Mark van Eeghen
Mark K. van Eeghen
Born: April 19, 1952
Cambridge, MA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 223
College: Colgate
High School: West (Cranston, RI)
Career: 1974-1983
Drafted: 1974 in Round 3, #75 overall by the Oakland Raiders
Mark van Eeghen played from 1974 to 1983 during his career with the New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders. van Eeghen ran for 6,651 yards in his career on 1,652 attempts, scoring 37 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 174 passes for 1,583 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 28 | 139 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 136 | 597 | 4.4 | 22 | 2 |
| 1976 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 233 | 1012 | 4.3 | 21 | 3 |
| 1977 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 324 | 1273 | 3.9 | 27 | 7 |
| 1978 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 270 | 1080 | 4.0 | 34 | 9 |
| 1979 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 223 | 818 | 3.7 | 19 | 7 |
| 1980 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 222 | 838 | 3.8 | 34 | 5 |
| 1981 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 39 | 150 | 3.8 | 11 | 2 |
| 1982 | NFL New England Patriots | 82 | 386 | 4.7 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL New England Patriots | 95 | 358 | 3.8 | 11 | 2 |
| Totals | 1652 | 6651 | 4.0 | 34 | 37 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 12 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 18 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 17 | 173 | 10.2 | 21 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 15 | 135 | 9.0 | 30 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 27 | 291 | 10.8 | 33 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 51 | 474 | 9.3 | 36 | 2 |
| 1980 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 29 | 259 | 8.9 | 37 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL New England Patriots | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL New England Patriots | 10 | 102 | 10.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Totals | 174 | 1583 | 9.1 | 37 | 4 |
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL New England Patriots | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL New England Patriots | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1975 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1976 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1977 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1978 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| 1979 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1980 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1982 | NFL New England Patriots | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1983 | NFL New England Patriots | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 252 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 8 |
| 1976 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 14 |
| 1977 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 14 |
| 1978 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 16 |
| 1979 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 16 |
| 1980 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 8 | 3 |
| 1982 | NFL | New England Patriots | 9 | 5 |
| 1983 | NFL | New England Patriots | 15 | 11 |
