Don Chandler

Donald Gene Chandler (Babe)

Position: P-K

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: September 5, 1934 in Council Bluffs, IA

Died: August 11, 2011 in Tulsa, OK

College: Florida

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 38 (2755th overall since 1960)

High School: Will Rogers (OK)

Draft: New York Giants in the 5th round (57th overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

154

Pnt

660

Yds

28678

Lng

Kicking

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs
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	AV	Awards
1956	22	NYG	P	34	12	0															3	3	100.0%
1957	23	NYG	P	34	12	0
1958	24	NYG	P	34	12	0
1959	25	NYG	P	34	12	0											1			0.0%	2	2	100.0%
1960	26	NYG	P	34	8	0																							2
1961	27	NYG	P	34	14	0																							3
1962	28	NYG	P	34	14	0	5	5	8	7	7	5	6	2	2		28	19	48	67.9%	48	47	97.9%						8
1963	29	NYG	P	34	14	0	6	6	4	2	6	4	11	5	2	1	29	18	53	62.1%	56	52	92.9%						8
1964	30	NYG	P	34	14	0	4	2	5	4	3		8	3			20	9	42	45.0%	29	27	93.1%						5
1965	31	GNB	K	34	14	0	7	7	5	4	3	2	10	4	1		26	17	49	65.4%	38	37	97.4%						8
1966	32	GNB	P	34	14	0	7	6	4	2	9	2	7	2	1		28	12	47	42.9%	43	41	95.3%						3
1967*	33	GNB	K	34	14	0	2	2	8	6	8	7	11	4			29	19	49	65.5%	39	39	100.0%						7	PB
Career					154		31	28	34	25	36	20	53	20	6	1	161	94	53	58.4%	258	248	96.1%						44
9 yrs		NYG			112	0	15	13	17	13	16	9	25	10	4	1	78	46	53	59.0%	138	131	94.9%						26
3 yrs		GNB			42	0	16	15	17	12	20	11	28	10	2		83	48	49	57.8%	120	117	97.5%						18

Kicking Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Kickoffs
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
1956	22	NYG		1	0
1958	24	NYG		2	0
1959	25	NYG		1	0
1961	27	NYG		1	0
1962	28	NYG		1	0											1		0.0%	1	1	100.0%
1963	29	NYG		1	0											2	1	50.0%	1	1	100.0%
1965	31	GNB		2	0											6	5	83.3%	3	3	100.0%
1966	32	GNB		2	0											1		0.0%	10	9	90.0%
1967*	33	GNB		3	0											5	4	80.0%	10	10	100.0%
Career				14												15	10	66.7%	25	24	96.0%
6 yrs		NYG		7	0											3	1	33.3%	2	2	100.0%
3 yrs		GNB		7	0											12	9	75.0%	23	22	95.7%

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Punting

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1956	22	NYG	P	34	12	0	59	2473	41.9	63	0
1957	23	NYG	P	34	12	0	60	2673	44.6	61	0
1958	24	NYG	P	34	12	0	65	2859	44.0	67	0
1959	25	NYG	P	34	12	0	55	2565	46.6	62	0
1960	26	NYG	P	34	8	0	31	1256	40.5	58	0
1961	27	NYG	P	34	14	0	68	2984	43.9	66	2
1962	28	NYG	P	34	14	0	55	2233	40.6	65	2
1963	29	NYG	P	34	14	0	59	2648	44.9	64	0
1964	30	NYG	P	34	14	0	73	3328	45.6	74	0
1965	31	GNB	K	34	14	0	74	3176	42.9	90	0
1966	32	GNB	P	34	14	0	60	2452	40.9	58	0
1967*	33	GNB	K	34	14	0	1	31	31.0	31	0
Career					154		660	28678	43.5	90	4
9 yrs		NYG			112	0	525	23019	43.8	74	4
3 yrs		GNB			42	0	135	5659	41.9	90	0

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1956	22	NYG		1	0	3	112	37.3	0	0
1958	24	NYG		2	0	13	603	46.4	64	0
1959	25	NYG		1	0	6	287	47.8	54	0
1961	27	NYG		1	0	5	196	39.2	46	0
1962	28	NYG		1	0	7	293	41.9	58	0
1963	29	NYG		1	0	4	173	43.3	52	0
1965	31	GNB		2	0	8	328	41.0	51	0
1966	32	GNB		2	0	7	290	41.4	54	0
Career				14		53	2282	43.1	64	0
6 yrs		NYG		7	0	38	1664	43.8	64	0
3 yrs		GNB		7	0	15	618	41.2	54	0

