Ike Forte
Donald Ray Forte
Born: March 8, 1954
Texarkana, AR USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 203
College: Arkansas
High School: Texarkana (AR)
Career: 1976-1981
Drafted: 1976 in Round 2, #35 overall by the New England Patriots
Ike Forte played from 1976 to 1981 during his career with the New England Patriots, New York Giants and Washington Redskins. Forte ran for 511 yards in his career on 165 attempts, scoring 5 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 39 passes for 387 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL New England Patriots | 25 | 100 | 4.0 | 26 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL New England Patriots | 62 | 157 | 2.5 | 16 | 2 |
| 1978 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Washington Redskins | 25 | 125 | 5.0 | 20 | 1 |
| 1980 | NFL Washington Redskins | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 19 | 74 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 165 | 511 | 3.1 | 26 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL New England Patriots | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL New England Patriots | 8 | 88 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Washington Redskins | 10 | 105 | 10.5 | 22 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Washington Redskins | 15 | 174 | 11.6 | 28 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 387 | 9.9 | 28 | 2 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL New England Patriots | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL New England Patriots | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 29 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Washington Redskins | 11 | 243 | 22.1 | 37 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Washington Redskins | 8 | 211 | 26.4 | 38 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 630 | 24.2 | 53 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL New England Patriots | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL New England Patriots | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 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 |
| 1976 | NFL New England Patriots | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1977 | NFL New England Patriots | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1979 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1980 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Totals | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL | New England Patriots | 10 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL | New England Patriots | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL | New York Giants | 5 | 3 |
