Frank Lewis

Frank Douglas Lewis

Position: WR

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: July 4, 1947 in Houma, LA

College: Grambling St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 60 (1040th overall since 1960)

High School: Southtown (LA)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

155

Rec

397

Yds

6724

Y/R

16.9

FantPt

928.0

Receiving & Rushing

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1971	24	PIT	wr	43	9	0	3	44	14.7	0	22	0.3	4.9								3	14.7	44	0	1	0
1972	25	PIT	WR	43	13	8	27	391	14.5	5	52	2.1	30.1	3	68	0	41	22.7	5.2	0.2	30	15.3	459	5	1	7
1973	26	PIT	wr	43	9	5	23	409	17.8	3	53	2.6	45.4	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	24	17.0	408	3	0	6
1974	27	PIT	WR	43	12	11	30	365	12.2	4	31	2.5	30.4	2	25	0	22	12.5	2.1	0.2	32	12.2	390	4	1	5
1975	28	PIT	wr	43	10	4	17	308	18.1	2	40	1.7	30.8	2	36	0	24	18.0	3.6	0.2	19	18.1	344	2	0	5
1976	29	PIT	WR	43	12	12	17	306	18.0	1	64	1.4	25.5	2	24	1	16	12.0	2.0	0.2	19	17.4	330	2	0	6
1977	30	PIT	wr	43	10	0	11	263	23.9	1	65	1.1	26.3								11	23.9	263	1	0	4
1978	31	BUF	WR	82	15	15	41	735	17.9	7	92	2.7	49.0								41	17.9	735	7	0	9
1979	32	BUF	WR	82	15	15	54	1082	20.0	2	55	3.6	72.1	2	-6	0	-1	-3.0	-0.4	0.1	56	19.2	1076	2	1	7
1980	33	BUF	WR	82	15	13	40	648	16.2	6	31	2.7	43.2								40	16.2	648	6	0	7
1981*	34	BUF	WR	82	16	16	70	1244	17.8	4	33	4.4	77.8								70	17.8	1244	4	1	11	PB
1982	35	BUF	WR	82	8	8	28	443	15.8	2	39	3.5	55.4								28	15.8	443	2	0	7
1983	36	BUF	WR	82	11	11	36	486	13.5	3	27	3.3	44.2								36	13.5	486	3	0	4
Career					155	118	397	6724	16.9	40	92	2.6	43.4	12	146	1	41	12.2	0.9	0.1	409	16.8	6870	41	5	78
7 yrs		PIT			75	40	128	2086	16.3	16	65	1.7	27.8	10	152	1	41	15.2	2.0	0.1	138	16.2	2238	17	3	33
6 yrs		BUF			80	78	269	4638	17.2	24	92	3.4	58.0	2	-6	0	0	-3.0	-0.1	0.0	271	17.1	4632	24	2	45

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1973	26	PIT		1	1	4	70	17.5	1	26	4.0	70.0								4	17.5	70	1	0
1974	27	PIT	WR	3	3	3	30	10.0	0	12	1.0	10.0								3	10.0	30	0	0
1975	28	PIT	WR/W	3	2	4	98	24.5	0	34	1.3	32.7								4	24.5	98	0	0
1976	29	PIT		2	1	3	114	38.0	1	76	1.5	57.0								3	38.0	114	1	0
1980	33	BUF	WR	1	1	3	45	15.0	1	18	3.0	45.0								3	15.0	45	1	0
1981*	34	BUF	WR	2	2	10	196	19.6	2	50	5.0	98.0								10	19.6	196	2	0
Career				12	10	27	553	20.5	5	76	2.3	46.1								27	20.5	553	5	0
4 yrs		PIT		9	7	14	312	22.3	2	76	1.6	34.7								14	22.3	312	2	0
2 yrs		BUF		3	3	13	241	18.5	3	50	4.3	80.3								13	18.5	241	3	0

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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
1972	25	PIT	WR	43	13	8	5	56	0	26	11.2						515
Career					155	118	5	56	0	26	11.2						6926
7 yrs		PIT			75	40	5	56	0	26	11.2						2294
6 yrs		BUF			80	78											4632

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
1971	24	PIT	wr	43	9	0							1	1	0	0	0.0
1972	25	PIT	WR	43	13	8							1	1	0	0	0.0
1974	27	PIT	WR	43	12	11							1	0	0	0	0.0
1978	31	BUF	WR	82	15	15							0	1	0	0	0.0
1979	32	BUF	WR	82	15	15							1	0	0	0	0.0
1981*	34	BUF	WR	82	16	16							1	1	0	0	0.0
Career					155	118							5	4	0	0	0.0
7 yrs		PIT			75	40							3	2	0	0	0.0
6 yrs		BUF			80	78							2	2	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	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1972	25	PIT	WR	43	13	8		5	5		30	2.3
1973	26	PIT	wr	43	9	5		3	3		18	2.0
1974	27	PIT	WR	43	12	11		4	4		24	2.0
1975	28	PIT	wr	43	10	4		2	2		12	1.2
1976	29	PIT	WR	43	12	12	1	1	2		12	1.0
1977	30	PIT	wr	43	10	0		1	1		6	0.6
1978	31	BUF	WR	82	15	15		7	7		42	2.8
1979	32	BUF	WR	82	15	15		2	2		12	0.8
1980	33	BUF	WR	82	15	13		6	6		36	2.4
1981*	34	BUF	WR	82	16	16		4	4		24	1.5
1982	35	BUF	WR	82	8	8		2	2		12	1.5
1983	36	BUF	WR	82	11	11		3	3		18	1.6
Career					155	118	1	40	41	0	246	1.6
7 yrs		PIT			75	40	1	16	17	0	102	1.4
6 yrs		BUF			80	78		24	24	0	144	1.8

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1973	26	PIT		1	1	1	1	6	6.0
1976	29	PIT		2	1	1	1	6	3.0
1980	33	BUF	WR	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
1981*	34	BUF	WR	2	2	2	2	12	6.0
Career				12	10	5	5	30	2.5
4 yrs		PIT		9	7	2	2	12	1.3
2 yrs		BUF		3	3	3	3	18	6.0

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