Jim Bakken

James Leroy Bakken

Position: K

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: November 2, 1940 in Madison, WI

College: Wisconsin (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 51 (1561st overall since 1960)

High School: West (WI)

Draft: Los Angeles Rams in the 7th round (88th overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

234

FGM

282

FGA

447

XPM

534

XPA

553

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
1962	22	STL	K	25	8	0							1				1			0.0%									0
1963	23	STL	K	25	14	0	2	2	5	2	6	3	8	4			21	11	45	52.4%	44	44	100.0%						4
1964	24	STL	K	25	14	0	6	5	6	5	9	9	13	5	4	1	38	25	51	65.8%	40	40	100.0%						7
1965*	25	STL	K	25	14	0	3	3	7	7	9	6	9	5	3		31	21	45	67.7%	33	33	100.0%						8	PB
1966	26	STL	K	25	14	0	8	8	8	7	9	4	11	4	4		40	23	47	57.5%	28	27	96.4%						4
1967*	27	STL	K	25	14	0	8	8	9	8	11	8	10	3	1		39	27	47	69.2%	36	36	100.0%						7	PB
1968	28	STL	K	25	14	0	2	2	7	7	6	3	8	3	1		24	15	47	62.5%	40	40	100.0%						5
1969	29	STL	K	25	14	0	2	2	9	4	4	3	7	3	2		24	12	46	50.0%	40	38	95.0%						2
1970	30	STL	K	25	14	0	4	4	6	3	7	7	11	6	4		32	20	49	62.5%	38	37	97.4%						5
1971	31	STL	K	25	14	0	5	5	13	8	6	5	8	3			32	21	45	65.6%	24	24	100.0%						4
1972	32	STL	K	25	14	0	5	4	5	2	3	2	9	6			22	14	49	63.6%	21	19	90.5%						3
1973	33	STL	K	25	14	0	4	4	7	6	12	10	8	3	1		32	23	46	71.9%	31	31	100.0%						5
1974	34	STL	K	25	14	0			3	2	9	5	10	6			22	13	47	59.1%	36	30	83.3%						3
1975*+	35	STL	K	25	14	0			11	10	7	5	6	4			24	19	48	79.2%	41	40	97.6%						5	AP1, PB
1976*+	36	STL	K	25	14	0			11	10	8	6	8	4			27	20	43	74.1%	35	33	94.3%						5	AP1, PB
1977	37	STL	K	25	14	0			2	2	5	3	8	2	1		16	7	49	43.8%	36	35	97.2%						3
1978	38	STL	K	25	16	0			5	4	7	4	10	3			22	11	45	50.0%	30	27	90.0%						2
Career					234		49	47	114	87	118	83	145	64	21	1	447	282	51	63.1%	553	534	96.6%						72

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
1974	34	STL		1	0											1		0.0%	2	2	100.0%
1975*+	35	STL		1	0											1	1	100.0%	3	2	66.7%
Career				2												2	1	50.0%	5	4	80.0%

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Punting

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

Regular Season

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1965*	25	STL	K	25	14	0	26	1098	42.2				56					0
1966	26	STL	K	25	14	0	29	961	33.1				49					0
1971	31	STL	K	25	14	0	5	207	41.4				44					0
1972	32	STL	K	25	14	0	1	26	26.0				26					0
1978	38	STL	K	25	16	0	4	147	36.8	22	125	31.3	42	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	0
Career					234		65	2439	37.5	22	125	1.9	56	0	0.0%	1	1.5%	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	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1975*+	35	STL	K	25	14	0		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		1	9	100.0	-9.00	-9.00

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

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
1965*	25	STL	K	25	14	0	1	28	0	28	28.0	2.0	0.1				0				1	28.0	28	0	1
Career					234		1	28	0	28	28.0	0.1	0.0				0				1	28.0	28	0	1

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
1965*	25	STL	K	25	14	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1978	38	STL	K	25	16	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					234				0				1	1	0	0	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
1963	23	STL	K	25	14	0		44	44	11	21	77	5.5
1964	24	STL	K	25	14	0		40	40	25	38	115	8.2
1965*	25	STL	K	25	14	0		33	33	21	31	96	6.9
1966	26	STL	K	25	14	0		27	28	23	40	96	6.9
1967*	27	STL	K	25	14	0		36	36	27	39	117	8.4
1968	28	STL	K	25	14	0		40	40	15	24	85	6.1
1969	29	STL	K	25	14	0		38	40	12	24	74	5.3
1970	30	STL	K	25	14	0		37	38	20	32	97	6.9
1971	31	STL	K	25	14	0		24	24	21	32	87	6.2
1972	32	STL	K	25	14	0		19	21	14	22	61	4.4
1973	33	STL	K	25	14	0		31	31	23	32	100	7.1
1974	34	STL	K	25	14	0		30	36	13	22	69	4.9
1975*+	35	STL	K	25	14	0		40	41	19	24	97	6.9
1976*+	36	STL	K	25	14	0		33	35	20	27	93	6.6
1977	37	STL	K	25	14	0		35	36	7	16	56	4.0
1978	38	STL	K	25	16	0		27	30	11	22	60	3.8
Career					234		0	534	553	282	447	1380	5.9

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1974	34	STL	1	0	2	2		1	2	2.0
1975*+	35	STL	1	0	2	3	1	1	5	5.0
Career			2		4	5	1	2	7	3.5

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