Golden Richards

Richards, John Golden
Height: 6-0 Weight: 181
Born: December 31, 1950 Salt Lake City, UT
Died: February 23, 2024 Murray, UT
High School: Granite (South Salt Lake, UT)

Year	College	Participation
1969	Brigham Young
1970	Brigham Young	Lettered
1971	Brigham Young	Lettered
1972	Hawaii	Lettered

Draft: 2nd round (46th overall) 1973 Dallas Cowboys

Relatives: Brother of Doug Richards

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1973 DAL NFL	83	WR	12	0
1974 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1974 DAL NFL	83	WR	14	13
1975 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1975 DAL NFL	83	WR	14	13
1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1976 DAL NFL	83	WR	11	9
1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL	83	WR	14	13
1978 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1978 DAL NFL	83	WR	1	0
1978 Chicago Bears (NFL)1978 CHIB NFL	83	WR	15	14
1978 Year (NFL)1978 Year NFL			16	14
1979 Chicago Bears (NFL)1979 CHIB NFL	83	WR	5	5
7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL			86	67

Team	Date	Transaction
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)Dallas Cowboys	1/30/1973	Draft
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)Dallas Cowboys		Signed
1978 Chicago Bears (NFL)Chicago Bears	9/5/1978	Traded
1979 Chicago Bears (NFL)Chicago Bears	10/26/1979	Injured Reserve
1979 Chicago Bears (NFL)Chicago Bears	4/21/1980	Released
1980 Denver Broncos (NFL)Denver Broncos	5/8/1980	Signed
1980 Denver Broncos (NFL)Denver Broncos	8/19/1980	Injured Reserve
1980 Denver Broncos (NFL)Denver Broncos	2/1/1981	Free Agent

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1973 DAL NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1974 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1974 DAL NFL	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	30
1975 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1975 DAL NFL	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	30
1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1976 DAL NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1979 Chicago Bears (NFL)1979 CHIB NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	18	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	108

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1973 DAL NFL	1	2	2.0	2	0		0	0
1974 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1974 DAL NFL	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0	0	0	0
1975 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1975 DAL NFL	3	18	6.0	11	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5	15	3.0	11	0	0	0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1973 DAL NFL		6		91	15.2	53t	1
1974 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1974 DAL NFL		26		467	18.0	58t	5
1975 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1975 DAL NFL		21		451	21.5	62	4
1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1976 DAL NFL		19		414	21.8	56	3					0
1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL		17		225	13.2	50t	3					0
1978 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1978 DAL NFL		1		2	2.0	2	0		0	0		0
1978 Chicago Bears (NFL)1978 CHIB NFL		27		379	14.0	52	0
1978 Year (NFL)1978 Year NFL		28		381	13.6	52	0
1979 Chicago Bears (NFL)1979 CHIB NFL		5		107	21.4	52t	1					0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		122		2136	17.5	62	17		0	0		0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1973 DAL NFL	21	18	139	6.6	46	0
1974 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1974 DAL NFL	13	4	74	5.7	15	0	0	0
1975 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1975 DAL NFL	28	13	288	10.3	43t	1
Career Totals (NFL)	62	35	501	8.1	46	1	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1973 DAL NFL	3		44	14.7	20	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3		44	14.7	20	0		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1973 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1973 DAL NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1974 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1974 DAL NFL	1		1	0	1	0	0
1975 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1975 DAL NFL	3		1	0	1	0	0
1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1978 Chicago Bears (NFL)1978 CHIB NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1978 Year (NFL)1978 Year NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	0	3	0	3	0	0