	GNB		33	14	1	6	130	0	48	21.7						164
1963	31	GNB		33	14	0						5	75	0	24	15.0	95
Career					123	34	28	339	0	51	12.1	34	686	0	30	20.2	3905
5 yrs		GNB			66	7	28	339	0	51	12.1	18	348	0	29	19.3	1259
3 yrs		DET			35	19						14	296	0	30	21.1	1869
2 yrs		CLE			22	8						2	42	0	24	21.0	777

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1958	26	CLE		1	1						1	11	0	11	11.0
1960	28	GNB		1	0	2	7	0	6	3.5						7
Career				7	0	2	7	0	6	3.5	1	11	0	11	11.0	7
3 yrs		GNB		3	0	2	7	0	6	3.5						7
2 yrs		CLE		2							1	11	0	11	11.0

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1953	21	DET		32	12	2	1	73	1	73			1	1	0	0
1954	22	DET	rh	34	11	5							1	0	0	0
1955	23	DET	FB	34	12	12							6	0	0	0
1957	25	CLE	lh	30	10	4							3	0	0	0
1958	26	CLE	lh	30	12	4							3	1	0	0
1959	27	GNB	fb	33	12	6							3	0	0	0
1960	28	GNB		33	12	0							4	0	0	0
1962	30	GNB		33	14	0							0	1	0	0
1963	31	GNB		33	14	0							1	0	0	0
Career					123	34	1	73	1	73			22	3	0	0
5 yrs		GNB			66	7							8	1	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		DET			35	19	1	73	1	73			8	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		CLE			22	8							6	1	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1954	22	DET		1	1						0	1	0	0	0
Career				7	0						0	1	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1953	21	DET		32	12	2						1		1								6
1954	22	DET	rh	34	11	5	3	2						5								30
1955	23	DET	FB	34	12	12	6	2						8								48
1957	25	CLE	lh	30	10	4	4							4								24
1958	26	CLE	lh	30	12	4	2							2								12
1959	27	GNB	fb	33	12	6	1							1								6
Career					123	34	16	4				1		21								126
5 yrs		GNB			66	7	1							1								6
3 yrs		DET			35	19	9	4				1		14								84
2 yrs		CLE			22	8	6							6								36

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1957	25	CLE		1	1	1							1								6
Career				7	0	1							1								6

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