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Defense
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro
Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty |
1 | Tom Addison* | BOS | 28 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
2 | Chuck Allen* | SDG | 25 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
3 | Dalva Allen | OAK | 29 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||
4 | Houston Antwine* | BOS | 25 | RDT | 14 | 13 | 0 | 5.5 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Scott Appleton | HOU | 22 | LDE | 14 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
6 | Bill Baird | NYJ | 25 | LCB/FS | 14 | 14 | 8 | 130 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
7 | Johnny Baker | HOU | 23 | RLB | 14 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
8 | Ralph Baker | NYJ | 22 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | ||||||||||
9 | Bobby Bell* | KAN | 24 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7.5 | |||||||||||
10 | Dan Birdwell | OAK | 24 | LDT/RDE | 14 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
11 | Mel Branch | KAN | 27 | RDE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||
12 | Willie Brown*+ | DEN | 24 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 9 | 140 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||
13 | Buck Buchanan* | KAN | 25 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7.0 | |||||||||||||||
14 | Bill Budness | OAK | 21 | LLB | 9 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
15 | Frank Buncom* | SDG | 25 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
16 | Nick Buoniconti*+ | BOS | 24 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4.5 | |||||||||||
17 | Butch Byrd* | BUF | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 7 | 178 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
18 | Ron Carpenter | SDG | 23 | LLB | 12 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4.5 | |||||||||||
19 | Doug Cline | HOU | 26 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||
20 | Ed Cooke | DEN | 29 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||||
21 | Walt Corey | KAN | 26 | RLB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1.5 | |||||||||||
22 | Dave Costa | OAK | 23 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||
23 | Ed Cummings | NYJ | 23 | LB | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
24 | Gary Cutsinger | HOU | 24 | DE | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||
25 | Ben Davidson | OAK | 24 | RDE | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
26 | Tom Day | BUF | 29 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||
27 | Bob Dee* | BOS | 31 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||
28 | Mike Dukes | BOS | 28 | RLB | 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
29 | Jim Dunaway | BUF | 23 | LDT | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty |
30 | Speedy Duncan | SDG | 22 | DB | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
31 | Booker Edgerson | BUF | 25 | LCB | 10 | 10 | 4 | 130 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
32 | Larry Eisenhauer*+ | BOS | 24 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7.5 | |||||||||||||||
33 | Tom Erlandson | DEN | 24 | LLB | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
34 | Earl Faison*+ | SDG | 25 | LDE | 14 | 13 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 7.5 | |||||||||||
35 | Dick Felt | BOS | 31 | DB | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
36 | Don Floyd | HOU | 26 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.0 | |||||||||||
37 | Jim Fraser* | DEN | 28 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.5 | |||||||||||
38 | Claude Gibson | OAK | 25 | FS | 14 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
39 | Fred Glick* | HOU | 27 | FS | 14 | 14 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
40 | Goose Gonsoulin* | DEN | 26 | FS | 14 | 11 | 7 | 125 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
41 | Kenny Graham | SDG | 23 | SS | 14 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
42 | Larry Grantham*+ | NYJ | 26 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8.5 | |||||||||||
43 | Dave Grayson*+ | KAN | 25 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 7 | 187 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
44 | George Gross | SDG | 23 | LDT/RDT | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
45 | Ron Hall+ | BOS | 27 | FS | 14 | 14 | 11 | 148 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
46 | Dick Harris | SDG | 27 | FS | 6 | 5 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
47 | Sherrill Headrick | KAN | 27 | MLB | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
48 | W.K. Hicks | HOU | 22 | RCB | 14 | 10 | 5 | 89 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
49 | Gordy Holz | NYJ | 31 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||
50 | Jerry Hopkins | DEN | 23 | LLB/MLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8.0 | |||||||||||
51 | Bobby Hunt* | KAN | 24 | SS | 14 | 14 | 7 | 133 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
52 | Jim Lee Hunt | BOS | 26 | DT | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||
53 | Ed Husmann | HOU | 33 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||
54 | Harry Jacobs | BUF | 27 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
55 | Ray Jacobs | DEN | 26 | LDT | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||
56 | Bobby Jancik | HOU | 24 | RCB | 14 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
57 | Chuck Janerette | DEN | 26 | RDT | 14 | 13 | 0 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||
58 | Tom Janik | DEN | 24 | DB | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
59 | Pete Jaquess* | HOU | 24 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 8 | 141 | 1 | 98 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty |
60 | Mark Johnston | 2TM | 26 | DB-FS | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
