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1965 AFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Buffalo Bills

AP MVP: Jack Kemp

Passing Leader: John Hadl, 2798 Yds

Rushing Leader: Paul Lowe, 1121 Yds

Receiving Leader: Lance Alworth, 1602 Yds

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1	Claude Gibson	OAK	26	DB	14	1	31	357	1	58	11.5	9	186	0	38	20.7	596
2	Speedy Duncan*	SDG	23	RCB	14	14	30	464	2	66	15.5	26	612	0	46	23.5	1106
3	Butch Byrd*+	BUF	24	RCB	14	13	22	220	0	30	10.0			0			339
4	Odell Barry	DEN	24	WR	12	2	21	210	0	38	10.0	26	611	0	64	23.5	851
5	Willie Mitchell	KAN	25	RCB	14	14	19	242	1	71	12.7			0			286
6	Ron Burton	BOS	29	HB	14	5	15	61	0	12	4.1	7	188	0	39	26.9	484
7	Abner Haynes	DEN	28	HB	14	1	14	121	1	57	8.6	34	901	0	60	26.5	1404
8	Bill Baird	NYJ	26	FS	14	8	14	88	0	23	6.3	2	50	0	26	25.0	147
9	Frank Jackson*	KAN	26	FL	14	13	13	163	0	41	12.5	9	260	0	62	28.9	889
10	Bobby Jancik	HOU	25	FS	14	4	12	85	0	25	7.1	18	430	0	43	23.9	605
11	Ed Rutkowski*	BUF	24	WR	14	5	11	127	0	33	11.5	5	97	0	23	19.4	471
12	Willie West	NYJ	27	LCB	14	12	10	34	0	9	3.4			0			91
13	Fred Glick	HOU	28	FS	14	10	7	44	0	13	6.3	4	84	0	24	21.0	146
14	Jay Cunningham	BOS	22	DB	14	2	5	35	0	13	7.0	17	374	0	45	22.0	425
15	Solomon Brannan	KAN	23	CB	10	0	5	10	0	8	2.0	9	226	0	32	25.1	236
16	Kenny Graham*	SDG	24	SS	14	13	5	36	0	12	7.2			0			144
17	Tom Hennessey	BOS	23	LCB	14	9	5	21	0	9	4.2			0			35
18	Pete Jaquess	HOU	25	LCB	14	4	4	17	0	11	4.3	13	280	0	69	21.5	297
19	Ode Burrell*	HOU	26	HB	14	14	3	39	0	33	13.0	8	202	0	38	25.3	1419
20	Jerry Robinson	NYJ	26	FL	4	0	3	36	0	17	12.0	7	164	0	30	23.4	200
21	Dick Harris	SDG	28	DB	14	1	3	8	0	7	2.7	1	15	0	15	15.0	23
22	Gerry Bussell	DEN	22	DB	6	0	2	24	0	21	12.0	5	103	0	32	20.6	127
23	Joe Krakoski	OAK	28	SS	12	4	2	5	0	5	2.5			0			5
24	Charley Warner*	BUF	25	LCB	14	6	1	16	0	16	16.0	32	825	2	102	25.8	938
25	Bake Turner	NYJ	25	LE	13	6	1	1	0	1	1.0	18	402	0	32	22.3	805
26	Kern Carson	2TM	24	HB	13	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	17	355	0	30	20.9	387
27	J.D. Garrett	BOS	24	HB	12	3	1	19	0	19	19.0	12	232	0	25	19.3	447
28	Sammy Weir	HOU	24	WR	9	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	10	215	0	33	21.5	227
29	W.K. Hicks	HOU	23	RCB	14	14	1	4	0	4	4.0	7	181	0	40	25.9	341
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Frank Pitts	KAN	22	FL	7	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	5	100	0	32	20.0	115
31	Roger Hagberg	OAK	26	FB	14	3	1	3	0	3	3.0	3	50	0	20	16.7	345
32	Jim Nance	BOS	23	FB	14	7	1	16	0	16	16.0	3	40	0	19	13.3	460
33	Floyd Hudlow	BUF	22	DB	7	0	1	12	0	12	12.0	2	36	0	18	18.0	48
34	Hagood Clarke*	BUF	23	SS	14	12	1	13	0	13	13.0			0			73
35	Larry Todd	OAK	23	RB	14	2			0			20	461	0	50	23.1	750
36	Bert Coan	KAN	25	HB	14	2			0			19	479	0	52	25.2	701
37	Bo Roberson*	2TM	30	FL	14	14			0			16	318	0	29	19.9	1017
38	Joe Bellino	BOS	27	HB	10	3			0			7	138	0	26	19.7	261
39	Miller Farr	2TM	22	DB-SS	10	6			0			7	123	0	24	17.6	145
40	Mark Smolinski	NYJ	26	FB	12	1			0			6	98	0	22	16.3	182
41	Gene Foster	SDG	23	FB	14	7			0			5	108	0	36	21.6	776
42	Larry Garron	BOS	28	FB	10	8			0			5	141	0	36	28.2	622
43	Jim Allison	SDG	22	RB	14	0			0			4	80	0	24	20.0	289
44	Dick Compton	HOU	25	SE	3	2			0			4	68	0	30	17.0	210
45	Wendell Hayes	DEN	25	HB	14	13			0			4	93	0	30	23.3	913
46	Keith Kinderman	HOU	25	FB	4	0			0			4	72	0	29	18.0	72
47	Jack Spikes	HOU	28	HB	14	0			0			4	41	0	15	10.3	271
48	Mike Dukes	2TM	29	LB-RLB	14	5			0			3	45	0	20	15.0	55
49	Smokey Stover	KAN	27	LB	14	0			0			3	7	0	7	2.3	7
50	Justin Canale	BOS	22	G	14	0			0			2	0	0	0	0.0	0
51	Bobby Jackson	HOU	25	FB	10	4			0			2	39	0	25	19.5	155
52	Ellis Johnson	BOS	22	FL	14	2			0			2	29	0	16	14.5	87
53	Keith Lincoln*	SDG	26	FB	10	7			0			2	46	0	27	23.0	724
54	Jerry Mays*+	KAN	26	LDE	14	14			0			2	3	0	3	1.5	3
55	Ray Abruzzese	NYJ	28	DB	12	6			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	29
56	Charlie Browning	NYJ	22	HB	1	0			0			1	31	0	31	31.0	31
57	Paul Carmichael	DEN	21	HB	3	0			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	15
58	B.W. Cheeks	HOU	24	HB	2	0			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	19
59	Nick DeFelice	NYJ	25	T	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Hewritt Dixon	DEN	25	TE	14	11			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	362
61	Jim Dunaway*	BUF	24	LDT	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
62	Jim Fraser	KAN	29	P	14	1			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	5
63	Dave Grayson*+	OAK	26	RCB	14	13			0			1	34	0	34	34.0	179
64	Dick Hermann	OAK	23	LB	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
65	Jim Hudson	NYJ	22	DB	2	2			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
66	Gary Kirner	SDG	23	T	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
67	Jacque MacKinnon	SDG	27	TE	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	123
68	Paul Maguire*	BUF	27	P	14	0			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	26
69	Bobby Maples	HOU	23	LLB	14	8			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	15
70	Jim O'Mahoney	NYJ	24	LB	14	0			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	15
71	Dainard Paulson*	NYJ	28	SS/FS	14	13			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	72
72	George Pyne	BOS	24	LDT	14	4			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
73	Jack Rudolph	BOS	27	RLB	14	9			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	4
74	George Sauer	NYJ	22	LE/TE	14	11			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	321
75	Maxie Williams	HOU	25	T	14	1			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	23

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