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Tom Matte

Thomas Roland Matte (Garbage Can)

Position: RB-QB Throws: Right

6-0, 214lb (183cm, 97kg)

Born: June 14, 1939 in Pittsburgh, PA

College: Ohio St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 68 (703rd overall since 1960)

High School: Shaw (OH)

Draft: Baltimore Colts in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft., New York Titans in the 5th round (34th overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.

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SUMMARY

Career

G

142

AV

81

Rush

1200

Yds

4646

Y/A

3.9

TD

45

FantPt

1086.3

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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
1961	22	BAL		27	8	2	13	54	0	11	4.2	6.8	1.6	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	1.0	14	4.4	62	0	0	1
1962	23	BAL	hb	41	14	5	74	226	2	29	3.1	16.1	5.3	8	81	10.1	1	22	0.6	5.8	82	3.7	307	3	2	3
1963	24	BAL	HB	41	14	13	133	541	4	31	4.1	38.6	9.5	48	466	9.7	1	49	3.4	33.3	181	5.6	1007	5	2	9
1964	25	BAL		41	14	2	42	215	1	80	5.1	15.4	3.0	10	169	16.9	0	30	0.7	12.1	52	7.4	384	1	0	5
1965	26	BAL		41	14	3	69	235	1	20	3.4	16.8	4.9	12	131	10.9	0	15	0.9	9.4	81	4.5	366	1	2	4
1966	27	BAL	hb	41	14	4	86	381	0	30	4.4	27.2	6.1	23	307	13.3	3	35	1.6	21.9	109	6.3	688	3	2	7
1967	28	BAL	HB	41	14	14	147	636	9	30	4.3	45.4	10.5	35	496	14.2	3	88	2.5	35.4	182	6.2	1132	12	1	14
1968*	29	BAL	RB	41	14	14	183	662	9	23	3.6	47.3	13.1	25	275	11.0	1	50	1.8	19.6	208	4.5	937	10	2	12
1969*+	30	BAL	RB	41	14	14	235	909	11	26	3.9	64.9	16.8	43	513	11.9	2	49	3.1	36.6	278	5.1	1422	13	4	13
1970	31	BAL		41	2	2	12	43	0	16	3.6	21.5	6.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.5	1.0	13	3.5	45	0	0	0
1971	32	BAL	RB	41	14	14	173	607	8	26	3.5	43.4	12.4	29	239	8.2	0	34	2.1	17.1	202	4.2	846	8	4	10
1972	33	BAL		41	6	4	33	137	0	18	4.2	22.8	5.5	14	182	13.0	1	43	2.3	30.3	47	6.8	319	1	2	3
Career					142	91	1200	4646	45	80	3.9	32.7	8.5	249	2869	11.5	12	88	1.8	20.2	1449	5.2	7515	57	21	81

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
1964	25	BAL		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1965	26	BAL		1	1	17	57	0	9	3.4	57.0	17.0								17	3.4	57	0	0
1968*	29	BAL		3	3	42	235	3	58	5.6	78.3	14.0	4	45	11.3	0	30	1.3	15.0	46	6.1	280	3	2
1971	32	BAL		2	1	16	26	0	5	1.6	13.0	8.0	4	28	7.0	0	17	2.0	14.0	20	2.7	54	0	2
Career				7	0	75	318	3	58	4.2	45.4	10.7	8	73	9.1	0	30	1.1	10.4	83	4.7	391	3	4

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Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
1962	23	BAL	hb	41	14	5		5	13	38.5	85	1	7.7	0	0.0	30	6.5	8.1	17.0	6.1	87.0
1963	24	BAL	HB	41	14	13		1	5	20.0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	4.0	4.0	20.0	1.4	43.7
1964	25	BAL		41	14	2		3	4	75.0	58	1	25.0	0	0.0	22	14.5	19.5	19.3	4.1	156.2
1965	26	BAL		41	14	3	1-0-0	1	7	14.3	19	0	0.0	1	14.3	19	2.7	-3.7	19.0	1.4	0.0
1966	27	BAL	hb	41	14	4		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	33.3	0	0.0	-15.0		0.0	0.0
1967	28	BAL	HB	41	14	14		1	5	20.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	3.6	3.6	18.0	1.3	42.1
1968*	29	BAL	RB	41	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1969*+	30	BAL	RB	41	14	14		1	3	33.3	46	0	0.0	0	0.0	46	15.3	15.3	46.0	3.3	81.9	0	0	15.33	15.33	0.0
1971	32	BAL	RB	41	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	12	-6.00	-6.00	50.0
Career					142	91	1-0-0	12	42	28.6	246	2	4.8	2	4.8	46	5.9	4.7	20.5	1.7	47.5	1	12	5.44	4.28	2.3

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
1965	26	BAL		1	1	0-1	5	12	41.7	40	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	3.3	3.3	8.0	40.0	50.7	1	8	2.46	2.46	7.7
Career				7	0	0-1	5	12	41.7	40	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	3.3	3.3	8.0	5.7	50.7	1	8	2.46	2.46	7.7

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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
1961	22	BAL		27	8	2						2	50	0	30	25.0	112
1962	23	BAL	hb	41	14	5						27	613	0	42	22.7	920
1963	24	BAL	HB	41	14	13						16	331	0	34	20.7	1338
1964	25	BAL		41	14	2						3	71	0	34	23.7	455
1965	26	BAL		41	14	3						8	211	0	46	26.4	577
1966	27	BAL	hb	41	14	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	55	0	31	18.3	743
1967	28	BAL	HB	41	14	14						1	14	0	14	14.0	1146
1968*	29	BAL	RB	41	14	14						1	22	0	22	22.0	959
1971	32	BAL	RB	41	14	14						1	0	0	0	0.0	846
Career					142	91	1	0	0	0	0.0	62	1367	0	46	22.0	8882

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
1964	25	BAL		1	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
1968*	29	BAL		3	3						1	23	0	23	23.0	54
Career				7	0						2	35	0	23	17.5	426

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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
1962	23	BAL	hb	41	14	5							2	1	0	0	0.0
1963	24	BAL	HB	41	14	13							2	0	0	0	0.0
1965	26	BAL		41	14	3							2	0	0	0	0.0
1966	27	BAL	hb	41	14	4							2	0	0	0	0.0
1967	28	BAL	HB	41	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1968*	29	BAL	RB	41	14	14							2	0	0	0	0.0
1969*+	30	BAL	RB	41	14	14							4	0	0	0	0.0
1971	32	BAL	RB	41	14	14							4	1	0	0	0.0
1972	33	BAL		41	6	4							2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					142	91							21	2	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1968*	29	BAL		3	3						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
1971	32	BAL		2	1						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Career				7	0						0	4	0	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1962	23	BAL	hb	41	14	5	2	1						3								18
1963	24	BAL	HB	41	14	13	4	1						5								30
1964	25	BAL		41	14	2	1							1								6
1965	26	BAL		41	14	3	1							1								6
1966	27	BAL	hb	41	14	4		3						3								18
1967	28	BAL	HB	41	14	14	9	3						12								72
1968*	29	BAL	RB	41	14	14	9	1						10								60
1969*+	30	BAL	RB	41	14	14	11	2						13								78
1971	32	BAL	RB	41	14	14	8							8								48
1972	33	BAL		41	6	4		1						1								6
Career					142	91	45	12						57								342

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1968*	29	BAL		3	3	3							3								18
Career				7	0	3							3								18

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