Jim Nance
James Solomon Nance
Born: December 30, 1942
Indiana, PA USA
Deceased: June 16, 1992
Quincy, MA
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 235
College: Syracuse
High School: Indiana (PA)
Career: 1965-1975
Drafted: 1965 in Round 19, #151 overall (AFL) by the Boston Patriots
Drafted: 1965 in Round 4, #45 overall by the Chicago Bears
Jim Nance played from 1965 to 1975 during his career with the Boston Patriots, Houston Texans, New England Patriots, New York Jets and Shreveport Steamer. Nance ran for 7,408 yards in his career on 1,831 attempts, scoring 60 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 171 passes for 1,160 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AFL Boston Patriots | 111 | 321 | 2.9 | 20 | 5 |
| 1966 | AFL Boston Patriots | 299 | 1458 | 4.9 | 65 | 11 |
| 1967 | AFL Boston Patriots | 269 | 1216 | 4.5 | 53 | 7 |
| 1968 | AFL Boston Patriots | 177 | 593 | 3.4 | 30 | 4 |
| 1969 | AFL Boston Patriots | 193 | 750 | 3.9 | 43 | 6 |
| 1970 | NFL Boston Patriots | 145 | 522 | 3.6 | 21 | 7 |
| 1971 | NFL New England Patriots | 129 | 463 | 3.6 | 50 | 5 |
| 1973 | NFL New York Jets | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 18 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL Houston Texans | 300 | 1240 | 4.1 | 27 | 8 |
| 1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 190 | 767 | 4.0 | 35 | 7 |
| AFL | 1049 | 4338 | 4.1 | 65 | 33 | |
| NFL | 292 | 1063 | 3.6 | 50 | 12 | |
| WFL | 490 | 2007 | 4.1 | 35 | 15 | |
| Totals | 1831 | 7408 | 4.0 | 65 | 60 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AFL Boston Patriots | 12 | 83 | 6.9 | 22 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL Boston Patriots | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 45 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL Boston Patriots | 22 | 196 | 8.9 | 36 | 1 |
| 1968 | AFL Boston Patriots | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL Boston Patriots | 29 | 168 | 5.8 | 27 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Boston Patriots | 26 | 148 | 5.7 | 16 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL New England Patriots | 18 | 95 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL New York Jets | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL Houston Texans | 14 | 84 | 6.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 24 | 206 | 8.6 | 17 | 1 |
| AFL | 85 | 601 | 7.1 | 45 | 1 | |
| NFL | 48 | 269 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 | |
| WFL | 38 | 290 | 7.6 | 23 | 1 | |
| Totals | 171 | 1160 | 6.8 | 45 | 2 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AFL Boston Patriots | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | AFL Boston Patriots | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | AFL Boston Patriots | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | AFL Boston Patriots | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | AFL Boston Patriots | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Boston Patriots | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL New England Patriots | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AFL | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 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 |
| 1965 | AFL Boston Patriots | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1966 | AFL Boston Patriots | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
| 1967 | AFL Boston Patriots | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1968 | AFL Boston Patriots | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1969 | AFL Boston Patriots | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Boston Patriots | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1971 | NFL New England Patriots | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1974 | WFL Houston Texans | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | ||
| 1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | ||
| AFL | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | |
| NFL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |
| WFL | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | |
| Totals | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 375 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 14 | 14 |
| 1968 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 12 | 12 |
| 1969 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 14 | 14 |
| 1970 | NFL | Boston Patriots | 13 | 13 |
| 1971 | NFL | New England Patriots | 13 | 13 |
| 1973 | NFL | New York Jets | 7 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL | Houston Texans | 20 | |
| 1975 | WFL | Shreveport Steamer | 12 |
Awards
1966 - AFL AP Player of the Year
1966 - AFL UPI Player of the Year
Honors
1966 - AFL AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1966 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1966 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1966 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1966 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1967 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1967 - AFL The Sporting News All-Conference (2nd Team)
1967 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1967 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1967 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1969 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (2nd Team)
1969 - AFL The Sporting News All-AFL (2nd Team)
1969 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (2nd Team)
1969 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)
