Joe Looney
Joe Don Looney
Born: October 10, 1942
San Angelo, TX USA
Deceased: September 24, 1988
Brewster County, TX
Position: HB-FB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 230
College: Cameron, Texas, TCU, Oklahoma
High School: Farragut Academy (St. Petersburg, FL); R.L. Paschal (Fort Worth, TX)
Career: 1964-1969
Drafted: 1964 in Round 1, #12 overall by the New York Giants
Drafted: 1964 in Round 6, #44 overall (AFL) by the Kansas City Chiefs
Joe Looney played from 1964 to 1969 during his career with the Baltimore Colts, Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints and Washington Redskins. Looney ran for 724 yards in his career on 214 attempts, scoring 11 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 26 passes for 171 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 23 | 127 | 5.5 | 58 | 1 |
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 114 | 356 | 3.1 | 35 | 5 |
| 1966 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 42 | 5.2 | 24 | 1 |
| 1966 | NFL Washington Redskins | 55 | 178 | 3.2 | 19 | 3 |
| 1967 | NFL Washington Redskins | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 20 | 1 |
| 1969 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 214 | 724 | 3.4 | 58 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 47 | 1 |
| 1966 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Washington Redskins | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 171 | 6.6 | 47 | 2 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 32 | 1358 | 42.4 | 64 |
| Totals | 32 | 1358 | 42.4 | 64 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 14 | 345 | 24.6 | 42 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 34 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Washington Redskins | 10 | 190 | 19.0 | 29 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 652 | 22.5 | 42 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 10 | 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 |
| 1964 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1966 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1966 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1967 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 13 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 10 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 4 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 3 | 0 |
