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Dave Casper

David John Casper

Position: TE
Height: 6-4    Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: September 26, 1951 in Bemidji, MN
College: Notre Dame

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2002

5-time Pro Bowler & 4-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 2nd round (45th overall) of the 1974 Draft

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1974 23 OAK 14 0 4 26 6.5 3 17 0.3 1.9 26 3 0
1975 24 OAK 14 0 5 71 14.2 1 20 0.4 5.1 71 1 0
1976*+ 25 OAK TE 13 13 53 691 13.0 10 30 4.1 53.2 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 696 10 0
1977*+ 26 OAK TE 14 14 48 584 12.2 6 27 3.4 41.7 584 6 1
1978*+ 27 OAK TE 16 16 62 852 13.7 9 44 3.9 53.3 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.3 0.1 857 9 1
1979*+ 28 OAK TE 15 12 57 771 13.5 3 42 3.8 51.4 771 3 1
1980 29 2TM te 16 15 56 796 14.2 4 43 3.5 49.8 2 8 0 6 4.0 0.5 0.1 804 4 3
OAK te 6 6 22 270 12.3 1 35 3.7 45.0 270 1 1
HOU te 10 9 34 526 15.5 3 43 3.4 52.6 2 8 0 6 4.0 0.8 0.2 534 3 2
1981 30 HOU TE 16 10 33 572 17.3 8 52 2.1 35.8 572 8 0
1982 31 HOU TE 9 9 36 573 15.9 6 38 4.0 63.7 2 9 0 8 4.5 1.0 0.2 582 6 1
1983 32 2TM te/ 13 11 20 251 12.6 0 34 1.5 19.3 251 0 0
HOU 3 2 7 79 11.3 0 17 2.3 26.3 79 0 0
MIN te 10 9 13 172 13.2 0 34 1.3 17.2 172 0 0
1984 33 RAI 7 0 4 29 7.3 2 13 0.6 4.1 29 2 0
Career 147 100 378 5216 13.8 52 52 2.6 35.5 6 27 0 8 4.5 0.2 0.0 5243 52 7
8 yrs OAK 99 61 255 3294 12.9 35 44 2.6 33.3 2 10 0 5 5.0 0.1 0.0 3304 35 4
4 yrs TEN 38 30 110 1750 15.9 17 52 2.9 46.1 4 17 0 8 4.3 0.4 0.1 1767 17 3
1 yr MIN 10 9 13 172 13.2 0 34 1.3 17.2 172 0 0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1976*+ 25 OAK TE 13 13 0 2 0 0
1977*+ 26 OAK TE 14 14 1 0 0 0
1978*+ 27 OAK TE 16 16 1 1 0 1
1979*+ 28 OAK TE 15 12 1 1 0 0
1980 29 2TM te 16 15 3 0 0 0
OAK te 6 6 1 0 0 0
HOU te 10 9 2 0 0 0
1982 31 HOU TE 9 9 1 0 0 0
1983 32 2TM te/ 13 11 0 1 0 0
HOU 3 2 0 1 0 0
Career 147 100 7 5 0 1
8 yrs OAK 99 61 4 4 0 1
4 yrs TEN 38 30 3 1 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1978*+ 27 OAK TE 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 147 100 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1974 23 OAK 14 0 3 18
1975 24 OAK 14 0 1 6
1976*+ 25 OAK TE 13 13 10 60
1977*+ 26 OAK TE 14 14 6 36
1978*+ 27 OAK TE 16 16 9 1 60
1979*+ 28 OAK TE 15 12 3 18
1980 29 2TM te 16 15 4 24
HOU te 10 9 3 18
OAK te 6 6 1 6
1981 30 HOU TE 16 10 8 48
1982 31 HOU TE 9 9 6 36
1984 33 RAI 7 0 2 12
Career 147 100 52 1 318
8 yrs OAK 99 61 35 1 216
4 yrs TEN 38 30 17 102

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1976
1977
1978
1979
1980

1st-team All-Pro

1976
1977
1978
1979

Receptions

1976 NFL 53 (8)
1977 NFL 48 (9)
1978 NFL 62 (5)
Career 378 (194)

Receiving Yds

1978 NFL 852 (10)

Receiving TD

1976 NFL 10 (3)
1977 NFL 6 (9)
1978 NFL 9 (4)
1981 NFL 8 (8)
1982 NFL 6 (4)
Career 52 (79)

Receiving Yds/Game

1978 NFL 53.3 (10)

Touchdowns

1976 NFL 10 (9)
1978 NFL 10 (8)
Career 53 (167)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1976 NFL 10 (9)
Career 52 (166)

Non-Offensive TDs

1978 NFL 1 (6)

Fumble Return TD

1978 NFL 1 (2-- 38)
Career 1 (199)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1976 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1976 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1976 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1976 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1977 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1977 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1977 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1977 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1974 23 14 TE 21 28
1975 24 14 TE 13 35
1976 25 13 TE 130 84 1 15
1977 26 14 TE 94 42 3 28
1978 27 16 TE 140 100 1 10
1979 28 15 TE 95 30 5 51
1980 29 16 TE 104 39 4 39
1981 30 16 TE 105 40 7 50
1982 31 9 TE 94 71 2 14
1983 32 13 TE 25 40
1984 33 7 TE 15 52
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