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Defense
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro
Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty |
1 | Ray Abruzzese | BUF | 25 | FS | 12 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
2 | Tom Addison* | BOS | 26 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5.0 | |||||||||||
3 | Chuck Allen | SDG | 23 | MLB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
4 | Dalva Allen | OAK | 27 | LDE/RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Billy Atkins | NYT | 28 | SS | 7 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
6 | Gene Babb | HOU | 28 | MLB | 14 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
7 | Tony Banfield*+ | HOU | 25 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
8 | Bobby Bethune | SDG | 24 | FS | 10 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
9 | Dan Birdwell | OAK | 22 | DE | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
10 | George Blair | SDG | 24 | FS | 14 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
11 | Hubert Bobo | NYT | 28 | MLB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
12 | Mel Branch* | DTX | 25 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5.5 | |||||||||||||||
13 | Fred Bruney* | BOS | 31 | SS | 14 | 11 | 3 | 70 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||
14 | Frank Buncom | SDG | 23 | RLB | 14 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
15 | Nick Buoniconti | BOS | 22 | MLB | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
16 | Joe Cannavino | BUF | 27 | FS | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
17 | John Cash | DEN | 26 | LDE | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.5 | |||||||||||
18 | Carl Charon | BUF | 22 | LCB | 14 | 13 | 7 | 131 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
19 | Doug Cline | HOU | 24 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
20 | Ed Cooke | NYT | 27 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||
21 | Walt Corey | DTX | 24 | RLB | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||
22 | Ed Culpepper | HOU | 28 | LDT | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||
23 | Gary Cutsinger | HOU | 22 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
24 | Bob Dee | BOS | 29 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||
25 | Bob Dougherty | OAK | 30 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
26 | Mike Dukes | HOU | 26 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
27 | Booker Edgerson | BUF | 23 | RCB/FS | 14 | 13 | 6 | 111 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
28 | Larry Eisenhauer*+ | BOS | 22 | RDE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||
29 | Tom Erlandson | DEN | 22 | LB | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | |||||||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty |
30 | Earl Faison* | SDG | 23 | LDE | 8 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5.5 | |||||||||||
31 | Dick Felt* | BOS | 29 | LCB | 14 | 13 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
32 | Jerry Fields | NYT | 24 | LB | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
33 | Don Floyd*+ | HOU | 24 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 2.5 | |||||||||||
34 | Wayne Fontes | NYT | 22 | DB | 9 | 4 | 4 | 145 | 1 | 83 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
35 | Jim Fraser* | DEN | 26 | RLB | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
36 | Bob Garner | OAK | 28 | RCB | 14 | 12 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
37 | Chuck Gavin | DEN | 29 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||
38 | Claude Gibson | SDG | 23 | LCB | 14 | 13 | 8 | 85 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
39 | Fred Glick* | HOU | 25 | SS | 14 | 14 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
40 | Goose Gonsoulin*+ | DEN | 24 | FS | 14 | 13 | 7 | 88 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
41 | Larry Grantham*+ | NYT | 24 | RLB | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.0 | |||||||||||
42 | Dave Grayson* | DTX | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
43 | Dick Guesman | NYT | 24 | LDT/RDT | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
44 | Ron Hall | BOS | 25 | DB | 14 | 4 | 3 | 94 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
45 | Dick Harris | SDG | 25 | RCB | 14 | 12 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
46 | Sherrill Headrick*+ | DTX | 25 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.5 | |||||||||||
47 | E.J. Holub*+ | DTX | 24 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.5 | |||||||||||
48 | Gordy Holz | DEN | 29 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||
49 | Bill Hudson | SDG | 27 | LDT | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
50 | Bill Hull | DTX | 22 | LDE | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||
51 | Bobby Hunt+ | DTX | 22 | SS | 14 | 14 | 8 | 101 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0.5 | |||||||||||
52 | Ed Husmann*+ | HOU | 31 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||
53 | Paul Hynes | NYT | 23 | RCB | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
54 | Bobby Jancik | HOU | 22 | DB | 14 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
55 | Jon Jelacic | OAK | 26 | RDE/LDE | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
56 | Mark Johnston | HOU | 24 | LCB | 14 | 12 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
