Ken Carpenter
Kenneth Leroy Carpenter
Born: February 26, 1926
Seaside, OR USA
Deceased: January 28, 2011
Seaside, OR
Position: HB-FL
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 195
College: Oregon St.
High School: Seaside (OR)
Career: 1950-1960
Drafted: 1950 in Round 1, #13 overall by the Cleveland Browns
Coaching record
Ken Carpenter played from 1950 to 1960 during his career with the Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos and Saskatchewan Roughriders. Carpenter ran for 3,611 yards in his career on 755 attempts, scoring 38 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 266 passes for 3,980 yards and 33 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1955 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1956 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 26 | 54.2 |
| 1957 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 118.8 |
| NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | ||
| CFL | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 68 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 26 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 68 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 26 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 35 | 181 | 5.2 | 61 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 85 | 402 | 4.7 | 30 | 4 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 72 | 408 | 5.7 | 37 | 3 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 46 | 195 | 4.2 | 30 | 3 |
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 110 | 545 | 5.0 | 18 | 3 |
| 1955 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 131 | 586 | 4.5 | 29 | 12 |
| 1956 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 148 | 727 | 4.9 | 25 | 8 |
| 1957 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 66 | 284 | 4.3 | 13 | 2 |
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 58 | 270 | 4.7 | 18 | 2 |
| 1960 | AFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| NFL | 238 | 1186 | 5.0 | 61 | 11 | |
| CFL | 513 | 2412 | 4.7 | 29 | 27 | |
| AFL | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 | |
| Totals | 755 | 3611 | 4.8 | 61 | 38 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 12 | 183 | 15.2 | 45 | 2 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 16 | 136 | 8.5 | 41 | 1 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 32 | 2 |
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 37 | 523 | 14.1 | 42 | 6 |
| 1955 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 39 | 678 | 17.4 | 53 | 6 |
| 1956 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 43 | 784 | 18.2 | 67 | 6 |
| 1957 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24 | 376 | 15.7 | 76 | 4 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 33 | 576 | 17.5 | 48 | 4 |
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19 | 220 | 11.6 | 23 | 1 |
| 1960 | AFL Denver Broncos | 29 | 350 | 12.1 | 36 | 1 |
| NFL | 42 | 473 | 11.3 | 45 | 5 | |
| CFL | 195 | 3157 | 16.2 | 76 | 27 | |
| AFL | 29 | 350 | 12.1 | 36 | 1 | |
| Totals | 266 | 3980 | 15.0 | 76 | 33 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 46 |
| 1955 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 37 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25 | 953 | 38.1 | 69 |
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 40 |
| CFL | 35 | 1310 | 37.4 | 69 | |
| Totals | 35 | 1310 | 37.4 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 27 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 14 | 173 | 12.4 | 49 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 10 | 139 | 13.9 | 54 | 1 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19 | 93 | 4.9 | 17 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 26 | 191 | 7.3 | 27 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| NFL | 34 | 370 | 10.9 | 54 | 1 | |
| CFL | 46 | 286 | 6.2 | 27 | 0 | |
| Totals | 80 | 656 | 8.2 | 54 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 25 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 196 | 21.8 | 48 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 11 | 234 | 21.3 | 40 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 16 | 367 | 22.9 | 40 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17 | 630 | 37.1 | 62 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 24 | 0 |
| NFL | 41 | 895 | 21.8 | 48 | 0 | |
| CFL | 22 | 704 | 32.0 | 62 | 0 | |
| Totals | 63 | 1599 | 25.4 | 62 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 72 | 1 |
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CFL | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 72 | 1 | |
| Totals | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 72 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 3 | -14 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NFL | 0 | 13 | 7 | -14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | -14 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1954 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | |||||
| 1955 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||||||
| 1956 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
| 1957 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| 1960 | AFL Denver Broncos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| NFL | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |
| CFL | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 275 | |
| AFL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 38 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 438 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 11 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 8 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14 | |
| 1959 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10 | |
| 1960 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 6 | 0 |
Honors
1955 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1955 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1956 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1956 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1956 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1958 - CFL Coaches All-Star
1958 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1958 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1958 - CFL CFL West All-Star
