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American football player (born 1949)
American football player
Dave Green (born September 21, 1949[1] ) is a former punter and placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Houston Oilers , the Cincinnati Bengals , and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . He played college football for the Ohio Bobcats .
Green was the last NFL player, along with the Cleveland Browns ' Don Cockroft , to serve as his team's primary kicker and punter over the course of a season, when he led the Buccaneers in both categories in 1976 . He was the first player to score for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their franchise history.
NFL career statistics [ edit ]
Legend
Led the league
Bold
Career high
Regular season [ edit ]
Year
Team
Punting
GP
Punts
Yds
Net Yds
Lng
Avg
Net Avg
Blk
Ins20
TB
1973
HOU
4
22
868
714
61
39.5
32.5
0
-
2
1974
CIN
14
66
2,701
2,044
53
40.9
31.0
0
-
10
1975
CIN
14
68
2,655
2,189
57
39.0
31.7
1
-
4
1976
TAM
14
92
3,619
2,805
56
39.3
30.5
0
12
3
1977
TAM
14
98
3,948
3,026
70
40.3
30.6
1
16
6
1978
TAM
16
100
4,092
3,385
61
40.9
33.2
2
20
13
Career
76
446
17,883
14,163
70
40.1
31.5
4
48
38
Playoffs [ edit ]
Year
Team
Punting
GP
Punts
Yds
Net Yds
Lng
Avg
Net Avg
Blk
Ins20
TB
1975
CIN
1
6
215
-
44
35.8
-
0
-
0
Career
1
6
215
-
44
35.8
-
0
-
0
References [ edit ]