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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
1956	22	NYG	P	34	12	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.6	0.1	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.4	2	6.0	12	0	0
1957	23	NYG	P	34	12	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1				0				1	2.0	2	0	0
1958	24	NYG	P	34	12	0	1	15	0	15	15.0	1.3	0.1				0				1	15.0	15	0	0
1959	25	NYG	P	34	12	0	1	24	0	24	24.0	2.0	0.1				0				1	24.0	24	0	0
1960	26	NYG	P	34	8	0	2	19	0	24	9.5	2.4	0.3				0				2	9.5	19	0	0
1961	27	NYG	P	34	14	0	3	30	0	30	10.0	2.1	0.2				0				3	10.0	30	0	2
1962	28	NYG	P	34	14	0	1	-11	0	-11	-11.0	-0.8	0.1				0				1	-11.0	-11	0	0
1963	29	NYG	P	34	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1				0				1	0.0		0	0
1964	30	NYG	P	34	14	0			0								0							0	2
1965	31	GNB	K	34	14	0	1	27	0	27	27.0	1.9	0.1				0				1	27.0	27	0	0
1966	32	GNB	P	34	14	0	1	33	0	33	33.0	2.4	0.1				0				1	33.0	33	0	0
Career					154		13	146	0	33	11.2	0.9	0.1	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.0	0.0	14	10.8	151	0	4
9 yrs		NYG			112	0	11	86	0	30	7.8	0.8	0.1	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.0	0.0	12	7.6	91	0	4
3 yrs		GNB			42	0	2	60	0	33	30.0	1.4	0.0				0				2	30.0	60	0

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
1956	22	NYG		1	0								1	12	12.0	0	12	1.0	12.0	1				0
Career				14				0					1	12	12.0	0	12	0.1	0.9	1	12.0	12	0
6 yrs		NYG		7	0			0					1	12	12.0	0	12	0.1	1.7	1	12.0	12	0
3 yrs		GNB		7	0			0								0							0

Passing

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

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1957	23	NYG	P	34	12	0	2	2	100.0	40	0.0	0	0.0	27	20.0	20.0	20.0	3.3	118.7
1958	24	NYG	P	34	12	0	1	1	100.0	27	0.0	0	0.0	27	27.0	27.0	27.0	2.3	118.7
Career					154		3	3	100.0	67	0.0	0	0.0	27	22.3	22.3	22.3	0.4	118.7	0	0	0.0	22.33	22.33
9 yrs		NYG			112	0	3	3	100.0	67	0.0	0	0.0	27	22.3	22.3	22.3	0.6	118.7	0	0
3 yrs		GNB			42	0

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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
1961	27	NYG	P	34	14	0			0				2	2	0	0	0.0
1962	28	NYG	P	34	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
1964	30	NYG	P	34	14	0			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					154				0				4	3	0	0	0.0
9 yrs		NYG			112	0			0				4	3	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		GNB			42	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
1956	22	NYG	P	34	12	0		3	3			3	0.3
1959	25	NYG	P	34	12	0		2	2		1	2	0.2
1962	28	NYG	P	34	14	0		47	48	19	28	104	7.4
1963	29	NYG	P	34	14	0		52	56	18	29	106	7.6
1964	30	NYG	P	34	14	0		27	29	9	20	54	3.9
1965	31	GNB	K	34	14	0		37	38	17	26	88	6.3
1966	32	GNB	P	34	14	0		41	43	12	28	77	5.5
1967*	33	GNB	K	34	14	0		39	39	19	29	96	6.9
Career					154		0	248	258	94	161	530	3.4
9 yrs		NYG			112	0	0	131	138	46	78	269	2.4
3 yrs		GNB			42	0	0	117	120	48	83	261	6.2

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1962	28	NYG	1	0	1	1		1	1	1.0
1963	29	NYG	1	0	1	1	1	2	4	4.0
1965	31	GNB	2	0	3	3	5	6	18	9.0
1966	32	GNB	2	0	9	10		1	9	4.5
1967*	33	GNB	3	0	10	10	4	5	22	7.3
Career			14		24	25	10	15	54	3.9
6 yrs		NYG	7	0	2	2	1	3	5	.7
3 yrs		GNB	7	0	22	23	9	12	49	7.0

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