Tom MatteMatte, Thomas RolandPosition: RB Height: 6-0 Weight: 207 Born: June 14, 1939 Pittsburgh, PA Died: November 2, 2021 Towson, MD High School: Shaw (East Cleveland, OH) |
| Year | College | Participation |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Ohio State | |
| 1958 | Ohio State | Lettered |
| 1959 | Ohio State | Lettered |
| 1960 | Ohio State | Lettered |
| Draft: 5th round (34th overall) 1961 New York Titans; 1st round (7th overall) 1961 Baltimore Colts |
| Relatives: Brother of Bruce Matte |
| NFL Game Logs |
| NFL Playoff Statistics |
| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1961 BAL NFL | 27 | HB | 8 | 1 |
| 1962 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1962 BAL NFL | 41 | HB-RS | 14 | 8 |
| 1963 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1963 BAL NFL | 41 | HB | 14 | 11 |
| 1964 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1964 BAL NFL | 41 | HB | 14 | 2 |
| 1965 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1965 BAL NFL | 41 | HB-QB | 14 | 3 |
| 1966 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1966 BAL NFL | 41 | HB | 14 | 5 |
| 1967 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1967 BAL NFL | 41 | HB | 14 | 14 |
| 1968 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1968 BAL NFL | 41 | HB | 14 | 14 |
| 1969 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1969 BAL NFL | 41 | HB | 14 | 14 |
| 1970 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1970 BAL NFL | 41 | RB | 2 | 2 |
| 1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1971 BAL NFL | 41 | RB | 14 | 14 |
| 1972 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1972 BAL NFL | 41 | RB | 6 | 4 |
| 12 Years (NFL)12 Years NFL | 142 | 92 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 11/23/1960 | 1961 New York Titans (AFL)1961 NY AFL |
| Draft | 12/27/1960 | 1961 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1961 BAL NFL |
| Signed | 12/30/1960 | 1961 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1961 BAL NFL |
| Injured Reserve | 1972 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1972 BAL NFL | |
| Activated | 12/9/1972 | 1972 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1972 BAL NFL |
| Free Agent | 5/1/1973 | 1972 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1972 BAL NFL |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1962 BAL NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1963 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1963 BAL NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | ||
| 1964 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1964 BAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1965 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1965 BAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1966 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1966 BAL NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1967 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1967 BAL NFL | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 72 | ||
| 1968 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1968 BAL NFL | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 60 | ||
| 1969 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1969 BAL NFL | 13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 78 | ||
| 1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1971 BAL NFL | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 48 | ||
| 1972 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1972 BAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 57 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 342 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1961 BAL NFL | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1962 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1962 BAL NFL | 74 | 226 | 3.1 | 29 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1963 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1963 BAL NFL | 133 | 541 | 4.1 | 31t | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1964 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1964 BAL NFL | 42 | 215 | 5.1 | 80t | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1965 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1965 BAL NFL | 69 | 235 | 3.4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1966 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1966 BAL NFL | 86 | 381 | 4.4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1967 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1967 BAL NFL | 147 | 636 | 4.3 | 30 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 1968 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1968 BAL NFL | 183 | 662 | 3.6 | 23 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 1969 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1969 BAL NFL | 235 | 909 | 3.9 | 26 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 1970 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1970 BAL NFL | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1971 BAL NFL | 173 | 607 | 3.5 | 26 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1972 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1972 BAL NFL | 33 | 137 | 4.2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 1200 | 4646 | 3.9 | 80t | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | 20+ | 40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1962 BAL NFL | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 8 | 85 | 6.5 | 17.0 | 30 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | ||
| 1963 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1963 BAL NFL | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 20 | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43.8 | |
| 1964 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1964 BAL NFL | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 58 | 14.5 | 19.3 | 22 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 156.3 | |
| 1965 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1965 BAL NFL | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 5 | 19 | 2.7 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1966 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1966 BAL NFL | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1967 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1967 BAL NFL | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 18 | 3.6 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 | |
| 1968 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1968 BAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1969 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1969 BAL NFL | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 46 | 15.3 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81.9 | |
| 1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1971 BAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 42 | 12 | 28.6 | 28 | 246 | 5.9 | 20.5 | 46 | 2 | 4.8 | 2 | 4.8 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 47.5 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | YAC | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1961 BAL NFL | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1962 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1962 BAL NFL | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1963 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1963 BAL NFL | 48 | 466 | 9.7 | 49 | 1 | |||||||
| 1964 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1964 BAL NFL | 10 | 169 | 16.9 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1965 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1965 BAL NFL | 12 | 131 | 10.9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1966 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1966 BAL NFL | 23 | 307 | 13.3 | 35 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1967 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1967 BAL NFL | 35 | 496 | 14.2 | 88t | 3 | |||||||
| 1968 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1968 BAL NFL | 25 | 275 | 11.0 | 50 | 1 | |||||||
| 1969 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1969 BAL NFL | 43 | 513 | 11.9 | 49 | 2 | |||||||
| 1970 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1970 BAL NFL | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1971 BAL NFL | 29 | 239 | 8.2 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 1972 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1972 BAL NFL | 14 | 182 | 13.0 | 43 | 1 | |||||||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 249 | 2869 | 11.5 | 88t | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1966 BAL NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1961 BAL NFL | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1962 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1962 BAL NFL | 27 | 613 | 22.7 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| 1963 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1963 BAL NFL | 16 | 331 | 20.7 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1964 BAL NFL | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1965 BAL NFL | 8 | 211 | 26.4 | 46 | 0 | ||||
| 1966 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1966 BAL NFL | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1967 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1967 BAL NFL | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1968 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1968 BAL NFL | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1971 BAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 62 | 1367 | 22.0 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1962 BAL NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1963 BAL NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1965 BAL NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1966 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1966 BAL NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1967 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1967 BAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1968 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1968 BAL NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1969 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1969 BAL NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1971 BAL NFL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1972 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1972 BAL NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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