Joe Cribbs

Joe Stanier Cribbs

Position: RB

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: January 5, 1958 in Sulligent, AL

College: Auburn (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 54 (1367th overall since 1960)

High School: Sulligent (AL)

Draft: Buffalo Bills in the 2nd round (29th overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Nephew Josh Cribbs

SUMMARY

Career

102

Rush

1309

Yds

5356

Y/A

4.1

FantPt

965.5

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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	AV	Awards
1980*	22	BUF	RB	20	16	16	306	1185	11	48	3.9	74.1	19.1	52	415	8.0	1	21	3.3	25.9	358	4.5	1600	12	16	13	AP ORoY-2, PB
1981*	23	BUF	RB	20	15	15	257	1097	3	35	4.3	73.1	17.1	40	603	15.1	7	65	2.7	40.2	297	5.7	1700	10	12	13	PB
1982	24	BUF	RB	20	7	6	134	633	3	62	4.7	90.4	19.1	13	99	7.6	0	31	1.9	14.1	147	5.0	732	3	5	9
1983*	25	BUF	RB	20	16	16	263	1131	3	45	4.3	70.7	16.4	57	524	9.2	7	33	3.6	32.8	320	5.2	1655	10	6	11	PB
1984		Missed season - Contract dispute
1985	27	BUF	RB	20	10	5	122	399	1	16	3.3	39.9	12.2	18	142	7.9	0	23	1.8	14.2	140	3.9	541	1	5	3
1986	28	SFO	RB	28	14	10	152	590	5	19	3.9	42.1	10.9	35	346	9.9	0	33	2.5	24.7	187	5.0	936	5	5	7
1987	29	SFO		28	11	3	70	300	1	20	4.3	27.3	6.4	9	70	7.8	0	16	0.8	6.4	79	4.7	370	1	1	5
1988	30	2TM			13	0	5	21	0	11	4.2	1.6	0.4								5	4.2	21	0	1	0
		IND		30	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0		0
		MIA		20	12	0	5	21	0	11	4.2	1.8	0.4								5	4.2	21	0	1	0
Career					102	71	1309	5356	27	62	4.1	52.5	12.8	224	2199	9.8	15	65	2.2	21.6	1533	4.9	7555	42	51	61
5 yrs		BUF			64	58	1082	4445	21	62	4.1	69.5	16.9	180	1783	9.9	15	65	2.8	27.9	1262	4.9	6228	36	44	49
2 yrs		SFO			25	13	222	890	6	20	4.0	35.6	8.9	44	416	9.5	0	33	1.8	16.6	266	4.9	1306	6	6	12
1 yr		IND			1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0		0
1 yr		MIA			12	0	5	21	0	11	4.2	1.8	0.4								5	4.2	21	0	1	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	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
1980*	22	BUF	RB	1	1	18	53	0	9	2.9	53.0	18.0	4	36	9.0	0	11	4.0	36.0	22	4.0	89	0	0
1981*	23	BUF	RB	2	2	30	173	3	45	5.8	86.5	15.0	4	64	16.0	0	28	2.0	32.0	34	7.0	237	3	0
1986	28	SFO	RB	1	1	12	4	0	7	0.3	4.0	12.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	1.0	2.0	13	0.5	6	0	0
1987	29	SFO		1	0	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-6.0	1.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	1.0	7.0	2	0.5	1	0	0
Career				5	4	61	224	3	45	3.7	44.8	12.2	10	109	10.9	0	28	2.0	21.8	71	4.7	333	3	0
2 yrs		BUF		3	3	48	226	3	45	4.7	75.3	16.0	8	100	12.5	0	28	2.7	33.3	56	5.8	326	3	0
2 yrs		SFO		2	1	13	-2	0	7	-0.2	-1.0	6.5	2	9	4.5	0	7	1.0	4.5	15	0.5	7	0	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1980*	22	BUF	RB	20	16	16	29	154	0	16	5.3	2	39	0	20	19.5	1786
1987	29	SFO		28	11	3						13	327	1	92	25.2	697
1988	30	2TM			13	0						41	863	0	44	21.0	884
		MIA		20	12	0						41	863	0	44	21.0	884
Career					102	71	29	154	0	16	5.3	56	1229	1	92	21.9	8922
5 yrs		BUF			64	58	29	154	0	16	5.3	2	39	0	20	19.5	6405
2 yrs		SFO			25	13						13	327	1	92	25.2	1633
1 yr		IND			1	0											0
1 yr		MIA			12	0						41	863	0	44	21.0	884

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1986	28	SFO	RB	1	1						3	71	0	29	23.7	77
1987	29	SFO		1	0						3	28	0	15	9.3	29
Career				5	4						6	99	0	29	16.5	432
2 yrs		BUF		3	3											326
2 yrs		SFO		2	1						6	99	0	29	16.5	106

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	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1980*	22	BUF	RB	20	16	16	1	1	100	13	0	0	0	0	13	13.0	13.0	13.0	0.8	118.7	0	0	0	13.00	13.00
1981*	23	BUF	RB	20	15	15	1	1	100	9	1	100	0	0	9	9.0	29.0	9.0	0.6	143.7	0	0	0	9.00	29.00
1982	24	BUF	RB	20	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.00	-45.00
1983*	25	BUF	RB	20	16	16	1	2	50	3	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.2	56.2	0	0	0	1.50	1.50
1984		Missed season - Contract dispute
Career					102	71	3	5	60	25	1	20	1	20	13	5.0	0.0	8.3	0.2	72.9	0	0	0	5.00	0.00
5 yrs		BUF			64	58	3	5	60	25	1	20	1	20	13	5.0	0.0	8.3	0.4	72.9	0	0	0	5.00	0.00
2 yrs		SFO			25	13	0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0
1 yr		IND			1	0	0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0
1 yr		MIA			12	0	0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0

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
1980*	22	BUF	RB	20	16	16							16	1	-7	0	0.0
1981*	23	BUF	RB	20	15	15							12	1	0	0	0.0
1982	24	BUF	RB	20	7	6							5	2	-9	0	0.0
1983*	25	BUF	RB	20	16	16							6	1	0	0	0.0
1985	27	BUF	RB	20	10	5							5	1	0	0	0.0
1986	28	SFO	RB	28	14	10							5	1	0	0	0.0
1987	29	SFO		28	11	3							1	0	0	0	0.0
1988	30	2TM			13	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
		MIA		20	12	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					102	71							51	7	-16	0	0.0
5 yrs		BUF			64	58							44	6	-16	0	0.0
2 yrs		SFO			25	13							6	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		IND			1	0											0.0
1 yr		MIA			12	0							1	0	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	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1980*	22	BUF	RB	20	16	16	11	1		12		72	4.5
1981*	23	BUF	RB	20	15	15	3	7		10		60	4.0
1982	24	BUF	RB	20	7	6	3			3		18	2.6
1983*	25	BUF	RB	20	16	16	3	7		10		60	3.8
1985	27	BUF	RB	20	10	5	1			1		6	0.6
1986	28	SFO	RB	28	14	10	5			5		30	2.1
1987	29	SFO		28	11	3	1		1	2		12	1.1
Career					102	71	27	15	1	43	0	258	2.5
5 yrs		BUF			64	58	21	15		36	0	216	3.4
2 yrs		SFO			25	13	6		1	7	0	42	1.7
1 yr		IND			1	0					0	0	0.0
1 yr		MIA			12	0					0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1981*	23	BUF	RB	2	2	3	3	18	9.0
Career				5	4	3	3	18	3.6
2 yrs		BUF		3	3	3	3	18	6.0
2 yrs		SFO		2	1			0	0.0

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