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Steve Van Buren

Stephen W. Van Buren

Position: HB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: December 28, 1920 in La Ceiba, Honduras
College: LSU

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1965

5-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1944 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1944+ 24 PHI LH 9 6 80 444 5 70 5.6 49.3 8.9 444 5 0
1945+ 25 PHI LH 10 9 143 832 15 69 5.8 83.2 14.3 10 123 12.3 2 44 1.0 12.3 955 17 7
1946 26 PHI LH 9 8 116 529 5 58 4.6 58.8 12.9 6 75 12.5 0 33 0.7 8.3 604 5 8
1947+ 27 PHI LH 12 7 217 1008 13 45 4.6 84.0 18.1 9 79 8.8 0 35 0.8 6.6 1087 13 4
1948+ 28 PHI LH 11 8 201 945 10 29 4.7 85.9 18.3 10 96 9.6 0 34 0.9 8.7 1041 10 6
1949+ 29 PHI LH 12 10 263 1146 11 41 4.4 95.5 21.9 4 88 22.0 1 50 0.3 7.3 1234 12 3
1950 30 PHI LH 10 0 188 629 4 41 3.3 62.9 18.8 2 34 17.0 0 29 0.2 3.4 663 4 3
1951 31 PHI LH 10 0 112 327 6 17 2.9 32.7 11.2 4 28 7.0 0 18 0.4 2.8 355 6 3
Career 83 48 1320 5860 69 70 4.4 70.6 15.9 45 523 11.6 3 50 0.5 6.3 6383 72 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1944+ 24 PHI LH 9 6 15 230 1 55 15.3 8 266 1 97 33.3 940
1945+ 25 PHI LH 10 9 14 154 0 24 11.0 13 373 1 98 28.7 1482
1946 26 PHI LH 9 8 5 89 1 50 17.8 11 319 0 63 29.0 1012
1947+ 27 PHI LH 12 7 13 382 1 95 29.4 1469
1948+ 28 PHI LH 11 8 14 292 0 34 20.9 1333
1949+ 29 PHI LH 12 10 12 288 0 35 24.0 1522
1950 30 PHI LH 10 0 5 110 0 26 22.0 773
Career 83 48 34 473 2 55 13.9 76 2030 3 98 26.7 8886

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1944+ 24 PHI LH 9 6 5 47 0 13
1945+ 25 PHI LH 10 9 1 2 0 2 7 2 -6 0
1946 26 PHI LH 9 8 8 5 0 0
1947+ 27 PHI LH 12 7 1 0 0 0 4 1 -4 0
1948+ 28 PHI LH 11 8 2 32 0 20 6 4 0 0
1949+ 29 PHI LH 12 10 3 0 0 0
1950 30 PHI LH 10 0 3 2 1 0
1951 31 PHI LH 10 0 3 0 0 0
Career 83 48 9 81 0 20 34 14 -9 0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1944+ 24 PHI LH 9 6 1 35 35 0 35.0
1945+ 25 PHI LH 10 9 2 2 100.0%
1946 26 PHI LH 9 8 1 41 41 0 41.0
Career 83 48 2 2 100.0% 2 76 41 0 38.0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1945+ 25 PHI LH 10 9 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1946 26 PHI LH 9 8 1 1 100.0 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 35.0 35.0 3.9 118.7
1948+ 28 PHI LH 11 8 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 83 48 1 3 33.3 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 11.7 11.7 35.0 0.4 78.5

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1944+ 24 PHI LH 9 6 5 1 1 42
1945+ 25 PHI LH 10 9 15 2 1 2 110
1946 26 PHI LH 9 8 5 1 36
1947+ 27 PHI LH 12 7 13 1 84
1948+ 28 PHI LH 11 8 10 60
1949+ 29 PHI LH 12 10 11 1 72
1950 30 PHI LH 10 0 4 24
1951 31 PHI LH 10 0 6 36
Career 83 48 69 3 2 3 2 464

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

1st-team All-Pro

1944
1945
1947
1948
1949

Rushing Att

1945 NFL 143 (2)
1946 NFL 116 (5)
1947 NFL 217 (1)
1948 NFL 201 (1)
1949 NFL 263 (1)
1950 NFL 188 (1)
1951 NFL 112 (10)
Career 1320 (90)

Rushing Yds

1944 NFL 444 (5)
1945 NFL 832 (1)
1946 NFL 529 (3)
1947 NFL 1008 (1)
1948 NFL 945 (1)
1949 NFL 1146 (1)
1950 NFL 629 (7)
Career 5860 (73)

Rushing TD

1944 NFL 5 (3)
1945 NFL 15 (1-- 37)
1946 NFL 5 (3)
1947 NFL 13 (1-- 82)
1948 NFL 10 (1)
1949 NFL 11 (1)
1951 NFL 6 (5)
Career 69 (28)

