Bob Cifers

Robert Gale Cifers

Position: HB

5-11, 201lb (180cm, 91kg)

Born: September 5, 1920 in Church Hill, TN

Died: July 1, 2001 in Nashville, TN

College: Tennessee

High School: Dobyns-Bennett (TN)

Draft: Detroit Lions in the 2nd round (14th overall) of the 1944 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Brother Ed Cifers

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

230

Yds

787

Y/A

3.4

FantPt

127.4

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	AV
1946	26	DET		84	11	2	8	18	0	6	2.3	1.6	0.7	4	178	44.5	4	70	0.4	16.2	12	16.3	196	4	2
1947	27	PIT		45	10	4	87	356	0	41	4.1	35.6	8.7	3	58	19.3	0	37	0.3	5.8	90	4.6	414	0	3
1948	28	PIT	HB	45	12	7	112	361	1	21	3.2	30.1	9.3	4	55	13.8	0	29	0.3	4.6	116	3.6	416	1	4
1949	29	GNB		16	9	1	23	52	0	19	2.3	5.8	2.6	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.6	24	2.4	57	0	0
Career					42	14	230	787	1	41	3.4	18.7	5.5	12	296	24.7	4	70	0.3	7.0	242	4.5	1083	5	9
2 yrs		PIT			22	11	199	717	1	41	3.6	32.6	9.0	7	113	16.1	0	37	0.3	5.1	206	4.0	830	1	7
1 yr		DET			11	2	8	18	0	6	2.3	1.6	0.7	4	178	44.5	4	70	0.4	16.2	12	16.3	196	4	2
1 yr		GNB			9	1	23	52	0	19	2.3	5.8	2.6	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.6	24	2.4	57	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
1947	27	PIT		1	1	10	29	0	9	2.9	29.0	10.0	1	18	18.0	0	18	1.0	18.0	11	4.3	47	0	0
Career				1	1	10	29	0	9	2.9	29.0	10.0	1	18	18.0	0	18	1.0	18.0	11	4.3	47	0

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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
1946	26	DET		84	11	2	30	1369	45.6	73	0
1947	27	PIT		45	10	4	68	2796	41.1	74	2
1948	28	PIT	HB	45	12	7	62	2454	39.6	66	0
1949	29	GNB		16	9	1	1	49	49.0	49	0
Career					42	14	161	6668	41.4	74	2
2 yrs		PIT			22	11	130	5250	40.4	74	2
1 yr		DET			11	2	30	1369	45.6	73	0
1 yr		GNB			9	1	1	49	49.0	49	0

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1947	27	PIT		1	1	9	360	40.0	0	1
Career				1	1	9	360	40.0	0	1

Passing

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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	4QC	GWD
1946	26	DET		84	11	2	2	6	33.3	24	0.0	1	16.7	26	4.0	-3.5	12.0	2.2	6.9	0	0
1947	27	PIT		45	10	4	2	3	66.7	28	0.0	0	0.0	22	9.3	9.3	14.0	2.8	96.5
1948	28	PIT	HB	45	12	7	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	1	25.0	0	0.0	-11.3		0.0	0.0
Career					42	14	4	13	30.8	52	0.0	2	15.4	26	4.0	-2.9	13.0	1.2	4.8	0	0
2 yrs		PIT			22	11	2	7	28.6	28	0.0	1	14.3	22	4.0	-2.4	14.0	1.3	4.2
1 yr		DET			11	2	2	6	33.3	24	0.0	1	16.7	26	4.0	-3.5	12.0	2.2	6.9	0	0
1 yr		GNB			9	1

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1947	27	PIT		1	1	0-0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career				1	1	0-0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00

Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

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
1946	26	DET		84	11	2	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			202
1947	27	PIT		45	10	4			0			2	30	0	16	15.0	476
1948	28	PIT	HB	45	12	7	1	8	0	8	8.0	9	245	0	55	27.2	667
Career					42	14	2	11	0	8	5.5	11	275	0	55	25.0	1397
2 yrs		PIT			22	11	1	8	0	8	8.0	11	275	0	55	25.0	1143
1 yr		DET			11	2	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			202
1 yr		GNB			9	1			0					0			52

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
1946	26	DET		84	11	2			0				2	2	3	0
1947	27	PIT		45	10	4	1	32	0	32			3	0	0	0
1948	28	PIT	HB	45	12	7			0				4	3	-2	0
1949	29	GNB		16	9	1			0				0	1	-5	0
Career					42	14	1	32	0	32			9	6	-4	0
2 yrs		PIT			22	11	1	32	0	32			7	3	-2	0	0.0
1 yr		DET			11	2			0				2	2	3	0	0.0
1 yr		GNB			9	1			0				0	1	-5	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1946	26	DET		84	11	2		4	4		24	2.2
1948	28	PIT	HB	45	12	7	1		1		6	0.5
Career					42	14	1	4	5	0	30	.7
2 yrs		PIT			22	11	1		1	0	6	.3
1 yr		DET			11	2		4	4	0	24	2.2
1 yr		GNB			9	1				0	0	0.0

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