Tom Nowatzke

Nowatzke, Thomas Matthew
Height: 6-3 Weight: 229
Born: September 30, 1942 La Porte, IN
High School: Issac C. Elston (Michigan City, IN)

Year	College	Participation
1961	Indiana
1962	Indiana	Lettered
1963	Indiana	Lettered
1964	Indiana	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (4th overall) 1965 New York Jets; 1st round (11th overall) 1965 Detroit Lions

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)1965 DET NFL	35	FB	14	1
1966 Detroit Lions (NFL)1966 DET NFL	35	FB	14	14
1967 Detroit Lions (NFL)1967 DET NFL	35	FB	14	9
1968 Detroit Lions (NFL)1968 DET NFL	35	FB	14	1
1969 Detroit Lions (NFL)1969 DET NFL	35	RB	9	0
1970 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1970 BAL NFL	34	RB	11	4
1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1971 BAL NFL	43	RB	14	0
1972 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1972 BAL NFL	34	RB	6	0
8 Years (NFL)8 Years NFL			96	29

Team	Date	Transaction
1965 New York Jets (AFL)New York Jets	11/28/1964	Draft
1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)Detroit Lions	11/28/1964	Draft
1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)Detroit Lions	12/2/1964	Signed (Future)
1970 Detroit Lions (NFL)Detroit Lions	9/15/1970	Released
1970 Baltimore Colts (NFL)Baltimore Colts		Signed
1973 Houston Oilers (NFL)Houston Oilers	3/14/1973	Traded
1973 Houston Oilers (NFL)Houston Oilers	8/27/1973	Retired

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)1965 DET NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1966 Detroit Lions (NFL)1966 DET NFL	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	42
1967 Detroit Lions (NFL)1967 DET NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
1968 Detroit Lions (NFL)1968 DET NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1970 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1970 BAL NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	17	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	102

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)1965 DET NFL	27	73	2.7	14	1		0	0
1966 Detroit Lions (NFL)1966 DET NFL	151	512	3.4	21	6			0
1967 Detroit Lions (NFL)1967 DET NFL	70	288	4.1	15	4		0	0
1968 Detroit Lions (NFL)1968 DET NFL	36	116	3.2	11	1		0	0
1970 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1970 BAL NFL	73	248	3.4	14	1		0	0
1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1971 BAL NFL	1	1	1.0	1	0		0	0	0
1972 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1972 BAL NFL	3	11	3.7	6	0		0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	361	1249	3.5	21	13		0	0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)1965 DET NFL		5		45	9.0	22t	1			0
1966 Detroit Lions (NFL)1966 DET NFL		54		316	5.9	25	1			0
1967 Detroit Lions (NFL)1967 DET NFL		21		145	6.9	25t	2		2	0
1968 Detroit Lions (NFL)1968 DET NFL		4		6	1.5	5	0		0	0
1970 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1970 BAL NFL		16		93	5.8	17	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		100		605	6.1	25t	4		2	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1971 BAL NFL	1	29	29.0	29	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	29	29.0	29	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)1965 DET NFL	2		12	6.0	12	0	0	0
1968 Detroit Lions (NFL)1968 DET NFL	3		34	11.3	15	0	0	0
1969 Detroit Lions (NFL)1969 DET NFL	1		14	14.0	14	0	0	0	0
1970 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1970 BAL NFL	7		93	13.3	21	0		0
1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1971 BAL NFL	1		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	14		154	11.0	21	0	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)1965 DET NFL	1		0	1	1	0	0
1966 Detroit Lions (NFL)1966 DET NFL	6		0	0	0	0	0
1967 Detroit Lions (NFL)1967 DET NFL	3		0	0	0	0	0
1968 Detroit Lions (NFL)1968 DET NFL	2		0	0	0	0	0
1970 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1970 BAL NFL	3		2	0	2	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	15		2	1	3	0	0