61 | Larry Jordan | DEN | 26 | LB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
62 | Emil Karas | SDG | 31 | LLB | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
63 | Tom Keating | BUF | 22 | DT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||
64 | Ernie Ladd*+ | SDG | 26 | RDT | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
65 | Ike Lassiter | DEN | 24 | DE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
66 | Ed Lothamer | KAN | 22 | DE | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||
67 | Archie Matsos | OAK | 30 | MLB | 14 | 12 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
68 | Marv Matuszak | DEN | 33 | MLB | 14 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.0 | |||||||||||
69 | Jerry Mays* | KAN | 25 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||
70 | Wahoo McDaniel | NYJ | 26 | MLB | 12 | 11 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0.5 | |||||||||||
71 | Ron McDole | BUF | 25 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 2 | ||||||||||
72 | John McGeever | DEN | 25 | SS | 14 | 13 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
73 | Jim McMillin | 2TM | 25 | DB | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
74 | Charlie McNeil | SDG | 28 | FS | 6 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
75 | Rex Mirich | OAK | 23 | LDT | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
76 | Willie Mitchell | KAN | 24 | LCB | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
77 | Leroy Moore | DEN | 29 | RDE | 12 | 11 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 3.5 | |||||||||||
78 | Tommy Morrow | OAK | 26 | FS | 14 | 8 | 4 | 101 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
79 | Benny Nelson | HOU | 23 | SS | 14 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
80 | Jim Norton | HOU | 26 | SS | 14 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
81 | Ross O'Hanley | BOS | 25 | SS | 14 | 14 | 3 | 120 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
82 | Sammy Odom | HOU | 23 | MLB | 14 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
83 | Larry Onesti | HOU | 26 | MLB | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
84 | Clancy Osborne | OAK | 30 | RLB | 14 | 13 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
85 | Dainard Paulson* | NYJ | 27 | SS | 14 | 14 | 12 | 157 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
86 | Bob Petrich | SDG | 23 | RDE | 14 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||
87 | Gerry Philbin | NYJ | 23 | LDE | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||
88 | Bobby Ply | KAN | 24 | LLB | 14 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
89 | Warren Powers | OAK | 23 | DB | 10 | 3 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty |
90 | Bill Rademacher | NYJ | 22 | FL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
91 | Jess Richardson | BOS | 34 | LDT | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||
92 | Charlie Rieves | HOU | 25 | RLB | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
93 | Johnny Robinson* | KAN | 26 | FS | 10 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
94 | Paul Rochester | NYJ | 26 | LDT | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||
95 | Hatch Rosdahl | 2TM | 23 | DE | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
96 | Bob Rowley | NYJ | 23 | LB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||
97 | Jack Rudolph | BOS | 26 | RLB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | |||||||||||||
98 | George Saimes*+ | BUF | 23 | FS | 14 | 14 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4.0 | |||||||||||
99 | Henry Schmidt | SDG | 29 | LDT | 14 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 1.5 | |||||||||||
100 | Tom Sestak*+ | BUF | 28 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15.5 | |||||||||||
101 | Chuck Shonta | BOS | 27 | RCB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
102 | Len St. Jean | BOS | 23 | G | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
103 | Marshall Starks | NYJ | 25 | LCB | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
104 | Smokey Stover | KAN | 26 | LLB | 14 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
105 | Mike Stratton*+ | BUF | 23 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | ||||||||||
106 | Eugene Sykes | BUF | 23 | SS | 10 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
107 | LaVerne Torczon | NYJ | 28 | RDE | 14 | 9 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 4.0 | |||||||||||
108 | John Tracey | BUF | 31 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.5 | |||||||||||
109 | Vince Turner | NYJ | 22 | DB | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
110 | Charley Warner | 2TM | 24 | CB | 9 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
111 | Jimmy Warren | SDG | 25 | LCB | 14 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
112 | Bob Watters | NYJ | 29 | DE | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
113 | Don Webb | BOS | 25 | LCB | 14 | 12 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
114 | Willie West | 2TM | 26 | DB-RCB | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
115 | Dick Westmoreland | SDG | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
116 | Bud Whitehead | SDG | 25 | FS | 12 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
117 | Bert Wilder | NYJ | 25 | LDE/RDE | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
118 | Howie Williams | OAK | 28 | RCB | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
119 | Fred Williamson | OAK | 27 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty |
120 | J.R. Williamson | OAK | 23 | LLB | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
121 | Duane Wood | KAN | 27 | LCB | 14 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
122 | Jim Wright | DEN | 25 | DB | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 |
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