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Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:04 pm
by Hail Casares
Might be fun
For example:
Neil O'Donnell(?!?!) Is 3rd all time in INT%
Not a name I expected to see up there with Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady
Re: Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 7:15 pm
by Veeshik_ya
Hail Casares wrote:Might be fun
For example:
Neil O'Donnell(?!?!) Is 3rd all time in INT%
Not a name I expected to see up there with Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady
It's even more surprising considering his most famous pass is the pick he threw in the SB vs Dallas.
Re: Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:43 pm
by Bob Gill
Second and third in the NFL in rushing for 1955: Howie Ferguson and Curly Morrison. Always a favorite of mine, ever since I came across it.
Re: Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:52 pm
by Rupert Patrick
Tom Miner of Pittsburgh tying for the league lead in Field Goals (with Paige Cothren of the Rams) with 14 three-pointers in 1958. What makes it so odd was that it was Miner's only season in the NFL.
Re: Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:10 pm
by Reaser
Robert Bailey had one career "punt return" and it was the longest punt return in NFL history.
Re: Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:16 am
by Bryan
Longest return of a blocked punt: 67 yards, Frank Filchock Sep 28, 1941
(although I guess this was tallied as a punt return?)
Re: Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:48 am
by conace21
Longest touchdow. Receptions in NFL history. After you get through the list of 99 yards, there's HOF DB Night Train Lane with a 98 yard TD.
Re: Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:05 am
by Bob Gill
Speaking of 98-yard pass plays, Gaynell Tinsley caught one in 1938 from Doug Russell -- Russell's only completion of the season, in seven attempts.
Re: Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:29 pm
by JKelly
1973 Oilers Fred Willis is third in total receptions (57) behind Harold Carmichael (67)& Charley Taylor (59). He wasn't the only RB Ed Podolak & Tom Sullivan are also in the top ten with 55 & 50 receptions
Re: Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:07 pm
by Gary Najman
In 1986, Bengals punter Jeff Hayes had the 4th longest run of the season (61 yards), after Herschel Walker, Thomas Sanders and Albert Bentley.
My favorite of all that I watched, was in the 1982 playoffs, when Steelers LB Guy Ruff (who, interestingly, wore no. 36) recovered a James Brooks fumble in the endzone for a TD in the opening kickoff against San Diego. It was listed that Ruff saw action in two games, but I was surprised, since I knew the Steelers roster and I had watch all their games that season and didn't noticed Ruff. Anyway, it was odd to see his name in the playoff stats.