Gene Foster
Irving Eugene Foster
Born: March 20, 1942
Salem, NJ USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 220
College: Arizona St.
High School: Memorial (Pennsville, NJ)
Career: 1965-1974
Drafted: 1965 in Round 10, #78 overall (AFL) by the San Diego Chargers
Drafted: 1965 in Round 15, #201 overall by the Dallas Cowboys
Gene Foster played from 1965 to 1974 during his career with the Edmonton Eskimos, Ottawa Rough Riders and San Diego Chargers. Foster ran for 3,193 yards in his career on 769 attempts, scoring 7 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 161 passes for 1,449 yards and 8 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
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1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 100.7 | ||
1967 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
1968 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 169 | 24.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 118.8 | ||
1969 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 39 | 7.8 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 107.5 |
1970 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 42.4 |
1971 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 50 | 10.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 147.9 | ||
1972 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 13 | 6.9 | ||
1973 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 67.4 | ||
AFL | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 239 | 14.9 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||
NFL | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | ||
CFL | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 101 | 7.2 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 349 | 10.6 | 2 | 6.1 | 1 | 3.0 | 50 | 1 | 8 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
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1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 121 | 469 | 3.9 | 22 | 2 |
1966 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 81 | 352 | 4.3 | 37 | 1 |
1967 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 38 | 78 | 2.1 | 13 | 0 |
1968 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 109 | 394 | 3.6 | 22 | 1 |
1969 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 64 | 236 | 3.7 | 24 | 0 |
1970 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 32 | 84 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 |
1971 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 66 | 306 | 4.6 | 23 | 1 |
1972 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 118 | 581 | 4.9 | 25 | 2 |
1973 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 135 | 678 | 5.0 | 57 | 0 |
1974 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
AFL | 413 | 1529 | 3.7 | 37 | 4 | |
NFL | 32 | 84 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 | |
CFL | 324 | 1580 | 4.9 | 57 | 3 | |
Totals | 769 | 3193 | 4.2 | 57 | 7 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 17 | 199 | 11.7 | 23 | 0 |
1966 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 26 | 260 | 10.0 | 63 | 2 |
1967 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 11 | 0 |
1968 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 23 | 224 | 9.7 | 48 | 0 |
1969 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 28 | 1 |
1970 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 48 | 0 |
1971 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 112 | 6.2 | 25 | 2 |
1972 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 15 | 183 | 12.2 | 34 | 1 |
1973 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 26 | 207 | 8.0 | 49 | 2 |
1974 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 25 | 0 |
AFL | 89 | 812 | 9.1 | 63 | 3 | |
NFL | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 48 | 0 | |
CFL | 62 | 545 | 8.8 | 49 | 5 | |
Totals | 161 | 1449 | 9.0 | 63 | 8 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 36 | 0 |
1969 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
1971 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 42 | 0 |
1972 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 7 | 199 | 28.4 | 36 | 0 |
1973 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 44 | 0 |
AFL | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 36 | 0 | |
CFL | 13 | 399 | 30.7 | 44 | 0 | |
Totals | 19 | 508 | 26.7 | 44 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
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1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1966 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1967 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1968 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1969 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1970 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
AFL | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
1966 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
1968 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1969 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1971 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
1972 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
1973 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
AFL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
CFL | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
Totals | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
1966 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
1967 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 0 |
1968 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 0 |
1969 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 0 |
1970 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 7 | 0 |
1971 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 6 | 0 |
1972 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 9 | 0 |
1973 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 13 | 0 |
1974 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 |