Long Rush

1944 NFL 70 (6)
1945 NFL 69 (5)
1946 NFL 58 (7)

Yds/Rushing Att

1944 NFL 5.6 (1)
1945 NFL 5.8 (3-- 44)
1946 NFL 4.6 (4)
1947 NFL 4.6 (3)
1948 NFL 4.7 (4)
1949 NFL 4.4 (5)
Career 4.4 (91)

Rushing Yds/Game

1944 NFL 49.3 (4)
1945 NFL 83.2 (1)
1946 NFL 58.8 (1)
1947 NFL 84.0 (1)
1948 NFL 85.9 (1)
1949 NFL 95.5 (1-- 99)
1950 NFL 62.9 (3)
Career 70.6 (33)

Touchdowns

1944 NFL 7 (4)
1945 NFL 18 (1-- 34)
1946 NFL 6 (4)
1947 NFL 14 (1)
1948 NFL 10 (3)
1949 NFL 12 (2)
Career 77 (53)

Points Scored

1944 NFL 42 (8)
1945 NFL 110 (1)
1947 NFL 84 (3)
1948 NFL 60 (6)
1949 NFL 72 (5)
Career 464 (172)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1944 NFL 5 (10)
1945 NFL 17 (1-- 47)
1946 NFL 5 (7)
1947 NFL 13 (1)
1948 NFL 10 (3)
1949 NFL 12 (2)
Career 72 (70)

Non-Offensive TDs

1944 NFL 2 (1)
1945 NFL 1 (3)
1946 NFL 1 (3)
1947 NFL 1 (6)
Career 5 (102)

Yds From Scrimmage

1945 NFL 955 (2)
1946 NFL 604 (8)
1947 NFL 1087 (1)
1948 NFL 1041 (1)
1949 NFL 1234 (2)

All-Purpose Yds

1944 NFL 940 (4)
1945 NFL 1482 (1)
1946 NFL 1012 (3)
1947 NFL 1469 (2)
1948 NFL 1333 (2)
1949 NFL 1522 (2)
Career 8886 (172)

Touches

1944 NFL 103 (10)
1945 NFL 180 (1)
1946 NFL 138 (4)
1947 NFL 239 (1)
1948 NFL 225 (1)
1949 NFL 279 (1)
1950 NFL 195 (2)
Career 1475 (115)

Yds/Touch

1944 NFL 9.1 (3)
1945 NFL 8.2 (4)
1946 NFL 7.3 (6)

Kick Returns

1945 NFL 13 (2)
1946 NFL 11 (6)
1947 NFL 13 (7)
1948 NFL 14 (7)

Kick Return Yds

1944 NFL 266 (6)
1945 NFL 373 (2)
1946 NFL 319 (5)
1947 NFL 382 (4)
1948 NFL 292 (8)

Kick Return TD

1944 NFL 1 (1-- 58)
1945 NFL 1 (1-- 58)
1947 NFL 1 (2-- 58)
Career 3 (26)

Long Kick Return

1944 NFL 97 (1)
1945 NFL 98 (1)
1946 NFL 63 (5)
1947 NFL 95 (1)

Yds/Kick Return

1945 NFL 28.7 (1)
1946 NFL 29.0 (2)
1947 NFL 29.4 (1)
1948 NFL 20.9 (8)
1949 NFL 24.0 (5)
Career 26.7 (11)

Punt Returns

1944 NFL 15 (2)
1945 NFL 14 (3)

Punt Return Yds

1944 NFL 230 (2)
1945 NFL 154 (4)

Punt Return TD

1944 NFL 1 (1)
1946 NFL 1 (1)
Career 2 (74)

Long Punt Return

1944 NFL 55 (2)
1946 NFL 50 (4)

Yds/Punt Return

1944 NFL 15.3 (2-- 46)
1945 NFL 11.0 (5)

Kick & Punt Returns

1944 NFL 23 (3)
1945 NFL 27 (3)
1946 NFL 16 (10)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1944 NFL 496 (2)
1945 NFL 527 (2)
1946 NFL 408 (5)
1947 NFL 382 (9)

Fumbles

1945 NFL 7 (4)
1946 NFL 8 (2)
1948 NFL 6 (8)

Fumbles Recovered

1946 NFL 5 (4)
1948 NFL 4 (7)

Interceptions

1944 NFL 5 (6)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1944 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1944 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1944 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1945 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - Chicago Herald Am.: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - Int. News Service: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1945 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1946 - Pro Foot. Illustrated: 2nd team all-NFL
1946 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1946 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1947 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1947 - Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st team all-NFL
1947 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1947 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1948 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL/AAFC
1948 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1948 - Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st team all-NFL
1948 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1948 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1949 - Int. News Service: 1st team all-NFL/AAFC
1949 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1949 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1949 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1950 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1950 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL