Earl Campbell
Earl Christian Campbell "The Tyler Rose"
Born: March 29, 1955
Tyler, TX USA
Position: RB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 232
College: Texas
High School: John Tyler (Tyler, TX)
Career: 1978-1985
Drafted: 1978 in Round 1, #1 overall by the Houston Oilers
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991
Earl Campbell played from 1978 to 1985 during his career with the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints. Campbell ran for 9,407 yards in his career on 2,187 attempts, scoring 74 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 121 passes for 806 yards.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 57 | 28.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 135.4 |
1982 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 57 | 19.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 57 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | NFL Houston Oilers | 302 | 1450 | 4.8 | 81 | 13 |
1979 | NFL Houston Oilers | 368 | 1697 | 4.6 | 61 | 19 |
1980 | NFL Houston Oilers | 373 | 1934 | 5.2 | 55 | 13 |
1981 | NFL Houston Oilers | 361 | 1376 | 3.8 | 43 | 10 |
1982 | NFL Houston Oilers | 157 | 538 | 3.4 | 22 | 2 |
1983 | NFL Houston Oilers | 322 | 1301 | 4.0 | 42 | 12 |
1984 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 50 | 190 | 3.8 | 19 | 0 |
1984 | NFL Houston Oilers | 96 | 278 | 2.9 | 22 | 4 |
1985 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 158 | 643 | 4.1 | 45 | 1 |
Totals | 2187 | 9407 | 4.3 | 81 | 74 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | NFL Houston Oilers | 12 | 48 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 |
1979 | NFL Houston Oilers | 16 | 94 | 5.9 | 46 | 0 |
1980 | NFL Houston Oilers | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
1981 | NFL Houston Oilers | 36 | 156 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
1982 | NFL Houston Oilers | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 46 | 0 |
1983 | NFL Houston Oilers | 19 | 216 | 11.4 | 66 | 0 |
1984 | NFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
1985 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 39 | 0 |
Totals | 121 | 806 | 6.7 | 66 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | NFL Houston Oilers | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1979 | NFL Houston Oilers | 8 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |||
1980 | NFL Houston Oilers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1981 | NFL Houston Oilers | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1982 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1983 | NFL Houston Oilers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1984 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
1985 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1978 | NFL Houston Oilers | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||
1979 | NFL Houston Oilers | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | ||||||||
1980 | NFL Houston Oilers | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||
1981 | NFL Houston Oilers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
1982 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1983 | NFL Houston Oilers | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
1984 | NFL Houston Oilers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
1985 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 444 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 15 | 14 |
1979 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 16 | 16 |
1980 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 15 | 15 |
1981 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 16 | 16 |
1982 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 9 | 9 |
1983 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 14 |
1984 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 8 | 0 |
1984 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 6 | 6 |
1985 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 13 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame 2nd team All-1970s Team
1978 - PFWA MVP
1978 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1978 - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year
1978 - AP Offensive Player of the Year
1979 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1979 - AP Offensive Player of the Year
1979 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1979 - PFWA MVP
1979 - AP MVP
1980 - AP Offensive Player of the Year
1980 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
Honors
1978 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1981 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)