Ollie Matson

Ollie Genoa Matson

Position: RB-FL

6-2, 220lb (188cm, 99kg)

Born: May 1, 1930 in Trinity, TX

Died: February 19, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA

College: San Francisco (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 17 (6286th overall since 1960)

High School: George Washington (CA)

Draft: Chicago Cardinals in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1972 (Full List)

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SUMMARY

Career

171

Rush

1170

Yds

5173

Y/A

4.4

FantPt

1220.6

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	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1952*+	22	CRD	FB/RDH	33	12	7	96	344	3	25	3.6	28.7	8.0	11	187	17.0	3	47	0.9	15.6	107	5.0	531	6	8		AP1, PB
1954*+	24	CRD	LH	33	12	8	101	506	4	79	5.0	42.2	8.4	34	611	18.0	3	70	2.8	50.9	135	8.3	1117	7	7		UPI MVP-2, AP1, PB
1955*+	25	CRD	LH	33	12	12	109	475	1	54	4.4	39.6	9.1	17	237	13.9	2	70	1.4	19.8	126	5.7	712	3	7		AP1, PB
1956*+	26	CRD	LH	33	12	12	192	924	5	79	4.8	77.0	16.0	15	199	13.3	2	45	1.3	16.6	207	5.4	1123	7	6		AP1, PB
1957*+	27	CRD	LH	33	12	11	134	577	6	56	4.3	48.1	11.2	20	451	22.6	3	75	1.7	37.6	154	6.7	1028	9	6		AP1, PB
1958*	28	CRD	LH/FB	33	12	12	129	505	5	55	3.9	42.1	10.8	33	465	14.1	3	59	2.8	38.8	162	6.0	970	8	10		PB
1959	29	RAM	FB	33	12	9	161	863	6	50	5.4	71.9	13.4	18	130	7.2	0	49	1.5	10.8	179	5.5	993	6	9
1960	30	RAM	FB	33	12	7	61	170	1	27	2.8	14.2	5.1	15	98	6.5	0	24	1.3	8.2	76	3.5	268	1	3	3
1961	31	RAM	RHB	33	14	13	24	181	2	69	7.5	12.9	1.7	29	537	18.5	3	96	2.1	38.4	53	13.5	718	5	0	7
1962	32	RAM	FL	33	13	4	3	0	0	2	0.0	0.0	0.2	3	49	16.3	1	20	0.2	3.8	6	8.2	49	1	0	0
1963	33	DET	FB	30	8	0	13	20	0	9	1.5	2.5	1.6	2	20	10.0	0	17	0.3	2.5	15	2.7	40	0	0	0
1964	34	PHI	HB	33	12	9	96	404	4	63	4.2	33.7	8.0	17	242	14.2	1	32	1.4	20.2	113	5.7	646	5	7	6	AP CPoY-2
1965	35	PHI	RB	33	14	1	22	103	2	22	4.7	7.4	1.6	2	29	14.5	1	20	0.1	2.1	24	5.5	132	3	0	1
1966	36	PHI	HB	33	14	2	29	101	1	28	3.5	7.2	2.1	6	30	5.0	1	11	0.4	2.1	35	3.7	131	2	3	1
Career					171	107	1170	5173	40	79	4.4	30.3	6.8	222	3285	14.8	23	96	1.3	19.2	1392	6.1	8458	63	66	18
6 yrs		CRD			72	62	761	3331	24	79	4.4	46.3	10.6	130	2150	16.5	16	75	1.8	29.9	891	6.2	5481	40	44
4 yrs		RAM			51	33	249	1214	9	69	4.9	23.8	4.9	65	814	12.5	4	96	1.3	16.0	314	6.5	2028	13	12	10
3 yrs		PHI			40	12	147	608	7	63	4.1	15.2	3.7	25	301	12.0	3	32	0.6	7.5	172	5.3	909	10	10	8
1 yr		DET			8	0	13	20	0	9	1.5	2.5	1.6	2	20	10.0	0	17	0.3	2.5	15	2.7	40	0		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
1952*+	22	CRD	FB/RDH	33	12	7	9	86	0	23	9.6	20	624	2	100	31.2	1326
1954*+	24	CRD	LH	33	12	8	11	100	1	59	9.1	17	449	1	91	26.4	1666
1955*+	25	CRD	LH	33	12	12	13	245	2	78	18.8	15	368	0	37	24.5	1325
1956*+	26	CRD	LH	33	12	12	5	39	0	16	7.8	13	362	1	105	27.8	1524
1957*+	27	CRD	LH	33	12	11	10	54	0	28	5.4	7	154	0	32	22.0	1236
1958*	28	CRD	LH/FB	33	12	12			0			14	497	2	101	35.5	1467
1959	29	RAM	FB	33	12	9	14	61	0	20	4.4	16	367	0	48	22.9	1421
1960	30	RAM	FB	33	12	7	1	0	0	0	0.0	9	216	0	42	24.0	484
1963	33	DET	FB	30	8	0			0			3	61	0	30	20.3	101
1964	34	PHI	HB	33	12	9	2	10	0	9	5.0	3	104	0	43	34.7	760
1966	36	PHI	HB	33	14	2			0			26	544	0	31	20.9	675
Career					171	107	65	595	3	78	9.2	143	3746	6	105	26.2	12884
6 yrs		CRD			72	62	48	524	3	78	10.9	86	2454	6	105	28.5	8544
4 yrs		RAM			51	33	15	61	0	20	4.1	25	583	0	48	23.3	2672
3 yrs		PHI			40	12	2	10	0	9	5.0	29	648	0	43	22.3	1567
1 yr		DET			8	0			0			3	61	0	30	20.3	101

