Ron Springs
Ronald Edward Springs
Born: November 4, 1956
Williamsburg, VA USA
Deceased: May 12, 2011
Dallas, TX
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 213
College: Ohio St.
High School: Lafayette (Williamsburg, VA)
Career: 1979-1986
Drafted: 1979 in Round 5, #136 overall by the Dallas Cowboys
Ron Springs played from 1979 to 1986 during his career with the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Springs ran for 2,519 yards in his career on 694 attempts, scoring 28 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 249 passes for 2,259 yards and 10 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 30 | 10.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 111.1 |
1981 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114.6 |
1984 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 45 | 6.4 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 30 | 1 | 4 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 67 | 248 | 3.7 | 15 | 2 |
1980 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 89 | 326 | 3.7 | 20 | 6 |
1981 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 172 | 625 | 3.6 | 16 | 10 |
1982 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 59 | 243 | 4.1 | 46 | 2 |
1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 149 | 541 | 3.6 | 19 | 7 |
1984 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 68 | 197 | 2.9 | 16 | 1 |
1985 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
1986 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 74 | 285 | 3.9 | 40 | 0 |
Totals | 694 | 2519 | 3.6 | 46 | 28 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 25 | 251 | 10.0 | 27 | 1 |
1980 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 212 | 14.1 | 58 | 1 |
1981 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 46 | 359 | 7.8 | 32 | 2 |
1982 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 163 | 9.6 | 34 | 2 |
1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 73 | 589 | 8.1 | 80 | 1 |
1984 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 46 | 454 | 9.9 | 57 | 3 |
1985 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 22 | 0 |
1986 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24 | 187 | 7.8 | 46 | 0 |
Totals | 249 | 2259 | 9.1 | 80 | 10 |
Punting:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1986 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 |
Totals | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 38 | 780 | 20.5 | 70 | 0 |
1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
1985 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 34 | 0 |
Totals | 44 | 905 | 20.6 | 70 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1980 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1981 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||
1982 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1984 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1986 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1979 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
1980 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
1981 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
1982 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
1984 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Totals | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 0 |
1980 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 6 |
1981 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 13 |
1982 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 9 | 9 |
1983 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 14 |
1984 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 12 |
1985 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 0 |
1986 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 8 |