Keith Lincoln
Keith Payson Lincoln
Born: May 8, 1939
Reading, MI USA
Deceased: July 27, 2019
Position: FB-HB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 215
College: Washington St.
High School: Monrovia (CA)
Career: 1961-1968
Drafted: 1961 in Round 2, #15 overall (AFL) by the San Diego Chargers
Drafted: 1961 in Round 5, #61 overall by the Chicago Bears
Keith Lincoln played from 1961 to 1968 during his career with the Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers. Lincoln ran for 3,383 yards in his career on 758 attempts, scoring 19 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 165 passes for 2,250 yards and 19 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 43 | 8.6 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 110.8 |
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 61 | 15.2 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 135.4 |
| 1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 65 | 21.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 34 | 109.7 |
| 1966 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 71 | 17.8 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 135.4 |
| Totals | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 240 | 14.1 | 5 | 29.4 | 1 | 5.9 | 53 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 41 | 150 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 117 | 574 | 4.9 | 86 | 2 |
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 128 | 826 | 6.5 | 76 | 5 |
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 155 | 632 | 4.1 | 25 | 4 |
| 1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 74 | 302 | 4.1 | 24 | 3 |
| 1966 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 58 | 214 | 3.7 | 23 | 1 |
| 1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 159 | 601 | 3.8 | 28 | 4 |
| 1968 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 26 | 84 | 3.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Totals | 758 | 3383 | 4.5 | 86 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 12 | 208 | 17.3 | 91 | 2 |
| 1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 16 | 214 | 13.4 | 29 | 1 |
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 24 | 325 | 13.5 | 39 | 3 |
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 34 | 302 | 8.9 | 37 | 2 |
| 1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 23 | 376 | 16.3 | 66 | 4 |
| 1966 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 14 | 264 | 18.9 | 67 | 2 |
| 1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 41 | 558 | 13.6 | 60 | 5 |
| 1968 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 165 | 2250 | 13.6 | 91 | 19 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 17 | 16 | 94.1 | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 31 |
| Totals | 17 | 16 | 94.1 | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 31 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 57 | 1 |
| 1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 11 | 94 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 342 | 13.7 | 57 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 31 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 14 | 398 | 28.4 | 103 | 1 |
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 17 | 439 | 25.8 | 44 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1968 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 1018 | 26.1 | 103 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1961 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| 1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 67 | |||||||
| 1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| 1966 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Totals | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 271 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 14 |
| 1968 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 4 | 0 |
| 1968 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 |
Honors
1963 - AFL AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1963 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1963 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1963 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (2nd Team)
1963 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - AFL AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
