"I go in there to kick for the Raiders. If I have to kick a 32-yarder, I'll kick a 32-yarder. I'll do my best to help us win the game. I'm not concerned about statistics. I know what I can do and my teammates know." RAY GUY- Oakland Tribune (1980 Season)

"Punting was the television commercial of football - until Ray Guy came along."--
Mike Zampa - NFL "Pro Magazine"

NFL 75th ANNIVERSARY ALL-TIME TEAM MEMBER
(Chosen by a selection committee of media and league personnel in 1994.)

SUPER BOWL SILVER ANNIVERSARY TEAM MEMBER
(Chosen by the fans in 1990 prior to Super Bowl XXV.)

1970's ALL-DECADE TEAM MEMBER
(All-Decade teams chosen by the Hall of Fame Selection Committee members.)

ALL-TIME NFL TEAM MEMBER
(Chosen by members of the Hall of Fame Selection Committee in 2000 for the book NFL’s GREATEST)

AFL-NFL 1960-1984 ALL-STAR TEAM MEMBER
(Chosen by the Hall of Fame Selection Committee in 1985.)

"He's the first punter you could look at and say, He won games." ” ---
Joe Horrigan - Pro Football Hall of Fame Historian

-First Pure Punter Drafted in the 1st Round (23rd player overall).
-Played in seven Pro Bowls (six consecutively) - most ever for a punter!
-Played in seven AFC Championship Games.
-Played in three Super Bowl wins punting 14 times (tied for 3rd for most Super Bowl punts in a career) including a 41.9 average (3rd highest average recorded for a career).

-Led NFL in Punting three times.
-NFL Postseason Record for most punts in a career with 111 punts.
-NFL Postseason Record for Highest Punting Average in a game with 56.0 average.
(This record includes a 71yard punt - the 3rd Longest Postseason punt in NFL history).

"He was an expert in the arcane area of "hang time," the precious time the ball was in the air, allowing the coverage to assemble around the returner. If you accept the idea in physics that there is only so much energy to propel a kick, Guy was willing to sacrifice distance for height." -- Greg Garber, Author of "Inside Football" -- Award-Winning Investigative Sports Journalist and ESPN Football Commentator

-Pro Bowl Record for most punts in a career with 33 punts.

-First Pure Punter Nominated for Pro Football Hall of Fame.

-Listed as one of 300 Greatest Players in NFL History by the Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League - Total Football II.

-First Punter to win the Golden Toe Award (presented by Pro Football Weekly).

-"Hang-time" came into the NFL lexicon during his tenure. One of his punts hit the hanging scoreboard in the Louisiana Superdome. Another was tested for "helium!"

-Doubled as teams' emergency quarterback with strong, accurate passing arm.

"Those who earn their living in pro football say he's the finest punter in the history of the world." - "The Sporting News"

MODEL OF CONSISTENCY:

-Never missed a game (Played in 207 consecutive games in 14 year career).

-No blocked kicks in his first five NFL seasons. Had only three of 1049 punts blocked in his career. (Finished career with streak of 619 unblocked boots.)

-Placed an astonishing 57 punts inside 20-yard line during 1984-85 seasons.

-Averaged under 40 yards per punt only once in entire career. (42.4 career average).

"I was never much on hang time until we got Ray. But then we started clocking how long his punt hung up in the air. Sometimes he kept it up there as long as six seconds!" - John Madden, ABC Monday Night Football /Former Coach