Tommy Mason
Thomas Cyril Mason
Born: July 8, 1939
Lake Charles, LA USA
Deceased: January 22, 2015
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 196
College: Tulane
High School: Lake Charles (LA)
Career: 1961-1971
Drafted: 1961 in Round 1, #2 overall (AFL) by the Boston Patriots
Drafted: 1961 in Round 1, #1 overall by the Minnesota Vikings
Tommy Mason played from 1961 to 1971 during his career with the Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings and Washington Redskins. Mason ran for 4,203 yards in his career on 1,040 attempts, scoring 32 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 214 passes for 2,324 yards and 13 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 39.6 |
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
1964 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 158.3 |
1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 65 | 21.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 149.3 |
1968 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 95 | 10.6 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 22.2 | 51 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 60 | 226 | 3.8 | 21 | 3 |
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 167 | 740 | 4.4 | 71 | 2 |
1963 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 166 | 763 | 4.6 | 70 | 7 |
1964 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 169 | 691 | 4.1 | 51 | 4 |
1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 141 | 597 | 4.2 | 26 | 10 |
1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 58 | 235 | 4.1 | 52 | 2 |
1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 63 | 213 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 |
1968 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 108 | 395 | 3.7 | 19 | 3 |
1969 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 33 | 135 | 4.1 | 17 | 1 |
1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 44 | 123 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
1971 | NFL Washington Redskins | 31 | 85 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 1040 | 4203 | 4.0 | 71 | 32 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 20 | 122 | 6.1 | 18 | 0 |
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 36 | 603 | 16.8 | 74 | 6 |
1963 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 40 | 365 | 9.1 | 41 | 2 |
1964 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 26 | 239 | 9.2 | 29 | 1 |
1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 22 | 321 | 14.6 | 72 | 1 |
1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 17 | 1 |
1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 24 | 0 |
1968 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 15 | 144 | 9.6 | 31 | 0 |
1969 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 185 | 16.8 | 67 | 1 |
1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 127 | 10.6 | 32 | 1 |
1971 | NFL Washington Redskins | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 18 | 0 |
Totals | 214 | 2324 | 10.9 | 74 | 13 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 146 | 10.4 | 23 | 0 |
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 |
1963 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 23 | 0 |
1964 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 150 | 15.0 | 45 | 0 |
1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 |
1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 46 | 483 | 10.5 | 45 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 25 | 603 | 24.1 | 42 | 0 |
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 301 | 25.1 | 42 | 0 |
1963 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 21 | 0 |
1964 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 |
Totals | 45 | 1067 | 23.7 | 42 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1963 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1964 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1968 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1971 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 61 | 14 | 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 |
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
1963 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
1964 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||
1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
1968 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
1969 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 0 |
1962 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 11 |
1963 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 13 |
1964 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 12 |
1965 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 9 |
1966 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 6 |
1967 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 13 | 0 |
1968 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 7 |
1969 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 13 | 0 |
1970 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 10 | 1 |
Honors
1963 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1963 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1963 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1963 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1963 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1964 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1964 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)