James Owens
James Earl Owens
Born: July 5, 1955
Sacramento, CA USA
Position: RB-WR-DB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 192
College: UCLA
High School: Norte del Rio (Sacramento, CA)
Career: 1979-1984
Drafted: 1979 in Round 2, #29 overall by the San Francisco 49ers
James Owens played from 1979 to 1984 during his career with the San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Owens caught 56 passes for 535 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 91 | 406 | 4.5 | 35 | 3 |
| 1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 76 | 238 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 96 | 266 | 2.8 | 15 | 5 |
| 1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 271 | 944 | 3.5 | 35 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 133 | 14.8 | 29 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 145 | 12.1 | 35 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8 | 42 | 5.2 | 12 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 11 | 1 |
| 1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Totals | 56 | 535 | 9.6 | 35 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 41 | 1002 | 24.4 | 85 | 1 |
| 1980 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 726 | 23.4 | 101 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24 | 473 | 19.7 | 34 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 27 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 20 | 380 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8 | 168 | 21.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Totals | 127 | 2801 | 22.1 | 101 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 10 | 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 |
| 1979 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1980 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| 1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 6 |
| 1981 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 1 |
| 1982 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8 | 6 |
| 1983 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 5 |
| 1984 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4 | 0 |
