Dave Green (American football)
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| Position: | Punter, Placekicker | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | September 21, 1949 Mason City, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 206 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Athens (OH) | ||||||||
| College: | Ohio | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1972: 17th round, 418th pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Dave Green (born September 21, 1949punter and placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Houston Oilers, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football for the Ohio Bobcats.
Green was the last NFL player, along with the Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft, to serve as his team's primary kicker and punter over the course of a season, when he led the Buccaneers in both categories in 1976. He was the first player to score for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their franchise history.
NFL career statistics
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| Led the league | |
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Regular season
| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1973 | HOU | 4 | 22 | 868 | 714 | 61 | 39.5 | 32.5 | 0 | - | 2 |
| 1974 | CIN | 14 | 66 | 2,701 | 2,044 | 53 | 40.9 | 31.0 | 0 | - | 10 |
| 1975 | CIN | 14 | 68 | 2,655 | 2,189 | 57 | 39.0 | 31.7 | 1 | - | 4 |
| 1976 | TAM | 14 | 92 | 3,619 | 2,805 | 56 | 39.3 | 30.5 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| 1977 | TAM | 14 | 98 | 3,948 | 3,026 | 70 | 40.3 | 30.6 | 1 | 16 | 6 |
| 1978 | TAM | 16 | 100 | 4,092 | 3,385 | 61 | 40.9 | 33.2 | 2 | 20 | 13 |
| Career | 76 | 446 | 17,883 | 14,163 | 70 | 40.1 | 31.5 | 4 | 48 | 38 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1975 | CIN | 1 | 6 | 215 | - | 44 | 35.8 | - | 0 | - | 0 |
| Career | 1 | 6 | 215 | - | 44 | 35.8 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
References
- NFL.com.
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