57 | Emil Karas* | SDG | 29 | LLB | 14 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
58 | Dick Klein* | BOS | 28 | LDT | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||
59 | Ed Kovac | NYT | 24 | HB | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty |
60 | Ernie Ladd* | SDG | 24 | RDT | 14 | 13 | 0 | 9.5 | |||||||||||||||
61 | Ike Lassiter | DEN | 22 | LDE | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||
62 | Paul Maguire* | SDG | 24 | RLB | 14 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
63 | Archie Matsos* | BUF | 28 | MLB | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
64 | Marv Matuszak* | BUF | 31 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
65 | Jerry Mays* | DTX | 23 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||
66 | Wahoo McDaniel | DEN | 24 | MLB | 14 | 12 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2.5 | |||||||||||
67 | Ron McDole | HOU | 23 | DE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
68 | Bud McFadin*+ | DEN | 34 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||
69 | John McGeever | DEN | 23 | LCB | 14 | 7 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
70 | Jim McMillin | DEN | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 117 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
71 | Chuck McMurtry | OAK | 25 | RDT | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
72 | Charlie McNeil | SDG | 26 | DB | 4 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
73 | Bob Mitinger | SDG | 22 | LLB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
74 | Leroy Moore | 2TM | 27 | DE-RDE | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
75 | Riley Morris | OAK | 28 | LB | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||
76 | Tommy Morrow | OAK | 24 | FS | 14 | 14 | 10 | 141 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
77 | Nick Mumley | NYT | 25 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||
78 | Ron Nery | SDG | 28 | RDE | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||
79 | Jim Norton* | HOU | 24 | FS | 14 | 14 | 8 | 75 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
80 | Ross O'Hanley | BOS | 23 | FS | 14 | 14 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
81 | Larry Onesti | HOU | 24 | MLB | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||
82 | Dainard Paulson | NYT | 25 | LCB/RCB/FS | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
83 | Bobby Ply | DTX | 22 | DB | 14 | 3 | 7 | 144 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
84 | Jess Richardson | BOS | 32 | RDT | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
85 | Charlie Rieves | OAK | 23 | RLB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
86 | Lee Riley | NYT | 30 | FS | 14 | 13 | 11 | 122 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
87 | Johnny Robinson | DTX | 24 | FS | 14 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
88 | Paul Rochester | DTX | 24 | LDT | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||
89 | Bill Roehnelt | DEN | 26 | LLB | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty |
90 | Justin Rowland | DEN | 25 | LCB | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
91 | Jack Rudolph | BOS | 24 | RLB | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
92 | Henry Schmidt | SDG | 27 | LDE | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
93 | Tom Sestak* | BUF | 26 | RDT | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4.5 | |||||||||||
94 | George Shirkey | OAK | 26 | LDT/RDT | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||
95 | Chuck Shonta | BOS | 25 | RCB | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
96 | Jackie Simpson | OAK | 26 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
97 | Jim Sorey | BUF | 26 | DT | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
98 | Jerry Stalcup | DEN | 24 | LLB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
99 | Smokey Stover | DTX | 24 | RLB | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||
100 | Mike Stratton | BUF | 21 | RLB | 12 | 9 | 6 | 99 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
101 | Bob Suci | HOU | 23 | DB | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
102 | Carl Taseff | BUF | 34 | SS | 11 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
103 | LaVerne Torczon | 2TM | 26 | DE-RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||
104 | John Tracey | BUF | 29 | LB | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
105 | Orville Trask | OAK | 28 | LDT | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||
106 | Vern Valdez | OAK | 27 | SS | 10 | 9 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
107 | Bob Watters | NYT | 27 | RDE | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||
108 | Willie West | BUF | 24 | LCB | 12 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
109 | Bud Whitehead | SDG | 23 | SS | 14 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
110 | Fred Williamson*+ | OAK | 25 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 8 | 151 | 1 | 91 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
111 | Duane Wood | DTX | 25 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
112 | Mack Yoho | BUF | 26 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||||
113 | Sid Youngelman | BUF | 31 | LDT | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
114 | Bob Zeman* | DEN | 25 | SS | 14 | 14 | 6 | 133 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0.0 |
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