Roy Gerela

Carl Roy Gerela

Position: K

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: April 2, 1948 in Sarrail, Alberta

College: New Mexico St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 24 (4620th overall since 1960)

High School: Rockville (MD)

Draft: Houston Oilers in the 4th round (96th overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

145

FGM

184

FGA

306

XPM

351

XPA

365

Kicking & Punting

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
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	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P	AV	Awards
1969	21	HOU		3	14	0	9	9	6	5	12	3	8	1	5	1	40	19	50	47.5%	29	29	100.0%						41	1656	70	0	40.4	2
1970	22	HOU		3	14	0	5	5	5	4	8	6	14	3			32	18	48	56.3%	23	23	100.0%											3
1971	23	PIT		10	14	0	6	5	7	5	7	4	6	3	1		27	17	45	63.0%	27	27	100.0%											3
1972*	24	PIT		10	14	0	9	9	10	8	12	8	9	3	1		41	28	49	68.3%	36	35	97.2%						1	29	29	0	29.0	3	AP2, PB
1973	25	PIT		10	14	0	10	9	12	10	9	5	12	5			43	29	49	67.4%	37	36	97.3%											3
1974*	26	PIT		10	14	0			9	8	12	8	7	4	1		29	20	45	69.0%	35	33	94.3%											4	AP2, PB
1975	27	PIT		10	14	0	4	4	7	7	7	5	2	1	1		21	17	42	81.0%	46	44	95.7%											5
1976	28	PIT		10	14	0	2	2	6	2	10	6	7	4	1		26	14	47	53.8%	43	40	93.0%											2
1977	29	PIT		10	14	0			5	4	2	2	6	3	1		14	9	49	64.3%	37	34	91.9%											4
1978	30	PIT		10	16	0	1	1	6	5	9	3	8	3	2		26	12	44	46.2%	45	44	97.8%											1
1979	31	SDG		9	3	0			2	1	2		3				7	1	26	14.3%	7	6	85.7%											-1
Career					145		46	44	75	59	90	50	82	30	13	1	306	184	50	60.1%	365	351	96.2%						42	1685	70	0	40.1	29
8 yrs		PIT			114	0	32	30	62	49	68	41	57	26	8		227	146	49	64.3%	306	293	95.8%						1	29	29	0	29.0	25
2 yrs		HOU			28	0	14	14	11	9	20	9	22	4	5	1	72	37	50	51.4%	52	52	100.0%						41	1656	70	0	40.4	5
1 yr		SDG			3	0			2	1	2		3				7	1	26	14.3%	7	6	85.7%											-1

Kicking & Punting Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Kickoffs					Punting
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	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1969	21	HOU		1	0														1	1	100.0%
1972*	24	PIT		2	0											5	3	60.0%	3	3	100.0%
1973	25	PIT		1	0														2	2	100.0%
1974*	26	PIT		3	0											5	3	60.0%	9	7	77.8%
1975	27	PIT		3	0											7	3	42.9%	8	6	75.0%
1976	28	PIT		1	0											2	2	100.0%	4	3	75.0%
1977	29	PIT		1	0														3	3	100.0%
1978	30	PIT		3	0											7	4	57.1%	13	12	92.3%
Career				15												26	15	57.7%	43	37	86.0%
7 yrs		PIT		14	0											26	15	57.7%	42	36	85.7%
1 yr		HOU		1	0														1	1	100.0%

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* 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
1969	21	HOU		3	14	0							1	0	-10	0	0.0
1977	29	PIT		10	14	0							0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					145								1	1	-10	0	0.0
8 yrs		PIT			114	0							0	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		HOU			28	0							1	0	-10	0	0.0
1 yr		SDG			3	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	No.	G	GS	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1969	21	HOU	3	14	0		29	29	19	40	86	6.1
1970	22	HOU	3	14	0		23	23	18	32	77	5.5
1971	23	PIT	10	14	0		27	27	17	27	78	5.6
1972*	24	PIT	10	14	0		35	36	28	41	119	8.5
1973	25	PIT	10	14	0		36	37	29	43	123	8.8
1974*	26	PIT	10	14	0		33	35	20	29	93	6.6
1975	27	PIT	10	14	0		44	46	17	21	95	6.8
1976	28	PIT	10	14	0		40	43	14	26	82	5.9
1977	29	PIT	10	14	0		34	37	9	14	61	4.4
1978	30	PIT	10	16	0		44	45	12	26	80	5.0
1979	31	SDG	9	3	0		6	7	1	7	9	3.0
Career				145		0	351	365	184	306	903	6.2
8 yrs		PIT		114	0	0	293	306	146	227	731	6.4
2 yrs		HOU		28	0	0	52	52	37	72	163	5.8
1 yr		SDG		3	0	0	6	7	1	7	9	3.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1969	21	HOU	1	0	1	1			1	1.0
1972*	24	PIT	2	0	3	3	3	5	12	6.0
1973	25	PIT	1	0	2	2			2	2.0
1974*	26	PIT	3	0	7	9	3	5	16	5.3
1975	27	PIT	3	0	6	8	3	7	15	5.0
1976	28	PIT	1	0	3	4	2	2	9	9.0
1977	29	PIT	1	0	3	3			3	3.0
1978	30	PIT	3	0	12	13	4	7	24	8.0
Career			15		37	43	15	26	82	5.5
7 yrs		PIT	14	0	36	42	15	26	81	5.8
1 yr		HOU	1	0	1	1			1	1.0

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