Johnny Roland
John Earl Roland
Born: May 21, 1943
Corpus Christi, TX USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 220
College: Missouri
High School: Roy Miller (Corpus Christi, TX)
Career: 1966-1973
Drafted: 1965 in Round 4, #54 overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Johnny Roland played from 1966 to 1973 during his career with the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. Roland ran for 3,750 yards in his career on 1,015 attempts, scoring 28 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 153 passes for 1,430 yards and 6 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 130 | 16.2 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 145.8 |
| 1967 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1968 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 130 | 10.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 15.4 | 45 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 192 | 695 | 3.6 | 50 | 5 |
| 1967 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 234 | 876 | 3.7 | 70 | 10 |
| 1968 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 121 | 455 | 3.8 | 45 | 2 |
| 1969 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 138 | 498 | 3.6 | 21 | 5 |
| 1970 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 94 | 392 | 4.2 | 20 | 3 |
| 1971 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 278 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 414 | 3.9 | 18 | 2 |
| 1973 | NFL New York Giants | 53 | 142 | 2.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Totals | 1015 | 3750 | 3.7 | 70 | 28 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 21 | 213 | 10.1 | 37 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 269 | 13.4 | 41 | 1 |
| 1968 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 40 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 136 | 11.3 | 23 | 1 |
| 1970 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 17 | 96 | 5.6 | 20 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 108 | 7.2 | 15 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 321 | 8.4 | 27 | 2 |
| 1973 | NFL New York Giants | 22 | 190 | 8.6 | 30 | 1 |
| Totals | 153 | 1430 | 9.3 | 41 | 6 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 221 | 11.0 | 86 | 1 |
| 1967 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 140 | 14.0 | 74 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 452 | 9.2 | 86 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 347 | 23.1 | 33 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 24 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 444 | 20.2 | 33 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1972 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 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 |
| 1966 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| 1967 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||
| 1968 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1969 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| 1970 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1972 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1973 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Totals | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | New York Giants | 7 | 0 |
Honors
1967 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1967 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1967 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1967 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1967 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
