Football
Defensive Line

Born: May 8, 1930
Humboldt, Tenn., U.S.A.
Died: Dec. 30, 2015

Active: 1953-1969

Defense 1: Turnovers

Season	Team	FR	Int	Team Punts Forced	Def 1
1953	CLE	0	0	72	0.30
1954	CLE	0	0	84	0.55
1955	CHI	0	0	65	0.42
1956	CHI	0	0	64	0.23
1957	CHI	1	0	76	0.61
1958	CHI	2	0	73	0.64
1959	CHI	0	0	61	0.42
1960	CHI	1	0	72	0.61
1961	CHI	2	0	66	0.60
1962	CHI	2	0	71	0.64
1963	CHI	0	1	73	0.73
1964	CHI	0	0	62	0.36
1965	CHI	1	1	65	0.64
1966	CHI	0	1	71	0.51
1967	NO	1	0	63	0.50
1968	NO	0	0	69	0.37
1969	NO	1	0	58	0.48
Post		0	0	17	0.12
Total		11	3		8.72

Defense 2: Punting, Sacks and Team Defense

Season	Sacks	Team Games	Team Rush Yards	Team Sacks	Team Sack Yards	Def 2	Defense
1953		12	1560	32	256	0.36	0.33
1954		12	1050	22	175	0.65	0.60
1955		12	2100	39	312	0.37	0.40
1956		12	1483	28	220	0.39	0.31
1957		12	1382	60	479	0.74	0.67
1958		12	1297	47	373	0.69	0.66
1959		12	1783	32	254	0.46	0.44
1960	9.5*	12	1679	53	420	0.47	0.54
1961	9*	14	1652	46	367	0.68	0.64
1962	10.5*	14	2073	48	386	0.52	0.58
1963	12*	14	1442	36	311	0.84	0.79
1964	5*	14	1863	30	275	0.40	0.38
1965	10.5*	14	1530	40	348	0.73	0.69
1966	8*	14	1604	29	233	0.57	0.54
1967	9.5*	14	2092	23	199	0.46	0.48
1968	12.5*	14	2105	34	297	0.57	0.47
1969	8.5*	14	1835	21	199	0.62	0.55
Post		4	565	5	44	0.12	0.12
Total						9.64	9.18

* Individual sacks unofficial prior to 1982. Statistics from John Turney via Pro Football Reference.

Offense

Season	Int Ret Yards	Off 1	Safety	Off 2	Offense	Total
1953		0		0	0.00	0.16
1954		0		0	0.00	0.30
1955		0		0	0.00	0.20
1956		0		0	0.00	0.16
1957		0		0	0.00	0.34
1958		0		0	0.00	0.33
1959		0		0	0.00	0.22
1960		0		0	0.00	0.27
1961		0		0	0.00	0.32
1962		0		0	0.00	0.29
1963	0	0.00	1	0.09	0.04	0.42
1964		0		0	0.00	0.19
1965	0	0.00		0	0.00	0.34
1966	3	0.01		0	0.005	0.27
1967		0		0	0.00	0.24
1968		0		0	0.00	0.24
1969		0		0	0.00	0.27
Post		0		0	0.00	0.06
Total	3	0.01	1	0.09	0.05	4.62

160-game average: 3.53
Apples & Oranges rating: 5.68

Offensive 160-game average: 0.04
Defensive 160-game average: 7.03

Links:
Pro Football Reference
The Football Database
Pro Football Journal: R.I.P. Doug Atkins, a Bear of a Man