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Mel Renfro

Renfro, Melvin Lacy Elisha
Height: 6-0 Weight: 191
Born: December 30, 1941 Houston, TX
High School: Jefferson (Portland, OR)

Year	College	Participation
1960	Oregon	Freshmen Team
1961	Oregon	Lettered
1962	Oregon	Lettered
1963	Oregon	Lettered

Draft: 10th round (79th overall) 1964 Oakland Raiders; 2nd round (17th overall) 1964 Dallas Cowboys

NFL Playoff Statistics

Coaching Record

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL	20	RS	14	14
1965 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1965 DAL NFL	20	LS	14	14
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL	20	RS-HB	11	9
1967 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1967 DAL NFL	20	RS	9	9
1968 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1968 DAL NFL	20	RS-RCB	14	14
1969 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1969 DAL NFL	20	RS	14	14
1970 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1970 DAL NFL	20	RCB	14	14
1971 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1971 DAL NFL	20	RCB	14	14
1972 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1972 DAL NFL	20	RCB	14	13
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1973 DAL NFL	20	RCB	14	14
1974 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1974 DAL NFL	20	RCB	11	11
1975 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1975 DAL NFL	20	RCB	11	11
1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1976 DAL NFL	20	RCB	9	9
1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL	20	LCB-RCB	11	0
14 Years (NFL)14 Years NFL			174	160

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	11/30/1963	1964 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1964 OAK AFL
Draft	12/2/1963	1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL
Signed (Future)	12/2/1963	1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL
Released	4/27/1978	1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL

AWARDS
1964 New York Daily News All-NFL
1965 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1969 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1969 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-Pro
1969 Pro Football Weekly All-Pro
1970 Assoiciated Press All-NFC
1971 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1971 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1971 Assoiciated Press All-NFC
1973 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1973 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1973 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1973 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1973 Assoiciated Press All-NFC
1973 United Press International All-NFC
1973 The Sporting News All-NFC
1996 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1965 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1965 DAL NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1973 DAL NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL	8	52	6.5	27	0			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	8	52	6.5	27	0			0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL		4		65	16.3	42	0		1	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		4		65	16.3	42	0		1	1

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL	7	110	15.7	39t	1
1965 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1965 DAL NFL	2	92	46.0	90t	1
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL	2	57	28.5	33	0
1967 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1967 DAL NFL	7	38	5.4	30	0
1968 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1968 DAL NFL	3	5	1.7	5	0
1969 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1969 DAL NFL	10	118	11.8	41	0
1970 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1970 DAL NFL	4	3	0.8	3	0
1971 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1971 DAL NFL	4	11	2.8	7	0
1972 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1972 DAL NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1973 DAL NFL	2	65	32.5	35	1
1974 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1974 DAL NFL	1	6	6.0	6	0
1975 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1975 DAL NFL	4	70	17.5	22	0
1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1976 DAL NFL	3	23	7.7	23	0
1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL	2	28	14.0	25	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	52	626	12.0	90t	3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL	32	9	418	13.1	69t	1
1965 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1965 DAL NFL	24	4	145	6.0	35	0		0
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL	21	6	123	5.9	38	0		0
1967 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1967 DAL NFL	3	4	-1	-0.3	7	0	0	0
1968 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1968 DAL NFL	0	2	0			0	0	0	0
1969 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1969 DAL NFL	15	7	80	5.3	34	0		0
1970 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1970 DAL NFL	13	6	77	5.9	29	0		0
1971 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1971 DAL NFL	0	1	0			0	0	0	0
1974 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1974 DAL NFL	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)	109	40	842	7.7	69t	1	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL	40		1017	25.4	65	0
1965 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1965 DAL NFL	21		630	30.0	100t	1
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL	19		487	25.6	87t	1
1967 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1967 DAL NFL	5		112	22.4	30	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	85		2246	26.4	100t	2		0	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
1970 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1970 DAL NFL	1.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1964 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1964 DAL NFL	4		2	0	2	0	0
1965 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1965 DAL NFL	3		0	2	2	1	0
1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1966 DAL NFL	2		0	0	0	0	0
1967 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1967 DAL NFL	0	0	1	1	2	28	0
1968 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1968 DAL NFL	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
1969 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1969 DAL NFL	2		0	0	0	0	0
1970 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1970 DAL NFL	1		2	0	2	0	0
1972 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1972 DAL NFL	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1973 DAL NFL	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
1974 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1974 DAL NFL	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	12	0	5	8	13	44	0

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