Kent Nix
Alvin Kent Nix
Born: March 12, 1944
Corpus Christi, TX USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195
College: TCU
High School: W.B. Ray (Corpus Christi, TX)
Career: 1967-1972
Kent Nix played from 1967 to 1972 during his career with the Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers and Pittsburgh Steelers. Nix threw for 3,644 yards in his career, completing 301 of 652 passes with 23 touchdowns and 49 interceptions. He also ran for 145 yards in 43 attempts with 2 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 268 | 136 | 50.7 | 1587 | 5.9 | 8 | 3.0 | 19 | 7.1 | 66 | 49.5 | ||
| 1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 130 | 56 | 43.1 | 720 | 5.5 | 4 | 3.1 | 8 | 6.2 | 61 | 45.7 | ||
| 1969 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 53 | 25 | 47.2 | 290 | 5.5 | 2 | 3.8 | 6 | 11.3 | 47 | 7 | 39 | 37.2 |
| 1970 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 39.6 |
| 1971 | NFL Chicago Bears | 137 | 51 | 37.2 | 760 | 5.5 | 6 | 4.4 | 10 | 7.3 | 45 | 10 | 91 | 40.4 |
| 1972 | NFL Houston Oilers | 63 | 33 | 52.4 | 287 | 4.6 | 3 | 4.8 | 6 | 9.5 | 19 | 6 | 45 | 41.0 |
| Totals | 652 | 301 | 46.2 | 3644 | 5.6 | 23 | 3.5 | 49 | 7.5 | 66 | 24 | 177 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 15 | 2 |
| 1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 20 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Chicago Bears | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 145 | 3.4 | 20 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1969 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1971 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1972 | NFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | -9 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 9 |
| 1968 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 3 |
| 1969 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 8 | 4 |
| 1972 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 12 | 2 |
