Tom Newton
Thomas Richard Newton
Born: March 8, 1954
Carmel, FL USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 212
College: California
High School: William C. Overfelt (San Jose, CA)
Career: 1977-1985
Tom Newton played from 1977 to 1985 during his career with the New York Jets and Oakland Invaders. Newton ran for 1,508 yards in his career on 391 attempts, scoring 17 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 97 passes for 696 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL New York Jets | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Jets | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 7 | 2 |
| 1979 | NFL New York Jets | 37 | 145 | 3.9 | 51 | 6 |
| 1980 | NFL New York Jets | 59 | 299 | 5.1 | 23 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Jets | 73 | 244 | 3.3 | 13 | 1 |
| 1984 | USFL Oakland Invaders | 146 | 571 | 3.9 | 35 | 5 |
| 1985 | USFL Oakland Invaders | 57 | 165 | 2.9 | 9 | 3 |
| NFL | 188 | 772 | 4.1 | 51 | 9 | |
| USFL | 203 | 736 | 3.6 | 35 | 8 | |
| Totals | 391 | 1508 | 3.9 | 51 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL New York Jets | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Jets | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL New York Jets | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL New York Jets | 20 | 144 | 7.2 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Jets | 17 | 104 | 6.1 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL Oakland Invaders | 36 | 283 | 7.9 | 37 | 1 |
| 1985 | USFL Oakland Invaders | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 10 | 1 |
| NFL | 52 | 369 | 7.1 | 18 | 0 | |
| USFL | 45 | 327 | 7.3 | 37 | 2 | |
| Totals | 97 | 696 | 7.2 | 37 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL Oakland Invaders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | USFL Oakland Invaders | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| USFL | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 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 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1979 | NFL New York Jets | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| 1981 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1984 | USFL Oakland Invaders | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| 1985 | USFL Oakland Invaders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| NFL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |
| USFL | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
| Totals | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL | New York Jets | 14 | 1 |
| 1978 | NFL | New York Jets | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL | New York Jets | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL | New York Jets | 16 | 4 |
| 1981 | NFL | New York Jets | 16 | 7 |
| 1982 | NFL | New York Jets | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL | Oakland Invaders | 16 | 15 |
| 1985 | USFL | Oakland Invaders |
