Dan Reeves
Daniel Edward Reeves
Born: January 19, 1944
Rome, GA USA
Deceased: January 1, 2022
Atlanta, GA
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 200
College: South Carolina
High School: Americus (GA)
Career: 1965-1972
Coaching record
Dan Reeves played from 1965 to 1972 during his career with the Dallas Cowboys. Reeves ran for 1,990 yards in his career on 535 attempts, scoring 25 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 129 passes for 1,693 yards and 17 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | 1965 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 66.7 | 1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 48 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 77.1 | 1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 195 | 27.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 74 | 101.8 | 1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 88.5 | 1969 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 38.9 | 1970 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 1971 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 | 1972 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 32 | 14 | 43.8 | 370 | 11.6 | 2 | 6.2 | 4 | 12.5 | 74 | 2 | 14 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1965 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 33 | 102 | 3.1 | 13 | 2 | 1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 175 | 757 | 4.3 | 67 | 8 | 1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 173 | 603 | 3.5 | 32 | 5 | 1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 40 | 178 | 4.4 | 25 | 4 | 1969 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 59 | 173 | 2.9 | 14 | 4 | 1970 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 35 | 84 | 2.4 | 8 | 2 | 1971 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 79 | 4.6 | 22 | 0 | 1972 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
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| Totals | 535 | 1990 | 3.7 | 67 | 25 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1965 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 9 | 210 | 23.3 | 47 | 1 | 1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 41 | 557 | 13.6 | 51 | 8 | 1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 39 | 490 | 12.6 | 60 | 6 | 1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 21 | 1 | 1969 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 18 | 187 | 10.4 | 29 | 1 | 1970 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 140 | 11.7 | 23 | 0 | 1971 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 129 | 1693 | 13.1 | 60 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1965 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 | 1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 21 | 0 |
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| Totals | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 24 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1969 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1970 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 0 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 1971 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | -11 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | 1965 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1969 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1970 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1971 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 253 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1965 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 4 | 1966 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 13 | 1967 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 13 | 1968 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 4 | 1969 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 1 | 1970 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 1 | 1971 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 | 1972 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
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Awards
1993 - AP NFL Coach of the Year
1993 - Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
1998 - AP NFL Coach of the Year
1998 - Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
Honors
1966 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1966 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
