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Gene Washington

Gene Alden Washington

Position: WR-SE

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: January 14, 1947 in Tuscaloosa, AL

College: Stanford (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 71 (626th overall since 1960)

High School: Long Beach Polytechnic (CA)

Draft: San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

140

Rec

385

Yds

6856

Y/R

17.8

FantPt

1045.9

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
1969*	22	SFO	WR	18	14	14	51	711	13.9	3	52	3.6	50.8	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	52	13.6	707	3	0	7	AP ORoY-2, PB
1970*+	23	SFO	WR	18	13	13	53	1100	20.8	12	79	4.1	84.6			0					53	20.8	1100	12	0	16	AP1, PB
1971*	24	SFO	WR	18	14	14	46	884	19.2	4	71	3.3	63.1			0					46	19.2	884	4	0	12	PB
1972*+	25	SFO	WR	18	14	14	46	918	20.0	12	62	3.3	65.6			0					46	20.0	918	12	0	12	AP1, PB
1973	26	SFO	WR	18	13	13	37	606	16.4	2	58	2.8	46.6			0					37	16.4	606	2	1	6
1974	27	SFO	WR	18	14	14	29	615	21.2	6	58	2.1	43.9	2	4	0	7	2.0	0.3	0.1	31	20.0	619	6	0	7
1975	28	SFO	WR	18	14	14	44	735	16.7	9	68	3.1	52.5	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	45	16.2	731	9	1	7
1976	29	SFO	WR	18	14	14	33	457	13.8	6	55	2.4	32.6	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	34	13.5	460	6	0	6
1977	30	SFO	WR	18	14	14	32	638	19.9	5	47	2.3	45.6			0					32	19.9	638	5	0	10
1979	32	DET	WR	18	16	13	14	192	13.7	1	29	0.9	12.0	1	24	0	24	24.0	1.5	0.1	15	14.4	216	1	0	2
Career					140	137	385	6856	17.8	60	79	2.8	49.0	6	23	0	24	3.8	0.2	0.0	391	17.6	6879	60	2	85
9 yrs		SFO			124	124	371	6664	18.0	59	79	3.0	53.7	5	-1	0	7	-0.2	0.0	0.0	376	17.7	6663	59	2	83
1 yr		DET			16	13	14	192	13.7	1	29	0.9	12.0	1	24	0	24	24.0	1.5	0.1	15	14.4	216	1		2

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
1970*+	23	SFO		2	2	8	133	16.6	0	42	4.0	66.5			0					8	16.6	133	0	1
1971*	24	SFO		2	2	5	166	33.2	1	78	2.5	83.0			0					5	33.2	166	1	0
1972*+	25	SFO		1	1	3	76	25.3	0	52	3.0	76.0			0					3	25.3	76	0	0
Career				5	5	16	375	23.4	1	78	3.2	75.0			0					16	23.4	375	1	1

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Defense & Fumbles

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

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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
1973	26	SFO	WR	18	13	13			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1975	28	SFO	WR	18	14	14			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1977	30	SFO	WR	18	14	14			0				0	3	0	0	0.0
Career					140	137			0				2	3	0	0	0.0
9 yrs		SFO			124	124			0				2	3	0	0	0.0
1 yr		DET			16	13			0							0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1970*+	23	SFO		2	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				5	5			0			0	1	0	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%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1975	28	SFO	WR	18	14	14	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career					140	137	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
9 yrs		SFO			124	124	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
1 yr		DET			16	13

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	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1969*	22	SFO	WR	18	14	14	3	3		18	1.3
1970*+	23	SFO	WR	18	13	13	12	12		72	5.5
1971*	24	SFO	WR	18	14	14	4	4		24	1.7
1972*+	25	SFO	WR	18	14	14	12	12		72	5.1
1973	26	SFO	WR	18	13	13	2	2		12	0.9
1974	27	SFO	WR	18	14	14	6	6		36	2.6
1975	28	SFO	WR	18	14	14	9	9		54	3.9
1976	29	SFO	WR	18	14	14	6	6		36	2.6
1977	30	SFO	WR	18	14	14	5	5		30	2.1
1979	32	DET	WR	18	16	13	1	1		6	0.4
Career					140	137	60	60	0	360	2.6
9 yrs		SFO			124	124	59	59	0	354	2.9
1 yr		DET			16	13	1	1	0	6	.4

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
1971*	24	SFO		2	2		1						1			0						6	3.0
Career				5	5		1						1			0						6	1.2

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