Defense & Fumbles
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Sfty | AV | Awards |
1962* | 22 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 9 | AP RoY-2, UPI RoY-2, PB | |||
1963* | 23 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 9 | AP2, PB | |||||||
1964* | 24 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | AP2, PB | |||||||||||
1965* | 25 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | AP2, PB | |||||||
1966*+ | 26 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.0 | 15 | AP1, PB | |||||||
1967*+ | 27 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 15 | AP1, PB | |||||||
1968*+ | 28 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | AP1, PB | |||||||
1969*+ | 29 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 11.0 | 12 | AP1, PB | |||||||||||
1970*+ | 30 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 8.5 | 14 | AP MVP-9, AP1, PB | |||||||||||
1971* | 31 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 4.0 | 9 | PB | |||||||||||
1972* | 32 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 10.0 | 9 | AP MVP-8, AP DPoY-5, PB | |||||||||||
1973* | 33 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | PB | |||||||||||
1974* | 34 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 3.5 | 10 | PB | |||||||||||
1975* | 35 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 13 | PB | |||||||
1976 | 36 | RAM | LDT | 74 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | ||||||||
Career | 208 | 208 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 91.0 | 167 |
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