Ira Matthews
[edit] Biography
Ira Matthews (Ira Richard Matthews) was born on August 23, 1957 in Rockford, Illinois. After going to high school at East (Rockford, IL), Matthews attended the University of Wisconsin. Matthews made his professional debut in the NFL in 1979 with the Oakland Raiders. He played for the Oakland Raiders for his entire 3 year career.
Most people believe that 1979 was Ira Matthews's best year, as he had 873 kick return yards and ran back a kickoff for a touchdown.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1979
| OAK
| NFL
| 16
| 32
| 165
| 5.2
| 7
| 20
| 0
|
| 1980
| OAK
| NFL
| 16
| 48
| 421
| 8.8
| 7
| 34
| 0
|
| 1981
| OAK
| NFL
| 5
| 15
| 92
| 6.1
| 2
| 26
| 0
|
| 3 year NFL career
| 37
| 95
| 678
| 7.1
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1979
| OAK
| NFL
| 16
| 35
| 873
| 24.9
| 104t
| 1
|
| 1980
| OAK
| NFL
| 16
| 29
| 585
| 20.2
| 45
| 0
|
| 1981
| OAK
| NFL
| 5
| 7
| 144
| 20.6
| 39
| 0
|
| 3 year NFL career
| 37
| 71
| 1602
| 22.6
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1979
| OAK
| NFL
| 16
| 2
| 3
| 1.5
| 0
| 3
|
| 1980
| OAK
| NFL
| 16
| 5
| 11
| 2.2
| 0
| 5
|
| 1981
| OAK
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 3 year NFL career
| 37
| 7
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1979
| OAK
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| OAK
| NFL
| 16
| 3
| 33
| 11
| 0
| 20
|
| 1981
| OAK
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 3 year NFL career
| 37
| 3
| 33
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1979
| OAK
| NFL
| 16
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| OAK
| NFL
| 16
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| OAK
| NFL
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 3 year NFL career
| 37
| 16
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
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