Ollie Matson
Ollie Genoa Matson
Born: May 1, 1930
Trinity, TX USA
Deceased: February 19, 2011
Los Angeles, CA
Position: RB-FL
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 220
College: San Francisco
High School: George Washington (San Francisco, CA)
Career: 1952-1966
Drafted: 1952 in Round 1, #3 overall by the Chicago Cardinals
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972
Ollie Matson played from 1952 to 1966 during his career with the Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles. Matson caught 222 passes for 3,285 yards and 23 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 118.8 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 59 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 84.6 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 56.3 |
| 1959 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1962 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 119 | 7.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 43 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 96 | 344 | 3.6 | 25 | 3 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 101 | 506 | 5.0 | 79 | 4 |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 109 | 475 | 4.4 | 54 | 1 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 192 | 924 | 4.8 | 79 | 5 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 134 | 577 | 4.3 | 56 | 6 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 129 | 505 | 3.9 | 55 | 5 |
| 1959 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 161 | 863 | 5.4 | 50 | 6 |
| 1960 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 61 | 170 | 2.8 | 27 | 1 |
| 1961 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 24 | 181 | 7.5 | 69 | 2 |
| 1962 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 96 | 404 | 4.2 | 63 | 4 |
| 1965 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 22 | 103 | 4.7 | 22 | 2 |
| 1966 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 29 | 101 | 3.5 | 28 | 1 |
| Totals | 1170 | 5173 | 4.4 | 79 | 40 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 187 | 17.0 | 47 | 3 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 34 | 611 | 18.0 | 70 | 3 |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 17 | 237 | 13.9 | 70 | 2 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 15 | 199 | 13.3 | 45 | 2 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 20 | 451 | 22.6 | 75 | 3 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 33 | 465 | 14.1 | 59 | 3 |
| 1959 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 49 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 15 | 98 | 6.5 | 24 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 29 | 537 | 18.5 | 96 | 3 |
| 1962 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 20 | 1 |
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 242 | 14.2 | 32 | 1 |
| 1965 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 1 |
| 1966 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Totals | 222 | 3285 | 14.8 | 96 | 23 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 23 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 100 | 9.1 | 59 | 1 |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 13 | 245 | 18.8 | 78 | 2 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 28 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 20 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 65 | 595 | 9.2 | 78 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 20 | 624 | 31.2 | 100 | 2 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 17 | 449 | 26.4 | 91 | 1 |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 15 | 368 | 24.5 | 37 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 13 | 362 | 27.8 | 105 | 1 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 14 | 497 | 35.5 | 101 | 2 |
| 1959 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 367 | 22.9 | 48 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 9 | 216 | 24.0 | 42 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 30 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 43 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 26 | 544 | 20.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Totals | 143 | 3746 | 26.2 | 105 | 6 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 30 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 66 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| 1959 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| 1960 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1961 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1962 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1964 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1965 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1966 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Totals | 40 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 438 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 13 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 8 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 12 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 0 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1950s Team
Honors
1952 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1954 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1958 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1958 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1958 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1958 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1959 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
