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Spec Sanders

Orban Eugene Sanders

Position: TB-DB-HB Throws: Right

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

Born: January 26, 1918 in Temple, OK

Died: July 6, 2003 in Lawton, OK

College: Texas

High School: Temple (OK)

Draft: Washington Redskins in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1942 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

540

Yds

2900

Y/A

5.4

FantPt

681.3

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	Awards
1946+	28	NYY	TB	81	13	9	140	709	6		5.1	54.5	10.8	17	259	15.2	3		1.3	19.9	157	6.2	968	9	0		AP1
1947+	29	NYY	TB	81	14	12	231	1432	18		6.2	102.3	16.5	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.1	0.9	232	6.2	1445	18	0		AP1
1948	30	NYY	TB	81	13	9	169	759	9		4.5	58.4	13.0				0				169	4.5	759	9	0
1950*	32	NYY	S	81	12	12			0								0							0	1		PB
Career					52	42	540	2900	33		5.4	55.8	10.4	18	272	15.1	3	13	0.3	5.2	558	5.7	3172	36	1
3 yrs		NYY			40	30	540	2900	33		5.4	72.5	13.5	18	272	15.1	3	13	0.5	6.8	558	5.7	3172	36
1 yr		NYY			12	12			0								0							0	1

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
1946+	28	NYY		1	1	14	55	1	23	3.9	55.0	14.0				0				14	3.9	55	1	0
1947+	29	NYY		1	1	12	40	0	23	3.3	40.0	12.0				0				12	3.3	40	0	0
Career				2	2	26	95	1	23	3.7	47.5	13.0				0				26	3.7	95	1

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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	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
1946+	28	NYY	TB	81	13	9	33	79	41.8	411	4	5.1	9	11.4	47	5.2	1.1	12.5	31.6	35.9
1947+	29	NYY	TB	81	14	12	93	171	54.4	1442	14	8.2	17	9.9	55	8.4	5.6	15.5	103.0	70.2
1948	30	NYY	TB	81	13	9	78	168	46.4	918	5	3.0	11	6.5	57	5.5	3.1	11.8	70.6	46.2
1950*	32	NYY	S	81	12	12	2	3	66.7	58	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	19.3	19.3	29.0	4.8	109.7
Career					52	42	206	421	48.9	2829	23	5.5	37	8.8	57	6.7	3.9	13.7	54.4	52.4
3 yrs		NYY			40	30	204	418	48.8	2771	23	5.5	37	8.9	57	6.6	3.7	13.6	69.3	51.8
1 yr		NYY			12	12	2	3	66.7	58	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	19.3	19.3	29.0	4.8	109.7

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1946+	28	NYY	1	1	0-0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
1947+	29	NYY	1	1	0-0	7	17	41.2	89	1	5.9	20	5.2	2.6	12.7	89.0	33.7	2	23	10.5	3.47	1.11
Career			2	2	0-0	7	19	36.8	89	1	5.3	20	4.7	2.3	12.7	44.5	30.4	2	23	9.5	3.14	1.00

Adjusted Passing

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

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Y/A+	AY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Rate+
1946+	28	NYY	TB	81	13	9	79	76	67	77	90	51	74
1947+	29	NYY	TB	81	14	12	171	121	105	118	114	70	106
1948	30	NYY	TB	81	13	9	168	76	81	92	80	103	83
Career					52	42	421

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+	28	NYY	TB	81	13	9	33	1208	36.6	0	2
1947+	29	NYY	TB	81	14	12	46	1938	42.1	0	2
1948	30	NYY	TB	81	13	9	42	1707	40.6	0	0
1950*	32	NYY	S	81	12	12	71	3001	42.3	63	2
Career					52	42	192	7854	40.9	63	6
3 yrs		NYY			40	30	121	4853	40.1	0	4
1 yr		NYY			12	12	71	3001	42.3	63	2

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1946+	28	NYY		1	1	1	45	45.0	45	0
Career				2	2	1	45	45.0	45	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
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1946+	28	NYY	TB	81	13	9	2	71	1	50			0	0	0	0
1947+	29	NYY	TB	81	14	12	3	63	0	0			0	0	0	0
1948	30	NYY	TB	81	13	9	1	24	0	24			0	0	0	0
1950*	32	NYY	S	81	12	12	13	199	0	29			1	2	0	0
Career					52	42	19	357	1	50			1	2	0	0
3 yrs		NYY			40	30	6	158	1	50						0	0.0
1 yr		NYY			12	12	13	199	0	29			1	2	0	0	0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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+	28	NYY	TB	81	13	9	17	257	1	75	15.1	13	395	1	103	30.4	1691
1947+	29	NYY	TB	81	14	12	6	164	0	0	27.3	22	593	1	92	27.0	2265
1948	30	NYY	TB	81	13	9	13	128	0	0	9.8	9	217	0	0	24.1	1128
1950*	32	NYY	S	81	12	12	6	93	0	29	15.5			0			292
Career					52	42	42	642	1	75	15.3	44	1205	2	103	27.4	5376
3 yrs		NYY			40	30	36	549	1	75	15.3	44	1205	2	103	27.4	5084
1 yr		NYY			12	12	6	93	0	29	15.5			0			292

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1946+	28	NYY		1	1			0			2	52	0	35	26.0	107
1947+	29	NYY		1	1			0			1	32	0	32	32.0	72
Career				2	2			0			3	84	0	35	28.0	179

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	PR TD	KR TD	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1946+	28	NYY	TB	81	13	9	6	3	1	1	1	12		72	5.5
1947+	29	NYY	TB	81	14	12	18			1		19		114	8.1
1948	30	NYY	TB	81	13	9	9					9		54	4.2
Career					52	42	33	3	1	2	1	40	0	240	4.6
3 yrs		NYY			40	30	33	3	1	2	1	40	0	240	6.0
1 yr		NYY			12	12							0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1946+	28	NYY		1	1	1							1			0						6	6.0
Career				2	2	1							1			0						6	3.0

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