Morten Andersen

Morten Andersen

Position: K

6-2, 217lb (188cm, 98kg)

Born: August 19, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark

College: Michigan St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 51 (1617th overall since 1960)

High School: Ben Davis (IN)

Draft: New Orleans Saints in the 4th round (86th overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2017 (Full List)

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SUMMARY

Career

382

FGM

565

FGA

709

XPM

849

XPA

859

Kicking

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	AV	Awards
1982	22	NOR	K	7	8	0					1	1	3	1	1		5	2	36	40.0%	6	6	100.0%						0
1983	23	NOR	K	7	16	0	2	2	8	8	4	3	6	2	4	3	24	18	52	75.0%	38	37	97.4%						4
1984	24	NOR	K	7	16	0			9	9	4	4	11	5	3	2	27	20	53	74.1%	34	34	100.0%						4
1985*	25	NOR	K	7	16	0			5	4	14	13	12	11	4	3	35	31	55	88.6%	29	27	93.1%						7	AP2, PB
1986*+	26	NOR	K	7	16	0	1	1	11	11	7	6	6	6	5	2	30	26	53	86.7%	30	30	100.0%						6	AP1, PB
1987*+	27	NOR	K	7	12	0	3	3	6	6	9	9	12	8	6	2	36	28	52	77.8%	37	37	100.0%						5	AP1, PB
1988*	28	NOR	K	7	16	0	1	1	12	11	11	8	8	5	4	1	36	26	51	72.2%	33	32	97.0%						3	PB
1989	29	NOR	K	7	16	0			8	7	11	10	6	3	4		29	20	49	69.0%	45	44	97.8%						3
1990*	30	NOR	K	7	16	0			5	5	6	5	12	8	4	3	27	21	52	77.8%	29	29	100.0%						5	PB
1991	31	NOR	K	7	16	0			6	6	13	11	9	6	4	2	32	25	60	78.1%	38	38	100.0%	79	5157	43	54.4%	65.3	5
1992*	32	NOR	K	7	16	0			10	10	10	8	11	8	3	3	34	29	52	85.3%	34	33	97.1%	81	5178	38	46.9%	63.9	6	AP2, PB
1993	33	NOR	K	7	16	0	2	2	7	7	7	7	14	11	5	1	35	28	56	80.0%	33	33	100.0%	76	4825	35	46.1%	63.5	5
1994	34	NOR	K	7	16	0			9	9	14	11	10	8	6		39	28	48	71.8%	32	32	100.0%	82	5087	14	17.1%	62.0	3
1995*+	35	ATL	K	5	16	0	1	1	8	8	11	11	8	3	9	8	37	31	59	83.8%	30	29	96.7%	82	5646	27	32.9%	68.9	5	AP1, PB
1996	36	ATL	K	5	16	0			5	5	11	9	8	7	5	1	29	22	54	75.9%	31	31	100.0%	71	4717	16	22.5%	66.4	3
1997	37	ATL	K	5	16	0	1	1	10	10	7	7	6	3	3	2	27	23	55	85.2%	35	35	100.0%	63	4125	17	27.0%	65.5	4
1998	38	ATL	K	5	16	0	1		9	8	7	7	9	6	2	2	28	23	53	82.1%	52	51	98.1%	90	6153	20	22.2%	68.4	3
1999	39	ATL	K	5	16	0	1	1	5	5	8	5	6	4	1		21	15	49	71.4%	34	34	100.0%	63	4048	7	11.1%	64.3	2
2000	40	ATL	K	5	16	0			6	6	7	6	15	11	3	2	31	25	51	80.6%	23	23	100.0%	64	4168	12	18.8%	65.1	4
2001	41	NYG	K	8	16	0			8	8	8	7	7	6	5	2	28	23	51	82.1%	30	29	96.7%	27	1585			58.7	4
2002	42	KAN	K	8	14	0			6	6	10	10	9	5	1	1	26	22	50	84.6%	51	51	100.0%	64	3788	6	9.4%	59.2	4
2003	43	KAN	K	8	16	0			3	3	8	8	8	5	1		20	16	49	80.0%	59	58	98.3%						3
2004	44	MIN	K	7	16	0	1	1	8	8	7	5	6	4			22	18	48	81.8%	45	45	100.0%	8	433			54.1	3
2006	46	ATL	K	5	14	0			8	7	6	6	8	7	1		23	20	45	87.0%	27	27	100.0%						3
2007	47	ATL	K	5	14	0			9	9	12	12	7	4			28	25	47	89.3%	24	24	100.0%						3
Career					382		14	13	181	176	213	189	217	147	84	40	709	565	60	79.7%	859	849	98.8%	850	54910	235	27.6%	64.6	97
13 yrs		NOR			196	0	9	9	96	93	111	96	120	82	53	22	389	302	60	77.6%	418	412	98.6%	318	20247	130	40.9%	63.7	56
8 yrs		ATL			124	0	4	3	60	58	69	63	67	45	24	15	224	184	59	82.1%	256	254	99.2%	433	28857	99	22.9%	66.6	27
2 yrs		KAN			30	0			9	9	18	18	17	10	2	1	46	38	50	82.6%	110	109	99.1%	64	3788	6	9.4%	59.2	7
1 yr		MIN			16	0	1	1	8	8	7	5	6	4			22	18	48	81.8%	45	45	100.0%	8	433			54.1	3
1 yr		NYG			16	0			8	8	8	7	7	6	5	2	28	23	51	82.1%	30	29	96.7%	27	1585			58.7	4

