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Phil Dawson

Philip Drury Dawson

Position: K Throws: Left

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: January 23, 1975 in West Palm Beach, FL

College: Texas

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 38 (2793rd overall since 1960)

High School: Lake Highlands (TX)

1x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

305

FGM

441

FGA

526

XPM

518

XPA

531

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
1999	24	CLE	K	4	15	0			2	2	5	3	5	3			12	8	49	66.7%	24	23	95.8%	41	2306	2	4.9%	56.2	2
2000	25	CLE	K	4	16	0	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	2			17	14	45	82.4%	17	17	100.0%	49	2966	6	12.2%	60.5	3
2001	26	CLE	K	4	16	0			10	10	9	8	6	4			25	22	48	88.0%	30	29	96.7%	71	4068	2	2.8%	57.3	4
2002	27	CLE	K	4	16	0			10	9	8	6	7	5	3	2	28	22	52	78.6%	35	34	97.1%	77	4597	7	9.1%	59.7	3
2003	28	CLE	K	4	13	0	2	2	7	7	5	4	5	3	2	2	21	18	52	85.7%	21	20	95.2%	54	3225	1	1.9%	59.7	3
2004	29	CLE	K	4	16	0			11	11	8	6	9	6	1	1	29	24	50	82.8%	28	28	100.0%	69	4170	5	7.2%	60.4	3
2005	30	CLE	K	4	16	0	2	2	11	11	11	9	5	5			29	27	44	93.1%	21	19	90.5%	61	3651	3	4.9%	59.9	4
2006	31	CLE	K	4	16	0			6	5	10	9	12	6	1	1	29	21	51	72.4%	25	25	100.0%	61	3874	11	18.0%	63.5	2
2007	32	CLE	K	4	16	0	2	2	10	9	8	7	8	7	2	1	30	26	51	86.7%	43	42	97.7%	85	5214	5	5.9%	61.3	3	AP2
2008	33	CLE	K	4	16	0			10	10	14	12	6	5	6	3	36	30	56	83.3%	18	18	100.0%	66	4228	12	18.2%	64.1	3
2009	34	CLE	K	4	11	0			7	7	5	5	6	5	1		19	17	49	89.5%	19	18	94.7%	49	2871	4	8.2%	58.6	3
2010	35	CLE	K	4	16	0	3	3	7	7	10	10	5	3	3		28	23	48	82.1%	28	28	100.0%	67	4035	7	10.4%	60.2	3
2011	36	CLE	K	4	16	0			9	7	4	3	8	7	8	7	29	24	54	82.8%	20	20	100.0%	59	3661	10	16.9%	62.1	4
2012*	37	CLE	K	4	16	0			9	8	9	8	6	6	7	7	31	29	53	93.5%	29	29	100.0%	77	4820	30	39.0%	62.6	5	AP2, PB
2013	38	SFO	K	9	16	0			13	12	6	6	11	10	6	4	36	32	56	88.9%	44	44	100.0%	91	5896	38	41.8%	64.8	4
2014	39	SFO	K	9	16	0			6	6	9	8	7	5	9	6	31	25	55	80.6%	33	33	100.0%	73	4721	32	43.8%	64.7	3
2015	40	SFO	K	9	16	0			10	9	6	6	8	6	3	3	27	24	54	88.9%	21	20	95.2%	6	268			44.7	4
2016	41	SFO	K	4	16	0			4	4	6	6	9	7	2	1	21	18	53	85.7%	34	33	97.1%	41	2304	4	9.8%	56.2	4
2017	42	ARI	K	4	16	0	1	1	7	7	14	10	13	10	5	4	40	32	57	80.0%	26	23	88.5%	76	4647	34	44.7%	61.1	2
2018	43	ARI	K	4	10	0			2	2	2	2	3	1	1		8	5	43	62.5%	15	15	100.0%	32	1982	14	43.8%	61.9	1
Career					305		13	13	155	147	154	133	144	106	60	42	526	441	57	83.8%	531	518	97.6%	1205	73504	227	18.8%	61.0	63
14 yrs		CLE			215	0	12	12	113	107	111	95	93	67	34	24	363	305	56	84.0%	358	350	97.8%	886	53686	105	11.9%	60.6	45
4 yrs		SFO			64	0			33	31	27	26	35	28	20	14	115	99	56	86.1%	132	130	98.5%	211	13189	74	35.1%	62.5	15
2 yrs		ARI			26	0	1	1	9	9	16	12	16	11	6	4	48	37	57	77.1%	41	38	92.7%	108	6629	48	44.4%	61.4	3

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
2002	27	CLE	PK	1	0			1	1	1	1					2	2	100.0%	3	3	100.0%	7	373			53.3
2013	38	SFO	K	3	0			3	3	3	3	1	1			7	7	100.0%	6	6	100.0%	15	931	3	20.0%	62.1
Career				4				4	4	4	4	1	1			9	9	100.0%	9	9	100.0%	22	1304	3	13.6%	59.3
1 yr		CLE		1	0			1	1	1	1					2	2	100.0%	3	3	100.0%	7	373			53.3
1 yr		SFO		3	0			3	3	3	3	1	1			7	7	100.0%	6	6	100.0%	15	931	3	20.0%	62.1

