Joe Scott
Joseph Oscar Scott, Jr.
Born: March 17, 1926
Athens, TX USA
Deceased: June 30, 2016
Athens, TX
Position: HB-DB-E
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 198
College: Texas A&M, San Francisco
High School: Athens (TX)
Career: 1948-1953
Drafted: 1948 in Round 2, #12 overall by the New York Giants
Joe Scott played from 1948 to 1953 during his career with the Montreal Alouettes and New York Giants. Scott ran for 1,218 yards in his career on 322 attempts, scoring 15 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 79 passes for 1,203 yards and 7 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL New York Giants | 48 | 198 | 4.1 | 20 | 2 |
| 1949 | NFL New York Giants | 70 | 224 | 3.2 | 13 | 6 |
| 1950 | NFL New York Giants | 72 | 322 | 4.5 | 48 | 2 |
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 94 | 367 | 3.9 | 37 | 1 |
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 38 | 107 | 2.8 | 30 | 3 |
| 1953 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 1 | ||||
| NFL | 322 | 1218 | 3.8 | 48 | 14 | |
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 322 | 1218 | 3.8 | 48 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL New York Giants | 17 | 235 | 13.8 | 43 | 2 |
| 1949 | NFL New York Giants | 15 | 111 | 7.4 | 24 | 1 |
| 1950 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 240 | 26.7 | 61 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 23 | 356 | 15.5 | 57 | 2 |
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 14 | 251 | 17.9 | 35 | 1 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NFL | 79 | 1203 | 15.2 | 61 | 7 | |
| Totals | 79 | 1203 | 15.2 | 61 | 7 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| NFL | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Totals | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL New York Giants | 20 | 569 | 28.4 | 99 | 1 |
| 1949 | NFL New York Giants | 7 | 203 | 29.0 | 70 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL New York Giants | 14 | 351 | 25.1 | 53 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 154 | 25.7 | 36 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 52 | 0 |
| NFL | 54 | 1467 | 27.2 | 99 | 1 | |
| Totals | 54 | 1467 | 27.2 | 99 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| NFL | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Totals | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1949 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1950 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 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 |
| 1948 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| 1949 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| 1950 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1953 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| NFL | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | |
| CFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Totals | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 6 |
| 1949 | NFL | New York Giants | 8 | 5 |
| 1950 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | New York Giants | 8 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | New York Giants | 3 | 0 |
| 1953 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 2 |
