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Rufus Bess

Bess, Rufus T., Jr.
Height: 5-9 Weight: 183
Born: September 13, 1956 Darlington, SC
High School: Butler (Hartsville, SC)

Year	College	Status
1975	South Carolina State
1976	South Carolina State
1977	South Carolina State
1978	South Carolina State	Played

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1979 Oakland Raiders (NFL)1979 OAK NFL	38	CB	16	0
1980 Buffalo Bills (NFL)1980 BUF NFL	28	LCB	16	1
1981 Buffalo Bills (NFL)1981 BUF NFL	28	CB	16	0
1982 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1982 MIN NFL	21	CB	8	0
1983 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1983 MIN NFL	21	LCB	14	6
1984 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1984 MIN NFL	21	RCB	16	13
1985 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1985 MIN NFL	21	LCB	11	11
1986 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1986 MIN NFL	21	CB	16	0
1987 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1987 MIN NFL	21	RCB	3	2
1988 Chicago Bruisers (ARFL)1988 CHI ARFL		WR/DB	1
9 Years (NFL)9 Years NFL			116	33

Transaction	Date	Team
Signed	6/1/1979	1979 Oakland Raiders (NFL)1979 OAK NFL
Released	8/19/1980	1980 Oakland Raiders (NFL)1980 OAK NFL
Assigned on Waivers	8/20/1980	1980 Buffalo Bills (NFL)1980 BUF NFL
Released	9/6/1982	1982 Buffalo Bills (NFL)1982 BUF NFL
Assigned on Waivers	9/7/1982	1982 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1982 MIN NFL
Injured Reserve	11/23/1985	1985 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1985 MIN NFL
Released	9/7/1987	1987 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1987 MIN NFL
Signed	9/26/1987	1987 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1987 MIN NFL
Released	10/19/1987	1987 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1987 MIN NFL
Signed		1988 Chicago Bruisers (ARFL)1988 CHI ARFL
Free Agent		1988 Chicago Bruisers (ARFL)1988 CHI ARFL

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1979 Oakland Raiders (NFL)1979 OAK NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0
1981 Buffalo Bills (NFL)1981 BUF NFL	1	12	12.0	12	0
1983 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1983 MIN NFL	3	38	12.7	19	0
1984 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1984 MIN NFL	3	7	2.3	7	0
1985 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1985 MIN NFL	2	27	13.5	27	0
1986 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1986 MIN NFL	1	12	12.0	12	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	11	96	8.7	27	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1982 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1982 MIN NFL	2	0	17	8.5	11	0	0	0	0
1983 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1983 MIN NFL	21	10	158	7.5	17	0	0	0	0
1984 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1984 MIN NFL	2	0	9	4.5	7	0	0	0	0
1986 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1986 MIN NFL	23	10	162	7.0	15	0	0	0	0
1987 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1987 MIN NFL	7	3	86	12.3	28	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	55	23	432	7.9	28	0	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1981 Buffalo Bills (NFL)1981 BUF NFL	1	0	6	6.0	6	0	0	0	0
1983 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1983 MIN NFL	2	0	44	22.0	50	0	1	1
1984 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1984 MIN NFL	3	0	47	15.7	19	0	0	0
1985 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1985 MIN NFL	2	0	33	16.5	22	0	1	0	0
1986 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1986 MIN NFL	31	0	705	22.7	43	0
1987 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1987 MIN NFL	10	0	169	16.9	33	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	49	0	1004	20.5	50	0	2	1	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
1979 Oakland Raiders (NFL)1979 OAK NFL	1.0	9.0
1982 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1982 MIN NFL	0.5
1984 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1984 MIN NFL	1.0
1985 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1985 MIN NFL	1.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3.5

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1979 Oakland Raiders (NFL)1979 OAK NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1981 Buffalo Bills (NFL)1981 BUF NFL	0	0	1	1	2	4	0
1983 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1983 MIN NFL	2		0	0	0	0	0
1984 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1984 MIN NFL	1		1	1	2	0	0
1985 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1985 MIN NFL	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
1986 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1986 MIN NFL	3		2	1	3	0	0
1987 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1987 MIN NFL	4		0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	10	0	4	6	10	4	0

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