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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
1952*+	22	CRD	FB/RDH	33	12	7	2	51	0	30			8	4	34	1
1954*+	24	CRD	LH	33	12	8	1	0	0	0			7	3	0	0
1955*+	25	CRD	LH	33	12	12			0				7	3	0	0
1956*+	26	CRD	LH	33	12	12			0				6	0	0	0
1957*+	27	CRD	LH	33	12	11			0				6	1	0	0
1958*	28	CRD	LH/FB	33	12	12			0				10	3	0	0
1959	29	RAM	FB	33	12	9			0				9	0	0	0
1960	30	RAM	FB	33	12	7			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
1964	34	PHI	HB	33	12	9			0				7	1	0	0	0.0
1966	36	PHI	HB	33	14	2			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
Career					171	107	3	51	0	30			66	15	34	1	0.0
6 yrs		CRD			72	62	3	51	0	30			44	14	34	1	0.0
4 yrs		RAM			51	33			0				12	0	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		PHI			40	12			0				10	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		DET			8	0			0							0	0.0

Passing

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Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
1954	24	CRD	NFL	LH	12	8	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	6	0	0		PB,AP-1
1955	25	CRD	NFL	LH	12	12	1	1	100.0	43	0	0.0	0	0.0	43	43.0	43.00	43.0	3.6	118.7		0	0		PB,AP-1
1956	26	CRD	NFL	LH	12	12	0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	6	0	0		PB,AP-1
1957	27	CRD	NFL	LH	12	11	2	5	40.0	59	0	0.0	0	0.0	32	11.8	11.80	29.5	4.9	84.6	5	0	0		PB,AP-1
1958	28	CRD	NFL	LH/FB	12	12	1	2	50.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	2.0	2.00	4.0	0.3	56.2		0	0		PB
1959	29	RAM	NFL	FB	12	9	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0		0	0

1962	32	RAM	NFL	FL	13	4	1	1	100.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	13.0	13.00	13.0	1.0	118.7		0	0	0
7 Yrs					85	68	5	15	33.3	119	0	0.0	1	6.7	43	7.9	4.93	23.8	1.4	35.1	17	0	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	14	1	3	33.3	24	0	0.0	0	6.7	43	7.9	4.93	23.8	1.4	35.1		0	0

CRD (5 Yrs)					60	55	4	13	30.8	106	0	0.0	0	0.0	43	8.2	8.15	26.5	1.8	61.7	17	0	0
RAM (2 Yrs)					25	13	1	2	50.0	13	0	0.0	1	50.0	13	6.5	-16.00	13.0	0.5	31.2		0	0	0

Scoring Summary

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Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1952*+	22	CRD	FB/RDH	33	12	7	3	3		2	1	9		54	4.5
1954*+	24	CRD	LH	33	12	8	4	3	1	1		9		54	4.5
1955*+	25	CRD	LH	33	12	12	1	2	2			5		30	2.5
1956*+	26	CRD	LH	33	12	12	5	2		1		8		48	4.0
1957*+	27	CRD	LH	33	12	11	6	3				9		54	4.5
1958*	28	CRD	LH/FB	33	12	12	5	3		2		10		60	5.0
1959	29	RAM	FB	33	12	9	6					6		36	3.0
1960	30	RAM	FB	33	12	7	1					1		6	0.5
1961	31	RAM	RHB	33	14	13	2	3				5		30	2.1
1962	32	RAM	FL	33	13	4		1				1		6	0.5
1964	34	PHI	HB	33	12	9	4	1				5		30	2.5
1965	35	PHI	RB	33	14	1	2	1				3		18	1.3
1966	36	PHI	HB	33	14	2	1	1				2		12	0.9
Career					171	107	40	23	3	6	1	73	0	438	2.6
6 yrs		CRD			72	62	24	16	3	6	1	50	0	300	4.2
4 yrs		RAM			51	33	9	4				13	0	78	1.5
3 yrs		PHI			40	12	7	3				10	0	60	1.5
1 yr		DET			8	0							0	0	0.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Ollie Matson born?

Ollie Matson was born on May 1, 1930.

Where was Ollie Matson born?

Ollie Matson was born in Trinity, TX.

How tall was Ollie Matson?

Ollie Matson was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Ollie Matson weigh when playing?

Ollie Matson weighed 220 lbs (99 kg) when playing.

Is Ollie Matson in the Hall of Fame?

Ollie Matson was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1972.

How many games did Ollie Matson play?

Ollie Matson played 171 games over his career.

How many rushing attempts did Ollie Matson have?

Ollie Matson had 1,170 rushing attempts over his career.

How many rushing yards did Ollie Matson have?

Ollie Matson had 5,173 rushing yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Ollie Matson won?

Ollie Matson never won a Super Bowl.

When did Ollie Matson retire?

Ollie Matson last played in 1966.

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