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American football player (born 1949)
American football player
Dave Green Position:
Punter ,
Placekicker Born: (1949-09-21 ) September 21, 1949 (age 74)
Mason City, Iowa , U.S.Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Weight: 206 lb (93 kg) High school:
Athens (OH) College:
Ohio NFL draft:
1972 / Round: 17 / Pick: 418
Punts : 446 Punting yards: 17,883 Punting average: 40.1
Player stats at
PFR
Dave Green (born September 21, 1949
[1] ) is a former
punter and
placekicker in the
National Football League (NFL). He played for the
Houston Oilers , the
Cincinnati Bengals , and the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers . He played
college football for the
Ohio Bobcats .
Green was the last NFL player, along with the
Cleveland Browns '
Don Cockroft , to serve as his team's primary kicker and punter over the course of a season, when he led the Buccaneers in both categories in
1976 . He was the first player to score for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their franchise history.
NFL career statistics
Legend
Led the league
Bold
Career high
Regular season
Year
Team
Punting
GP
Punts
Yds
Net Yds
Lng
Avg
Net Avg
Blk
Ins20
TB
1973
HOU
4
22
868
714
61
39.5
32.5
0
-
2
1974
CIN
14
66
2,701
2,044
53
40.9
31.0
0
-
10
1975
CIN
14
68
2,655
2,189
57
39.0
31.7
1
-
4
1976
TAM
14
92
3,619
2,805
56
39.3
30.5
0
12
3
1977
TAM
14
98
3,948
3,026
70
40.3
30.6
1
16
6
1978
TAM
16
100
4,092
3,385
61
40.9
33.2
2
20
13
Career
76
446
17,883
14,163
70
40.1
31.5
4
48
38
Playoffs
Year
Team
Punting
GP
Punts
Yds
Net Yds
Lng
Avg
Net Avg
Blk
Ins20
TB
1975
CIN
1
6
215
-
44
35.8
-
0
-
0
Career
1
6
215
-
44
35.8
-
0
-
0
References