John Leypoldt
John Howard Leypoldt
Born: March 31, 1946
Washington, DC USA
Deceased: February 7, 1987
Cheektowaga, NY
Position: K
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 229
College: Northern Virginia CC
High School: Washington-Lee (Arlington, VA)
Career: 1971-1978
John Leypoldt played from 1971 to 1978 during his career with the Buffalo Bills, New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks. Leypoldt kicked 93 field goals in 154 attempts, a 60.4 percent success rate, over his career.
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Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 39 |
| 1972 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 30 | 29 | 96.7 | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 77 |
| 1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 90 |
| 1974 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 29 | 25 | 86.2 | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 82 |
| 1975 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 57 | 51 | 89.5 | 16 | 9 | 56.2 | 78 |
| 1976 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | |
| 1976 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 22 | 19 | 86.4 | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 43 |
| 1977 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 37 | 33 | 89.2 | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 60 |
| 1978 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 10 |
| Totals | 222 | 203 | 91.4 | 154 | 93 | 60.4 | 482 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 |
| 1971 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 39 | |||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 0 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 77 | |||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 0 | 21 | 27 | 0 | 90 | |||||||||
| 1974 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 0 | 19 | 25 | 0 | 82 | |||||||||
| 1975 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 0 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 78 | |||||||||
| 1976 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1976 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 0 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 43 | |||||||||
| 1977 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 0 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| 1978 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 482 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 8 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 1 | 0 |
Honors
1974 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1974 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
