Frank Pitts
Frank H. Pitts
Born: November 12, 1943
Atlanta, GA USA
Position: WR-SE
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 199
College: Southern
High School: Samuel Howard Archer (Atlanta, GA)
Career: 1965-1974
Drafted: 1965 in Round 16, #213 overall by the Chicago Bears
Drafted: 1965 in Round 4, #32 overall (AFL) by the Kansas City Chiefs
Frank Pitts played from 1965 to 1974 during his career with the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders. Pitts caught 175 passes for 2,897 yards and 27 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 15 | 1 |
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 11 | 107 | 9.7 | 28 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 11 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 42 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 13 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| AFL | 19 | 154 | 8.1 | 28 | 1 | |
| NFL | 9 | 103 | 11.4 | 42 | 0 | |
| Totals | 28 | 257 | 9.2 | 42 | 1 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 59 | 1 |
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 30 | 655 | 21.8 | 90 | 6 |
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 31 | 470 | 15.2 | 51 | 2 |
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 11 | 172 | 15.6 | 54 | 2 |
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 27 | 487 | 18.0 | 53 | 4 |
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 36 | 620 | 17.2 | 80 | 8 |
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 31 | 317 | 10.2 | 26 | 4 |
| 1974 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 |
| AFL | 67 | 1278 | 19.1 | 90 | 9 | |
| NFL | 108 | 1619 | 15.0 | 80 | 18 | |
| Totals | 175 | 2897 | 16.6 | 90 | 27 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 32 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 238 | 26.4 | 35 | 0 |
| AFL | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| NFL | 9 | 238 | 26.4 | 35 | 0 | |
| Totals | 14 | 338 | 24.1 | 35 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1967 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AFL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1966 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1967 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| AFL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |
| NFL | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |
| Totals | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 |
| 1968 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 13 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 12 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 13 | 0 |