Kicking Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
1987*+	27	NOR		1	0											1	1	100.0%	1	1	100.0%
1990*	30	NOR		1	0											4	2	50.0%
1991	31	NOR		1	0					1	1	1	1			2	2	100.0%	2	2	100.0%	5	298	2	40.0%	59.6
1992*	32	NOR		1	0					1	1	1	1			2	2	100.0%	2	2	100.0%	5	345	3	60.0%	69.0
1995*+	35	ATL		1	0			1	1	1	1					2	2	100.0%	2	2	100.0%	5	226			45.2
1998	38	ATL		3	0			5	4	3	3					8	7	87.5%	6	6	100.0%	17	1092	7	41.2%	64.2
2003	43	KAN	K	1	0			1	1	1						2	1	50.0%	4	4	100.0%
2004	44	MIN	K	2	0			1		1	1					2	1	50.0%	6	6	100.0%	1	10			10.0
Career				11				8	6	8	7	2	2			23	18	78.3%	23	23	100.0%	33	1971	12	36.4%	59.7
4 yrs		NOR		4	0					2	2	2	2			9	7	77.8%	5	5	100.0%	10	643	5	50.0%	64.3
2 yrs		ATL		4	0			6	5	4	4					10	9	90.0%	8	8	100.0%	22	1318	7	31.8%	59.9
1 yr		KAN		1	0			1	1	1						2	1	50.0%	4	4	100.0%
1 yr		MIN		2	0			1		1	1					2	1	50.0%	6	6	100.0%	1	10			10.0

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Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2001	41	NYG	K	8	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
Career					382				0							0	0.0	2	1	1	0
13 yrs		NOR			196	0			0							0	0.0
8 yrs		ATL			124	0			0							0	0.0
2 yrs		KAN			30	0			0							0	0.0
1 yr		MIN			16	0			0							0	0.0	1	0	1	0
1 yr		NYG			16	0			0							0	0.0	1	1	0	0

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	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1982	22	NOR	K	7	8	0		6	6	2	5	12	1.5
1983	23	NOR	K	7	16	0		37	38	18	24	91	5.7
1984	24	NOR	K	7	16	0		34	34	20	27	94	5.9
1985*	25	NOR	K	7	16	0		27	29	31	35	120	7.5
1986*+	26	NOR	K	7	16	0		30	30	26	30	108	6.8
1987*+	27	NOR	K	7	12	0		37	37	28	36	121	10.1
1988*	28	NOR	K	7	16	0		32	33	26	36	110	6.9
1989	29	NOR	K	7	16	0		44	45	20	29	104	6.5
1990*	30	NOR	K	7	16	0		29	29	21	27	92	5.8
1991	31	NOR	K	7	16	0		38	38	25	32	113	7.1
1992*	32	NOR	K	7	16	0		33	34	29	34	120	7.5
1993	33	NOR	K	7	16	0		33	33	28	35	117	7.3
1994	34	NOR	K	7	16	0		32	32	28	39	116	7.3
1995*+	35	ATL	K	5	16	0		29	30	31	37	122	7.6
1996	36	ATL	K	5	16	0		31	31	22	29	97	6.1
1997	37	ATL	K	5	16	0		35	35	23	27	104	6.5
1998	38	ATL	K	5	16	0		51	52	23	28	120	7.5
1999	39	ATL	K	5	16	0		34	34	15	21	79	4.9
2000	40	ATL	K	5	16	0		23	23	25	31	98	6.1
2001	41	NYG	K	8	16	0		29	30	23	28	98	6.1
2002	42	KAN	K	8	14	0		51	51	22	26	117	8.4
2003	43	KAN	K	8	16	0		58	59	16	20	106	6.6
2004	44	MIN	K	7	16	0		45	45	18	22	99	6.2
2006	46	ATL	K	5	14	0		27	27	20	23	87	6.2
2007	47	ATL	K	5	14	0		24	24	25	28	99	7.1
Career					382		0	849	859	565	709	2544	6.7
13 yrs		NOR			196	0	0	412	418	302	389	1318	6.7
8 yrs		ATL			124	0	0	254	256	184	224	806	6.5
2 yrs		KAN			30	0	0	109	110	38	46	223	7.4
1 yr		MIN			16	0	0	45	45	18	22	99	6.2
1 yr		NYG			16	0	0	29	30	23	28	98	6.1

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1987*+	27	NOR		1	0	1	1	1	1	4	4.0
1990*	30	NOR		1	0			2	4	6	6.0
1991	31	NOR		1	0	2	2	2	2	8	8.0
1992*	32	NOR		1	0	2	2	2	2	8	8.0
1995*+	35	ATL		1	0	2	2	2	2	8	8.0
1998	38	ATL		3	0	6	6	7	8	27	9.0
2003	43	KAN	K	1	0	4	4	1	2	7	7.0
2004	44	MIN	K	2	0	6	6	1	2	9	4.5
Career				11		23	23	18	23	77	7.0
4 yrs		NOR		4	0	5	5	7	9	26	6.5
2 yrs		ATL		4	0	8	8	9	10	35	8.8
1 yr		KAN		1	0	4	4	1	2	7	7.0
1 yr		MIN		2	0	6	6	1	2	9	4.5

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How old is Morten Andersen?

Morten Andersen is 64 years old.

When was Morten Andersen born?

Morten Andersen was born on August 19, 1960.

How tall is Morten Andersen?

Morten Andersen is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Morten Andersen weigh when playing?

Morten Andersen weighed 217 lbs (98 kg) when playing.

Is Morten Andersen in the Hall of Fame?

Morten Andersen was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 2017.

How many games did Morten Andersen play?

Morten Andersen played 382 games over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Morten Andersen won?

Morten Andersen has never won a Super Bowl.

When did Morten Andersen retire?

Morten Andersen last played in 2007.

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