Paul Gipson
Paul Theodis Gipson
Born: March 21, 1946
Jacksonville, TX USA
Deceased: January 16, 1985
Houston, TX
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 210
College: Houston
High School: Washington (Conroe, TX)
Career: 1969-1975
Drafted: 1969 in Round 2, #29 overall by the Atlanta Falcons
Paul Gipson played from 1969 to 1975 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, New England Patriots and Shreveport Steamer. Gipson ran for 898 yards in his career on 230 attempts, scoring 4 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 301 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 62 | 303 | 4.9 | 33 | 1 |
| 1970 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 52 | 177 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL New England Patriots | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL Houston Texans | 106 | 406 | 3.8 | 20 | 2 |
| 1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| NFL | 123 | 491 | 4.0 | 33 | 1 | |
| WFL | 107 | 407 | 3.8 | 20 | 3 | |
| Totals | 230 | 898 | 3.9 | 33 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 186 | 11.6 | 51 | 3 |
| 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL Houston Texans | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 23 | 0 |
| 1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| NFL | 21 | 240 | 11.4 | 51 | 3 | |
| WFL | 11 | 61 | 5.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 301 | 9.4 | 51 | 3 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 9 | 145 | 16.1 | 27 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 8 | 189 | 23.6 | 32 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL Houston Texans | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73 | 1 |
| NFL | 22 | 439 | 20.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| WFL | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 73 | 1 | |
| Totals | 24 | 518 | 21.6 | 73 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL New England Patriots | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1969 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1970 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1974 | WFL Houston Texans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| 1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| NFL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| WFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |
| Totals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 13 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | New England Patriots | 5 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL | Houston Texans | ||
| 1975 | WFL | Shreveport Steamer |
