Rick Kane
Richard James Kane
Born: November 12, 1954
Lincoln, NE USA
Deceased: December 25, 2009
Reno, NV
Position: RB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 200
College: Oregon, San Jose St.
High School: Amador Valley (Pleasanton, CA)
Career: 1977-1985
Drafted: 1977 in Round 3, #69 overall by the Detroit Lions
Rick Kane played from 1977 to 1985 during his career with the Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins. Kane ran for 1,486 yards in his career on 409 attempts, scoring 12 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 76 passes for 761 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 124 | 421 | 3.4 | 35 | 4 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 44 | 153 | 3.5 | 19 | 2 |
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 94 | 332 | 3.5 | 26 | 4 |
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 31 | 125 | 4.0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 77 | 332 | 4.3 | 20 | 2 |
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL Washington Redskins | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | NFL Detroit Lions | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 409 | 1486 | 3.6 | 35 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 18 | 186 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 16 | 161 | 10.1 | 26 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 104 | 11.6 | 36 | 1 |
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 17 | 181 | 10.6 | 40 | 1 |
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 76 | 761 | 10.0 | 40 | 2 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 16 | 376 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 27 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 13 | 281 | 21.6 | 37 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 23 | 495 | 21.5 | 62 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Totals | 64 | 1370 | 21.4 | 62 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 6 |
| 1978 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 6 |
| 1980 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 2 |
| 1982 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 1 |
