Doug Kotar
Douglas Allan Kotar
Born: June 11, 1951
Canonsburg, PA USA
Deceased: December 16, 1983
Pittsburgh, PA
Position: RB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 205
College: Kentucky
High School: Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg, PA)
Career: 1974-1981
Doug Kotar played from 1974 to 1981 during his career with the New York Giants. Kotar ran for 3,380 yards in his career on 900 attempts, scoring 20 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 126 passes for 1,022 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL New York Giants | 106 | 396 | 3.7 | 53 | 4 |
| 1975 | NFL New York Giants | 122 | 378 | 3.1 | 46 | 6 |
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 185 | 731 | 4.0 | 24 | 3 |
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 132 | 480 | 3.6 | 32 | 2 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 149 | 625 | 4.2 | 46 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 160 | 616 | 3.8 | 32 | 3 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 46 | 154 | 3.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Totals | 900 | 3380 | 3.8 | 53 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL New York Giants | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 17 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 36 | 319 | 8.9 | 30 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 22 | 225 | 10.2 | 31 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 25 | 230 | 9.2 | 37 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 126 | 1022 | 8.1 | 37 | 1 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL New York Giants | 15 | 350 | 23.3 | 52 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL New York Giants | 17 | 405 | 23.8 | 64 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 31 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 920 | 21.9 | 64 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 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 |
| 1974 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1975 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | New York Giants | 15 | 11 |
| 1979 | NFL | New York Giants | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL | New York Giants | 7 | 4 |
