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COTTON DAVIDSON

Davidson, Francis Marion
Height: 6-0 Weight: 182
Born: November 30, 1931 Gatesville, TX
Died: December 23, 2022 Gatesville, TX
High School: Gatesville (TX)

Year	College	Status
1950	Baylor
1951	Baylor	Lettered
1952	Baylor	Lettered
1953	Baylor	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (5th overall) 1954 Baltimore Colts

Military Service: United States Army

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL	19	QB-P	12	1
1957 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1957 BAL NFL	18	QB-P	12	0
1958 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1958 CAL WIFU	81	QB	4
1960 Dallas Texans (AFL)1960 DAL AFL	19	QB-P-K	14	13
1961 Dallas Texans (AFL)1961 DAL AFL	19	QB-P	14	12
1962 Dallas Texans (AFL)1962 DAL AFL	19	QB	1	0
1962 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1962 OAK AFL	19	QB-P-K	13	12
1962 Year (AFL)1962 Year AFL			14	12
1963 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1963 OAK AFL	19	QB	14	7
1964 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1964 OAK AFL	19	QB	14	9
1965 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1965 OAK AFL	19	QB	2	0
1966 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1966 OAK AFL	19	QB	14	4
1968 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1968 OAK AFL	19	QB	1	0
10 Years (NFL)10 Years NFL			111	58
1 Year (CFL)1 Year CFL			4

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/28/1954	1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL
Signed		1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL
Released	8/19/1958	1958 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1958 BAL NFL
Signed		1958 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1958 CAL WIFU
Free Agent		1958 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1958 CAL WIFU
Signed	5/22/1960	1960 Dallas Texans (AFL)1960 DAL AFL
Traded	9/13/1962	1962 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1962 OAK AFL
Released	8/27/1969	1969 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1969 OAK AFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1960 Dallas Texans (AFL)1960 DAL AFL	1	8	8	100.0	0	0	-	1	1	100.0	-	0	17
1961 Dallas Texans (AFL)1961 DAL AFL	1	20	20	100.0	0	0	-	0	2	0.0	-	0	26
1962 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1962 OAK AFL	3	4	5	80.0	0	1	-	1	1	100.0	-	0	25
1962 Year (AFL)1962 Year AFL	3	4	5	80.0	0	1	-	1	2	50.0	-	0	25
1963 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1963 OAK AFL	4	0	0		0	1	-	0	0		-	0	24
1964 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1964 OAK AFL	2	0	0		0	2	-	0	0		-	0	12
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	11	32	33	97.0	0	4	-	2	4	50.0	-	0	104

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1960 Dallas Texans (AFL)1960 DAL AFL	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	1	100.0	0	12
1961 Dallas Texans (AFL)1961 DAL AFL	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0	2	0.0	2
1962 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1962 OAK AFL	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	1	100.0	0	19
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2/3	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	2	4	50.0	2	19

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL	11	31	2.8	15	0		0	0
1958 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1958 CAL WIFU	3	5	1.7	14	0		0	0
1960 Dallas Texans (AFL)1960 DAL AFL	14	36	2.6	7	1		0	0
1961 Dallas Texans (AFL)1961 DAL AFL	21	123	5.9	40	1
1962 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1962 OAK AFL	25	54	2.2	19	3		0	0
1962 Year (AFL)1962 Year AFL	25	54	2.2	19	3		0	0
1963 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1963 OAK AFL	24	134	5.6	18	4		0	0
1964 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1964 OAK AFL	29	167	5.8	33	2			0
1966 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1966 OAK AFL	6	-11	-1.8	5	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	130	534	4.1	40	11		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL	63	28	44.4	30	309	4.9	11.0	29	0	0.0	5	7.9		14			0	26.5
1957 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1957 BAL NFL	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1958 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1958 CAL WIFU	16	8	50.0	5	99	6.2	12.4	28	0	0.0	3	18.8					0	29.9
1960 Dallas Texans (AFL)1960 DAL AFL	379	179	47.2	184	2474	6.5	13.8	74t	15	4.0	16	4.2	17	158				64.2
1961 Dallas Texans (AFL)1961 DAL AFL	330	151	45.8	156	2445	7.4	16.2	71	17	5.2	23	7.0						59.2
1962 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1962 OAK AFL	321	119	37.1	179	1977	6.2	16.6	90t	7	2.2	23	7.2						36.1
1962 Year (AFL)1962 Year AFL	321	119	37.1	179	1977	6.2	16.6	90t	7	2.2	23	7.2						36.1
1963 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1963 OAK AFL	194	77	39.7	107	1276	6.6	16.6	73t	11	5.7	10	5.2						60.0
1964 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1964 OAK AFL	320	155	48.4	146	2497	7.8	16.1	60t	21	6.6	19	5.9	29	248				72.1
1965 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1965 OAK AFL	1	1	100.0	0	8	8.0	8.0	8	0	0.0	0	0.0				0	0	100.0
1966 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1966 OAK AFL	139	59	42.4	69	770	5.5	13.1	51t	2	1.4	11	7.9						32.4
1968 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1968 OAK AFL	2	1	50.0	1	4	2.0	4.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0		0	0	56.3
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1751	770	44.0	873	11760	6.7	15.3	90t	73	4.2	108	6.2	17	172	0	0	0	54.9
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	16	8	50.0	5	99	6.2	12.4	28	0	0.0	3	18.8					0	29.9

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1960 Dallas Texans (AFL)1960 DAL AFL		1		-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		1		-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL	72	2680	37.2	55	1	1				150	2510	34.9
1957 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1957 BAL NFL	47	1664	35.4	56	0	4
1960 Dallas Texans (AFL)1960 DAL AFL	58	2287	39.4	66	0
1961 Dallas Texans (AFL)1961 DAL AFL	62	2479	40.0	62	1					216
1962 Dallas Texans (AFL)1962 DAL AFL	3	117	39.0	47	0					16
1962 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1962 OAK AFL	38	1452	38.2	64	1
1962 Year (AFL)1962 Year AFL	41	1569	38.3	64	1					16
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	280	10679	38.1	66	3	5				366	2510	34.9

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1957 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1957 BAL NFL	5		79	15.8	21	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5		79	15.8	21	0		0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL	4		1	0	1	0	0
1960 Dallas Texans (AFL)1960 DAL AFL	6			0			0
1961 Dallas Texans (AFL)1961 DAL AFL	7						0
1962 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1962 OAK AFL	7			0			0
1962 Year (AFL)1962 Year AFL	7						0
1963 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1963 OAK AFL	3			0			0
1964 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1964 OAK AFL	6			0			0
1966 Oakland Raiders (AFL)1966 OAK AFL	2						0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	35		1	0	1	0	0

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