Dan Sandifer

Daniel Padgett Sandifer

Position: DB-HB

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: March 1, 1927 in Shreveport, LA

Died: August 15, 1987 in Shreveport, LA

College: LSU

High School: C.E. Byrd (LA)

Draft: Washington Redskins in the 5th round (28th overall) of the 1948 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

Yds

247

Y/A

3.3

FantPt

105.7

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	AV
1948	21	WAS	RH	20	12	7	18	67	0	13	3.7	5.6	1.5	9	181	20.1	1	86	0.8	15.1	27	9.2	248	1	3
1949	22	WAS		20	12	0	20	64	0	21	3.2	5.3	1.7	19	293	15.4	3	35	1.6	24.4	39	9.2	357	3	6
1950	23	3TM			12	3	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0.1								1	3.0	3	0	2
		DET		12	5	3	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.6	0.2								1	3.0	3	0	0
		PHI		31	5	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	2
		SFO		81	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1951	24	PHI		31	12	1	35	113	1	13	3.2	9.4	2.9	2	36	18.0	1	30	0.2	3.0	37	4.0	149	2	3
1952	25	GNB	S	20	12	12	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1953	26	2TM			4	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
		CRD		21	3	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0
		GNB		23	1	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
Career					64	25	74	247	1	21	3.3	3.9	1.2	30	510	17.0	5	86	0.5	8.0	104	7.3	757	6	14
2 yrs		GNB			13	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
2 yrs		PHI			17	1	35	113	1	13	3.2	6.6	2.1	2	36	18.0	1	30	0.1	2.1	37	4.0	149	2	5
2 yrs		WAS			24	7	38	131	0	21	3.4	5.5	1.6	28	474	16.9	4	86	1.2	19.8	66	9.2	605	4	9
1 yr		CRD			3	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0
1 yr		DET			5	3	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.6	0.2								1	3.0	3	0	0
1 yr		SFO			2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

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
1948	21	WAS	RH	20	12	7	20	236	0	35	11.8	26	594	1	96	22.8	1340
1949	22	WAS		20	12	0	18	199	0	41	11.1	24	518	0	70	21.6	1161
1950	23	3TM			12	3	15	155	0	39	10.3	5	108	0	36	21.6	293
		PHI		31	5	0	15	155	0	39	10.3	4	89	0	36	22.3	244
		SFO		81	2	0						1	19	0	19	19.0	19
1951	24	PHI		31	12	1	14	137	0	26	9.8	8	147	0	40	18.4	461
1952	25	GNB	S	20	12	12	2	5	0	5	2.5						30
1953	26	2TM			4	2	3	35	0	23	11.7						35
		GNB		23	1	1	3	35	0	23	11.7						35
Career					64	25	72	767	0	41	10.7	63	1367	1	96	21.7	3320
2 yrs		GNB			13	13	5	40	0	23	8.0						65
2 yrs		PHI			17	1	29	292	0	39	10.1	12	236	0	40	19.7	705
2 yrs		WAS			24	7	38	435	0	41	11.4	50	1112	1	96	22.2	2501
1 yr		CRD			3	1											0
1 yr		DET			5	3											30
1 yr		SFO			2	0						1	19	0	19	19.0	19

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
1948	21	WAS	RH	20	12	7	13	258	2	54			3	4	4	0
1949	22	WAS		20	12	0	5	82	0	59			6	2	5	0
1950	23	3TM			12	3	2	27	0	27			2	1	0	0
		DET		12	5	3	2	27	0	27
		PHI		31	5	0							2	1	0	0
1951	24	PHI		31	12	1	1	28	0	28			3	1	0	0
1952	25	GNB	S	20	12	12	2	25	0	17
Career					64	25	23	420	2	59			14	8	9	0
2 yrs		GNB			13	13	2	25	0	17							0.0
2 yrs		PHI			17	1	1	28	0	28			5	2	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		WAS			24	7	18	340	2	59			9	6	9	0	0.0
1 yr		CRD			3	1											0.0
1 yr		DET			5	3	2	27	0	27							0.0
1 yr		SFO			2	0											0.0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1948	21	WAS	RH	20	12	7		1	1	2	4		24	2.0
1949	22	WAS		20	12	0		3			3		18	1.5
1951	24	PHI		31	12	1	1	1			2		12	1.0
Career					64	25	1	5	1	2	9	0	54	.8
2 yrs		GNB			13	13						0	0	0.0
2 yrs		PHI			17	1	1	1			2	0	12	.7
2 yrs		WAS			24	7		4	1	2	7	0	42	1.8
1 yr		CRD			3	1						0	0	0.0
1 yr		DET			5	3						0	0	0.0
1 yr		SFO			2	0						0	0	0.0

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