Robert Holmes
Robert Holmes
Born: October 5, 1945
Huntsville, TX USA
Deceased: April 14, 2018
Danville, SK
Position: RB
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 221
College: Southern
High School: Sam Houston (Huntsville, TX)
Career: 1968-1976
Drafted: 1968 in Round 14, #375 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs
Robert Holmes played from 1968 to 1976 during his career with the Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs, Portland Storm, San Diego Chargers and Saskatchewan Roughriders. Holmes ran for 2,714 yards in his career on 696 attempts, scoring 23 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 127 passes for 1,078 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 174 | 866 | 5.0 | 76 | 7 |
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 150 | 612 | 4.1 | 25 | 2 |
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 63 | 206 | 3.3 | 22 | 3 |
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 21 | 35 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Houston Oilers | 91 | 288 | 3.2 | 31 | 4 |
| 1972 | NFL Houston Oilers | 43 | 172 | 4.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 78 | 289 | 3.7 | 24 | 7 |
| 1974 | WFL Portland Storm | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 13 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Houston Oilers | 19 | 42 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 44 | 181 | 4.1 | 30 | 0 |
| AFL | 324 | 1478 | 4.6 | 76 | 9 | |
| NFL | 315 | 1032 | 3.3 | 31 | 14 | |
| WFL | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 13 | 0 | |
| CFL | 44 | 181 | 4.1 | 30 | 0 | |
| Totals | 696 | 2714 | 3.9 | 76 | 23 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 19 | 201 | 10.6 | 43 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 26 | 266 | 10.2 | 33 | 3 |
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 23 | 173 | 7.5 | 31 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Houston Oilers | 17 | 138 | 8.1 | 22 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Houston Oilers | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 19 | 151 | 7.9 | 30 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL Portland Storm | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 10 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 42 | 0 |
| AFL | 45 | 467 | 10.4 | 43 | 3 | |
| NFL | 68 | 515 | 7.6 | 31 | 1 | |
| WFL | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 10 | 1 | |
| CFL | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 42 | 0 | |
| Totals | 127 | 1078 | 8.5 | 43 | 5 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 36 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 19 | 535 | 28.2 | 48 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 171 | 24.4 | 41 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Houston Oilers | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 29 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL Portland Storm | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| AFL | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| NFL | 33 | 874 | 26.5 | 48 | 0 | |
| WFL | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 950 | 26.4 | 48 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1971 | NFL Houston Oilers | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Houston Oilers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AFL | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 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 |
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1971 | NFL Houston Oilers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1974 | WFL Portland Storm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| AFL | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |
| NFL | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| WFL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Totals | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 6 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 8 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 6 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL | Portland Storm | 7 | |
| 1975 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 |
Honors
1968 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (2nd Team)
1968 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (2nd Team)
1968 - AFL The Sporting News All-Conference (2nd Team)
1968 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)
