Bo Matthews
William Pierce Matthews
Born: November 15, 1951
Huntsville, AL USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 230
College: Colorado
High School: S.R. Butler (Hunstville, AL)
Career: 1974-1984
Drafted: 1974 in Round 1, #2 overall by the San Diego Chargers
Bo Matthews played from 1974 to 1984 during his career with the Denver Gold, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants and San Diego Chargers. Matthews ran for 1,992 yards in his career on 545 attempts, scoring 15 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 98 passes for 618 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 95 | 328 | 3.5 | 16 | 4 |
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 71 | 254 | 3.6 | 24 | 3 |
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 46 | 199 | 4.3 | 42 | 3 |
| 1977 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 43 | 193 | 4.5 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 71 | 286 | 4.0 | 28 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 30 | 112 | 3.7 | 22 | 1 |
| 1980 | NFL New York Giants | 64 | 180 | 2.8 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL Denver Gold | 67 | 257 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL Denver Gold | 54 | 169 | 3.1 | 19 | 4 |
| NFL | 424 | 1566 | 3.7 | 42 | 11 | |
| USFL | 121 | 426 | 3.5 | 19 | 4 | |
| Totals | 545 | 1992 | 3.7 | 42 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 12 | 90 | 7.5 | 23 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 22 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 12 | 81 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 23 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 11 | 78 | 7.1 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL New York Giants | 19 | 86 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL Denver Gold | 19 | 109 | 5.7 | 21 | 1 |
| 1984 | USFL Denver Gold | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 7 | 0 |
| NFL | 75 | 488 | 6.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| USFL | 23 | 130 | 5.7 | 21 | 1 | |
| Totals | 98 | 618 | 6.3 | 23 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NFL | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1977 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1974 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1979 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1983 | USFL Denver Gold | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1984 | USFL Denver Gold | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| NFL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |
| USFL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | |
| Totals | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 104 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 8 |
| 1975 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 12 |
| 1976 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 12 | 2 |
| 1977 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 11 | 9 |
| 1979 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL | New York Giants | 15 | 7 |
| 1981 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL | New York Giants | 5 | 1 |
| 1983 | USFL | Denver Gold | 18 | 6 |
| 1984 | USFL | Denver Gold | 17 | 3 |