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Punting

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

Regular Season

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
2002	27	CLE	K	4	16	0	2	36	18.0	0	36	18.0	20	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0
2003	28	CLE	K	4	13	0	1	29	29.0	0	29	29.0	29	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0
2005	30	CLE	K	4	16	0	2	53	26.5	0	53	26.5	31	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0
2006	31	CLE	K	4	16	0	2	58	29.0	0	38	19.0	31	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0
2008	33	CLE	K	4	16	0	1	33	33.0	0	33	33.0	33	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0
2015	40	SFO	K	9	16	0	1	48	48.0	1	47	47.0	48	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Career					305		9	257	28.6	1	236	26.2	48	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	0
14 yrs		CLE			215	0	8	209	26.1	0	189	23.6	33	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0
4 yrs		SFO			64	0	1	48	48.0	1	47	47.0	48	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
2 yrs		ARI			26	0	0	0					0					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						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1999	24	CLE	K	4	15	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
2000	25	CLE	K	4	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
2001	26	CLE	K	4	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
2002	27	CLE	K	4	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
2003	28	CLE	K	4	13	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0
2004	29	CLE	K	4	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
2005	30	CLE	K	4	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	0
2006	31	CLE	K	4	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
2010	35	CLE	K	4	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2011	36	CLE	K	4	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2014	39	SFO	K	9	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2017	42	ARI	K	4	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Career					305				0							0	0.0	20	16	4	0	0
14 yrs		CLE			215	0			0							0	0.0	18	14	4	0	0
4 yrs		SFO			64	0			0							0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2 yrs		ARI			26	0			0							0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0

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	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1999	24	CLE	K	4	15	0	1	4	1	1	100.0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1					0								1	4.0	4	1	0
2003	28	CLE	K	4	13	0	1	14	0	1	100.0	14	14.0	1.1	0.1					0								1	14.0	14	0	0
Career					305		2	18	1	2	100.0	14	9.0	0.1	0.0					0								2	9.0	18	1
14 yrs		CLE			215	0	2	18	1	2	100.0	14	9.0	0.1	0.0					0								2	9.0	18	1
4 yrs		SFO			64	0			0											0											0
2 yrs		ARI			26	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%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
2009	34	CLE	K	4	11	0	1	1	100.0	10	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	10	10.0	10.0	10.0	0.9	108.3	100.0	0	0	0.0	10.00	10.00
Career					305		1	1	100.0	10	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	10	10.0	10.0	10.0	0.0	108.3		0	0	0.0	10.00	10.00
14 yrs		CLE			215	0	1	1	100.0	10	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	10	10.0	10.0	10.0	0.0	108.3		0	0	0.0	10.00	10.00
4 yrs		SFO			64	0
2 yrs		ARI			26	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	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1999	24	CLE	K	4	15	0	1	1		23	24	8	12	53	3.5
2000	25	CLE	K	4	16	0				17	17	14	17	59	3.7
2001	26	CLE	K	4	16	0				29	30	22	25	95	5.9
2002	27	CLE	K	4	16	0				34	35	22	28	100	6.3
2003	28	CLE	K	4	13	0				20	21	18	21	74	5.7
2004	29	CLE	K	4	16	0				28	28	24	29	100	6.3
2005	30	CLE	K	4	16	0				19	21	27	29	100	6.3
2006	31	CLE	K	4	16	0				25	25	21	29	88	5.5
2007	32	CLE	K	4	16	0				42	43	26	30	120	7.5
2008	33	CLE	K	4	16	0				18	18	30	36	108	6.8
2009	34	CLE	K	4	11	0				18	19	17	19	69	6.3
2010	35	CLE	K	4	16	0				28	28	23	28	97	6.1
2011	36	CLE	K	4	16	0				20	20	24	29	92	5.8
2012*	37	CLE	K	4	16	0				29	29	29	31	116	7.3
2013	38	SFO	K	9	16	0				44	44	32	36	140	8.8
2014	39	SFO	K	9	16	0				33	33	25	31	108	6.8
2015	40	SFO	K	9	16	0				20	21	24	27	92	5.8
2016	41	SFO	K	4	16	0				33	34	18	21	87	5.4
2017	42	ARI	K	4	16	0				23	26	32	40	119	7.4
2018	43	ARI	K	4	10	0				15	15	5	8	30	3.0
Career					305		1	1	0	518	531	441	526	1847	6.1
14 yrs		CLE			215	0	1	1	0	350	358	305	363	1271	5.9
4 yrs		SFO			64	0			0	130	132	99	115	427	6.7
2 yrs		ARI			26	0			0	38	41	37	48	149	5.7

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
2002	27	CLE	PK	1	0	3	3	2	2	9	9.0
2013	38	SFO	K	3	0	6	6	7	7	27	9.0
Career				4		9	9	9	9	36	9.0
1 yr		CLE		1	0	3	3	2	2	9	9.0
1 yr		SFO		3	0	6	6	7	7	27	9.0

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012*	37	CLE	K	4	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	138	30%
2013	38	SFO	K	9	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	173	38%
2014	39	SFO	K	9	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	141	33%
2015	40	SFO	K	9	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	55	12%
2016	41	SFO	K	4	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	98	20%
2017	42	ARI	K	4	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	145	30%
2018	43	ARI	K	4	10	0	0	0%	0	0%	55	22%
Career							0		0		805
4 yrs		SFO			64	0	0		0		467
2 yrs		ARI			26	0	0		0		200
1 yr		CLE			16	0	0		0		138

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Phil Dawson?

Phil Dawson is 49 years old.

When was Phil Dawson born?

Phil Dawson was born on January 23, 1975.

Where was Phil Dawson born?

Phil Dawson was born in West Palm Beach, FL.

How tall is Phil Dawson?

Phil Dawson is 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

How much did Phil Dawson weigh when playing?

Phil Dawson weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Is Phil Dawson in the Hall of Fame?

Phil Dawson has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Phil Dawson play?

Phil Dawson played 305 games over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Phil Dawson won?

Phil Dawson has never won a Super Bowl.

When did Phil Dawson retire?

Phil Dawson last played in 2018.

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