Don McIlhenny
Donald Brookes McIlhenny
Born: November 22, 1934
Cleveland, OH USA
Deceased: April 18, 2023
Position: HB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 197
College: SMU
High School: South Houston (TX)
Career: 1956-1961
Drafted: 1956 in Round 3, #27 overall by the Detroit Lions
Don McIlhenny played from 1956 to 1961 during his career with the Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers. McIlhenny ran for 1,581 yards in his career on 414 attempts, scoring 7 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 70 passes for 655 yards and 7 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 87 | 372 | 4.3 | 30 | 3 |
| 1957 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 100 | 384 | 3.8 | 40 | 1 |
| 1958 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 74 | 239 | 3.2 | 36 | 1 |
| 1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 47 | 231 | 4.9 | 46 | 1 |
| 1960 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 96 | 321 | 3.3 | 21 | 1 |
| 1961 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 414 | 1581 | 3.8 | 46 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 21 | 2 |
| 1957 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 18 | 210 | 11.7 | 28 | 2 |
| 1958 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 20 | 154 | 7.7 | 55 | 1 |
| 1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 30 | 1 |
| 1960 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 120 | 8.0 | 64 | 1 |
| 1961 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 70 | 655 | 9.4 | 64 | 7 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 14 | 362 | 25.9 | 53 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 7 | 146 | 20.9 | 45 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 24 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 189 | 31.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 747 | 24.9 | 53 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 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 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1957 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1958 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1960 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Totals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 7 |
| 1961 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 0 |
