Joe Morrison
Joseph R. Morrison
Born: August 21, 1937
Lima, OH USA
Deceased: February 5, 1989
Columbia, SC
Position: HB-FL-FB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 210
College: Cincinnati
High School: South (Lima, OH)
Career: 1959-1972
Drafted: 1959 in Round 3, #34 overall by the New York Giants
Joe Morrison played from 1959 to 1972 during his career with the New York Giants. Morrison ran for 2,474 yards in his career on 677 attempts, scoring 18 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 395 passes for 4,993 yards and 47 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 72.9 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1963 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 81.3 |
| 1967 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 116.7 |
| Totals | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 18 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 62 | 165 | 2.7 | 14 | 1 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 103 | 346 | 3.4 | 19 | 2 |
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 33 | 48 | 1.5 | 14 | 1 |
| 1962 | NFL New York Giants | 35 | 146 | 4.2 | 21 | 1 |
| 1963 | NFL New York Giants | 119 | 568 | 4.8 | 70 | 3 |
| 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 45 | 138 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 |
| 1965 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 1 |
| 1966 | NFL New York Giants | 67 | 275 | 4.1 | 20 | 2 |
| 1967 | NFL New York Giants | 36 | 161 | 4.5 | 11 | 2 |
| 1968 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL New York Giants | 107 | 387 | 3.6 | 13 | 4 |
| 1970 | NFL New York Giants | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL New York Giants | 38 | 131 | 3.4 | 20 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Totals | 677 | 2474 | 3.7 | 70 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 17 | 183 | 10.8 | 37 | 1 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 29 | 367 | 12.7 | 51 | 3 |
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 16 | 1 |
| 1962 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 36 | 2 |
| 1963 | NFL New York Giants | 31 | 284 | 9.2 | 57 | 7 |
| 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 40 | 505 | 12.6 | 70 | 2 |
| 1965 | NFL New York Giants | 41 | 574 | 14.0 | 46 | 4 |
| 1966 | NFL New York Giants | 46 | 724 | 15.7 | 49 | 6 |
| 1967 | NFL New York Giants | 37 | 524 | 14.2 | 59 | 7 |
| 1968 | NFL New York Giants | 37 | 425 | 11.5 | 68 | 6 |
| 1969 | NFL New York Giants | 44 | 647 | 14.7 | 65 | 7 |
| 1970 | NFL New York Giants | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 25 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL New York Giants | 40 | 411 | 10.3 | 45 | 1 |
| 1972 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 395 | 4993 | 12.6 | 70 | 47 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 79 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 15 | 345 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 28 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 23 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 640 | 21.3 | 29 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1962 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1971 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 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 |
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| 1962 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| 1963 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1965 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1966 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1967 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1968 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1969 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
| 1971 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 18 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 390 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
