Mike Mercer
Michael Mercer
Born: November 21, 1935
Algona, IA USA
Position: K
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 220
College: Minnesota, Hardin-Simmons, Arizona St.
High School: Dubuque (IA)
Career: 1961-1970
Drafted: 1961 in Round 15, #197 overall by the Minnesota Vikings
Mike Mercer played from 1961 to 1970 during his career with the Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers. Mercer kicked 102 field goals in 195 attempts, a 52.3 percent success rate, over his career.
 Minnesota Vikings |
 Oakland Raiders |
 Kansas City Chiefs |
 Buffalo Bills |
 Green Bay Packers |
 San Diego Chargers |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 118.8 |
| AFL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | -32 | -32.0 | -32 | 0 |
| 1963 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| NFL | 1 | -32 | -32.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| AFL | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3 | -38 | -12.7 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 37 | 36 | 97.3 | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 63 |
| 1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | |
| 1963 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 47 | 47 | 100.0 | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 71 |
| 1964 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 79 |
| 1965 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 62 |
| 1966 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 35 | 33 | 94.3 | 26 | 20 | 76.9 | 93 |
| 1966 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 5 |
| 1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 73 |
| 1968 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 4 | |
| 1968 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 14 | 12 | 85.7 | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 33 |
| 1969 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 38 |
| 1970 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 35 | 34 | 97.1 | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 70 |
| NFL | 112 | 108 | 96.4 | 74 | 33 | 44.6 | 207 | |
| AFL | 183 | 180 | 98.4 | 121 | 69 | 57.0 | 387 | |
| Totals | 295 | 288 | 97.6 | 195 | 102 | 52.3 | 594 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 63 | 2458 | 39.0 | 59 |
| 1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 19 | 827 | 43.5 | 77 |
| 1963 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 75 | 3007 | 40.1 | 53 |
| 1964 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 59 | 2446 | 41.5 | 67 |
| 1965 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 75 | 3079 | 41.1 | 70 |
| 1966 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 9 | 373 | 41.4 | 59 |
| 1970 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 8 | 283 | 35.4 | 42 |
| NFL | 90 | 3568 | 39.6 | 77 | |
| AFL | 218 | 8905 | 40.8 | 70 | |
| Totals | 308 | 12473 | 40.5 | 77 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 63 | ||||||||
| 1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1963 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 71 | ||||||||
| 1964 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 79 | |||||||||
| 1965 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 62 | ||||||||
| 1966 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 20 | 33 | 0 | 93 | |||||||||
| 1966 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 0 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 73 | |||||||||
| 1968 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1968 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 33 | |||||||||
| 1969 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 38 | |||||||||
| 1970 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 70 | |||||||||
| NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 | |
| AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 387 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 594 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 0 |
| 1963 | AFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | AFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL | Oakland Raiders | 2 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
| 1968 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 3 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 6 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
