Tony Zendejas
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Tony Zendejas (born May 15, 1960) is a
In his career, Zendejas also played for the Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons, and San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).
Early years
Zendejas was born in Curimeo, Michoacán, Mexico. His parents moved the family to Chino, California. As a 12-year-old, he led the youth soccer league with 100 goals scored in one season.
He attended
As a senior, he set a single-season school record with 10 field goals. He also received
College career
In 1979, he enrolled at
In 1980, he transferred to
In 1981, he transferred to Division I-AA
As a junior, he set new conference and school records for field goals attempted (33) and field goals made (26).
As a senior, he converted 23 field goals and broke his school record for longest field goal (58 yards). He also made a 32-yard field goal in blizzard conditions to help win an overtime playoff game against the University of North Texas.
Zendejas played three seasons at Nevada, in 33 games he registered 70 field goals, 90 extra points and 300 points, while leading the nation in field goals made every year. Most of his kicking records were eventually broken by younger brother Marty Zendejas.[1]
Professional career
Initially, he played in the
During his eleven seasons in the NFL, Zendejas made 186 field goals in 252 attempts; he also scored 316 extra points for 874 points. He held the record for consecutive field goals made from 50 or more yards with 11 such kicks[4] until 2013 when the record was eclipsed by Blair Walsh of the Minnesota Vikings and Robbie Gould of the Chicago Bears.[5]
In 1991, he became the first kicker in NFL history to convert all of his
NFL career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | Overall FGs | PATs | Kickoffs | Total points | |||||||||||
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| Blk | Lng | FGA | FGM | Pct | XPA | XPM | Pct | Blk | KO | Avg | TB | Ret | Avg | ||||
| 1985 | HOU | 14 | 0 | 52 | 27 | 21 | 77.8 | 31 | 29 | 93.5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 92 |
| 1986 | HOU | 15 | 0 | 51 | 27 | 22 | 81.5 | 29 | 28 | 96.6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 94 |
| 1987 | HOU | 13 | 0 | 52 | 26 | 20 | 76.9 | 33 | 32 | 97.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 92 |
| 1988 | HOU | 16 | 0 | 52 | 34 | 22 | 64.7 | 50 | 48 | 96.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 114 |
| 1989 | HOU | 16 | 0 | 52 | 37 | 25 | 67.6 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 115 |
| 1990 | HOU | 7 | 0 | 45 | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 21 | 20 | 95.2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 41 |
| 1991 | RAMS | 16 | 0 | 50 | 17 | 17 | 100.0 | 26 | 25 | 86.2 | 0 | 58 | 59.6 | 13 | — | — | 76 |
| 1992 | RAMS | 16 | 1 | 49 | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 1 | 69 | 58.6 | 11 | 55 | 20.5 | 83 |
| 1993 | RAMS | 16 | 2 | 54 | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 25 | 23 | 92.0 | 0 | 57 | 60.1 | 10 | 47 | 20.9 | 71 |
| 1994 | RAMS | 16 | 2 | 47 | 23 | 18 | 78.3 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 0 | 67 | 58.7 | 1 | 63 | 23.0 | 82 |
| 1995 | ATL | 1 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 64.5 | 0 | 4 | 24.0 | 6 |
| SF | 3 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | |
| Career[6][8] | 149 | 6 | 54 | 252 | 186 | 78.3 | 327 | 316 | 96.6 | 2 | 255 | 45.7 | 35 | 169 | 21.6 | 874 | |
Personal life
Zendejas was accused of drugging and raping a woman in January 2008, but he was acquitted of all charges in 2009. He owns and operates Zendajas Mexican Restaurant in
References
- ^ "Hall of Fame bio". Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ "1984 Supplemental Draft". ProFootballHOF.com. June 5, 1984.
- ^ "1984 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (December 11, 2012). "Gould among three Bears played on injured reserve". Chicago Bears. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- ^ Breech, John (December 2, 2013). "Bears kicker Robbie Gould: Loss to Viking falls on me". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ a b "Tony Zendejas: Career Stats". NFL.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Gay Anderson". ProFootballReference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Tony Zendejas". ProFootballReference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Zendejas not guilty of raping woman". ESPN. 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2015-07-04.