Matt Blair
Matthew Albert Blair
Born: September 20, 1950
Hilo, HI USA
Position: LB
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 232
College: Iowa St.
High School: Colonel White (Dayton, OH)
Career: 1974-1985
Drafted: 1974 in Round 2, #51 overall by the Minnesota Vikings
Matt Blair played from 1974 to 1985 during his career with the Minnesota Vikings. Blair accounted for 12 points in his professional career.
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Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 119 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| 1983 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| 1984 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1985 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1975 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1976 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1977 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1979 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1980 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1981 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1983 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 84 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1977 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1978 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 6 |
| 1975 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 13 |
| 1977 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 13 |
| 1978 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 16 |
| 1979 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 16 |
| 1980 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 14 |
| 1981 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 16 |
| 1982 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 16 |
| 1984 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 9 |
| 1985 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 6 | 2 |
Honors
1977 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1977 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1978 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1979 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1981 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1981 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1981 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
