Junior
High
High
School
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Two state championships
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16 varsity letters in four sports
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Averages 52 yards per punt (most kids could not catch his
punts)
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Longest punt- 88 yards
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Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds
College:
Southern Mississippi
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First collegiate game he booted a 77 yard punt
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NCAA Leading punter in 1972 with a 46.2 yard average
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44.7 yard average for 200 punts during three varsity seasons
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Three times he had punts over 70 yards
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Recorded a 93 yard punt as a senior. The sixth longest in
NCAA history.
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Unanimous choice for All American in 1972.
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Southern Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame inductee in 1978
- > Recognized as one of Southern Mississippi's best baseball pitchers. Pitched one of only four
....no-hitters in school history
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Drafted by Cincinnati Reds (second time), Kansas City Royals,
and Atlanta Braves.
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Recorded 18 interceptions as starting Free Safety
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Kicked (then NCAA record) 61 yard field goal during a snowstorm
in Utah.
Pro
Team: Oakland/ LA Raiders
- > Drafted in the first round of the 1973 NFL draft. The 23rd pick overall. The first pure punter ever
...taken in the first round.
- > During 14 seasons in the NFL he punted 1049 times for 44,541 yards and a career average of
...42.4 yards per punt.
- > Played in 207 games in a row, never missing a game in 14 seasons. Ray was second on the
...NFL's
- > Longest Current Streak of Consecutive Games Played when he retired.
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His 111 career punts in post season games was an NFL record
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Leading punter in the NFL three times
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Seven times Ray was selected to the Pro Bowl - six times
consecutively!
- >Played in 22 post-season games including three wins in Super Bowls after the 1976, 1980, and
..1983 seasons.
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He out punted his opponents in each of the Raiders Super
Bowl victories.
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619 consecutive punts without a block (Ranks second on the
NFL All time list)
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Second highest Super Bowl career punting average at 41.9
yards per punt.
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Third most punts in Super Bowl history with 14.
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In the 1981 season he had five punts over 60 yards
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Ray was the third string quarterback for the Raiders for
several seasons
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Tied for second on the all Time list for Leading NFL in
punting average (3 seasons)
- > 56 yard average in 1980 AFC Championship game was the Best Single Game Performance in
....NFL History.
Post
Career
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Member of NFL's 75th Anniversary All Time Team
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Walter Camp All Century Team Member
- > Unanimous choice by the Football Writers Association of America as the best from it's past 25
...years
of All American Teams
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NFL.com Super Bowl Dream Team member, voted by fans
- > Listed as one of 300 Greatest Players in NFL History by the Official Encyclopedia of the National
...Football League - Total Football II
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NFL Insider All Time Super Bowl Team member
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Sports Mirror Magazine All Time Dream Team member
- > In 1994, was accorded the honor of becoming the first pure punter to be nominated for the NFL
...Hall of
Fame
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Inducted into both the Mississippi and Georgia Sports Halls
of Fame
- > Monday
Night Football All - Time Team
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Pro Football Hall of Fame All Time Team
What
a Guy
Oakland
Raiders Al Davis honors Ray Guy
Football
Kicking and Punting Camps
Superbowl
Dream Team - Punter Results
