Lance Rentzel

Thomas Lance Rentzel

Position: WR-FL

6-2, 202lb (188cm, 91kg)

Born: October 14, 1943 in Queens, NY

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 56 (1247th overall since 1960)

High School: Casady (OK)

Draft: Minnesota Vikings in the 2nd round (23rd overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft., Buffalo Bills in the 6th round (48th overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

115

Rec

268

Yds

4826

Y/R

18.0

FantPt

746.6

Receiving & Rushing

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1965	22	MIN		27	11	1	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	1	-1.0	-1	0	4	1
1966	23	MIN		19	9	1	2	10	5.0	0	8	0.2	1.1								2	5.0	10	0	1	0
1967	24	DAL	FL	19	14	14	58	996	17.2	8	74	4.1	71.1								58	17.2	996	8	1	11
1968	25	DAL	FL	19	14	14	54	1009	18.7	6	65	3.9	72.1								54	18.7	1009	6	2	13
1969	26	DAL	WR	19	14	14	43	960	22.3	12	75	3.1	68.6	2	11	0	14	5.5	0.8	0.1	45	21.6	971	12	0	11	AP2
1970	27	DAL	WR	19	11	11	28	556	19.9	5	86	2.5	50.5	1	11	0	11	11.0	1.0	0.1	29	19.6	567	5	1	8
1971	28	RAM	WR	13	14	14	38	534	14.1	5	41	2.7	38.1	14	113	1	50	8.1	8.1	1.0	52	12.4	647	6	2	9
1972	29	RAM	WR	13	14	14	27	365	13.5	1	40	1.9	26.1	7	71	1	18	10.1	5.1	0.5	34	12.8	436	2	1	5
1974	31	RAM		19	14	0	18	396	22.0	1	38	1.3	28.3	1	-9	0	-9	-9.0	-0.6	0.1	19	20.4	387	1	0	6
Career					115	83	268	4826	18.0	38	86	2.3	42.0	26	196	2	50	7.5	1.7	0.2	294	17.1	5022	40	12	64
4 yrs		DAL			53	53	183	3521	19.2	31	86	3.5	66.4	3	22	0	14	7.3	0.4	0.1	186	19.0	3543	31	4	43
3 yrs		RAM			42	28	83	1295	15.6	7	41	2.0	30.8	22	175	2	50	8.0	4.2	0.5	105	14.0	1470	9	3	20
2 yrs		MIN			20	2	2	10	5.0	0	8	0.1	0.5	1	-1	0	0	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	3	3.0	9	0	5	1

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1967	24	DAL		2	2	5	126	25.2	1	50	2.5	63.0								5	25.2	126	1	3
1968	25	DAL		1	1	3	75	25.0	0	48	3.0	75.0								3	25.0	75	0	0
1969	26	DAL		1	1	3	41	13.7	1	22	3.0	41.0								3	13.7	41	1	0
1974	31	RAM	WR	2	0															0
Career				6	4	11	242	22.0	2	50	1.8	40.3								11	22.0	242	2	3
3 yrs		DAL		4	4	11	242	22.0	2	50	2.8	60.5								11	22.0	242	2	3
1 yr		RAM		2	0															0

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

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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
1965	22	MIN		27	11	1	4	9	0	6	2.3	23	602	1	101	26.2	610
1966	23	MIN		19	9	1	11	16	0	14	1.5	9	181	0	28	20.1	207
1967	24	DAL	FL	19	14	14	6	45	0	21	7.5						1041
1968	25	DAL	FL	19	14	14	14	93	0	27	6.6						1102
1969	26	DAL	WR	19	14	14	4	14	0	11	3.5						989
1971	28	RAM	WR	13	14	14	9	40	0	24	4.4						687
Career					115	83	48	217	0	27	4.5	32	783	1	101	24.5	6008
4 yrs		DAL			53	53	24	152	0	27	6.3						3699
3 yrs		RAM			42	28	9	40	0	24	4.4						1492
2 yrs		MIN			20	2	15	25	0	14	1.7	32	783	1	101	24.5	817

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
1967	24	DAL		2	2	1	14	0	14	14.0						79
Career				6	4	1	14	0	14	14.0						256
3 yrs		DAL		4	4	1	14	0	14	14.0						256
1 yr		RAM		2	0

Defense & Fumbles

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

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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	22	MIN		27	11	1							4	1	0	0	0.0
1966	23	MIN		19	9	1							1	0	0	0	0.0
1967	24	DAL	FL	19	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1968	25	DAL	FL	19	14	14							2	0	0	0	0.0
1969	26	DAL	WR	19	14	14							0	1	4	1	0.0
1970	27	DAL	WR	19	11	11							1	1	0	0	0.0
1971	28	RAM	WR	13	14	14							2	0	0	0	0.0
1972	29	RAM	WR	13	14	14							1	0	-18	0	0.0
Career					115	83							12	3	-14	1	0.0
4 yrs		DAL			53	53							4	2	4	1	0.0
3 yrs		RAM			42	28							3	0	-18	0	0.0
2 yrs		MIN			20	2							5	1	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
1967	24	DAL		2	2						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
Career				6	4						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		DAL		4	4						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		RAM		2	0

Passing

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

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Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1970	27	DAL	WR	19	11	11	1	1	100	58	1	100	0	58	58.0	78.0	58.0	5.3	158.3	0	58.00	78.00
Career					115	83	1	1	100	58	1	100	0	58	58.0	78.0	58.0	0.5	158.3	0	58.00	78.00
4 yrs		DAL			53	53	1	1	100	58	1	100	0	58	58.0	78.0	58.0	1.1	158.3	0	58.00	78.00
3 yrs		RAM			42	28	0	0		0	0			0				0.0
2 yrs		MIN			20	2	0	0		0	0			0				0.0

Scoring Summary

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

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	FblTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1965	22	MIN		27	11	1			1		1		6	0.5
1967	24	DAL	FL	19	14	14		8			8		48	3.4
1968	25	DAL	FL	19	14	14		6			6		36	2.6
1969	26	DAL	WR	19	14	14		12		1	13		78	5.6
1970	27	DAL	WR	19	11	11		5			5		30	2.7
1971	28	RAM	WR	13	14	14	1	5			6		36	2.6
1972	29	RAM	WR	13	14	14	1	1			2		12	0.9
1974	31	RAM		19	14	0		1			1		6	0.4
Career					115	83	2	38	1	1	42	0	252	2.2
4 yrs		DAL			53	53		31		1	32	0	192	3.6
3 yrs		RAM			42	28	2	7			9	0	54	1.3
2 yrs		MIN			20	2			1		1	0	6	.3

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1967	24	DAL	2	2	1	1	6	3.0
1969	26	DAL	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
Career			6	4	2	2	12	2.0
3 yrs		DAL	4	4	2	2	12	3.0
1 yr		RAM	2	0			0	0.0

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