Jim Bakken

Jim Bakken

Date of birth	November 2, 1940
Place of birth	Madison, Wisconsin
Career information
Position(s)	Kicker
College	Wisconsin
NFL draft	1962 / Round: 7 / Pick 88
Career history
As player
1962–1978	St. Louis Cardinals
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls	4
Honors	NFL 1970s All-Decade Team NFL 1960s All-Decade Team
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

James LeRoy Bakken (born November 2, 1940, Madison, Wisconsin) is a former American football punter and placekicker for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was a four-time Pro Bowl selection, and was named by the voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to the Professional Football 1960s All Decade Team, which included both NFL and American Football League players. The voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame also selected Bakken to the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team

In 1967, Bakken set the record for most field goals in a game with 7 (out of 9 attempts, also a record). The single-game record for field goals was later tied by Rich Karlis in 1989, Chris Boniol in 1996, and Billy Cundiff in 2003 before Rob Bironas broke it with 8 in a game in 2007.

Before his NFL career, Bakken played football at Madison West High School in Madison, Wisconsin. He went on to play three seasons at the University of Wisconsin, where he played on the 1960 Rose Bowl team as a sophomore and led the Big Ten in punting average in 1960 and 1961. He was named to the Madison (Wisconsin) Sports Hall of Fame in 1984, and was later inducted into the UW Athletic Department-National W Club Hall of Fame.^[1] In December 2010, the annual trophy for the Big Ten's best kicker, the "Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year" award, was co-named in his honor.^[2]

Career regular season statistics

Career high/best bolded

Regular season statistics
Season	Team (record)	G	FGM	FGA	%	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	LNG	BLK	XPM	XPA	%	PTS
1962	St. Louis Cardinals (4–9–1)	8	0	1	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
1963	St. Louis Cardinals (9–5)	14	11	21	52.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	45	0	44	44	100.0	77
1964	St. Louis Cardinals (9–3–2)	14	25	38	65.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	51	0	40	40	100.0	115
1965	St. Louis Cardinals (5–9)	14	21	31	67.7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	45	0	33	33	100.0	96
1966	St. Louis Cardinals (8–5–1)	14	23	40	57.5	8–8	7–8	4–8	4–12	0–4	47	0	27	28	96.4	96
1967	St. Louis Cardinals (6–7–1)	14	27	39	69.2	8–8	8–9	8–11	3–10	0–1	47	0	36	36	100.0	117
1968	St. Louis Cardinals (9–4–1)	14	15	24	62.5	2–2	7–7	3–6	3–8	0–1	47	0	40	40	100.0	85
1969	St. Louis Cardinals (4–9–1)	14	12	24	50.0	2–2	4–8	3–4	3–7	0–3	46	0	38	40	95.0	74
1970	St. Louis Cardinals (8–5–1)	14	20	32	62.5	4–4	3–6	7–7	6–11	0–4	49	0	37	38	97.4	97
1971	St. Louis Cardinals (4–9–1)	14	21	32	65.6	5–5	8–13	5–6	3–8	0–0	45	0	24	24	100.0	87
1972	St. Louis Cardinals (4–9–1)	14	14	22	63.6	4–5	2–5	2–3	6–9	0–0	49	0	19	21	90.5	61
1973	St. Louis Cardinals (4–9–1)	14	23	32	71.9	4–4	6–7	10–12	3–8	0–1	46	0	31	31	100.0	100
1974	St. Louis Cardinals (10–4)	14	13	22	59.1	0–0	2–3	5–9	6–10	0–0	47	0	30	36	83.3	69
1975	St. Louis Cardinals (11–3)	14	19	24	79.2	0–0	10–11	5–7	4–6	0–0	48	0	40	41	97.6	97
1976	St. Louis Cardinals (10–4)	14	20	27	74.1	0–0	10–11	6–8	4–8	0–0	43	0	33	35	94.3	93
1977	St. Louis Cardinals (7–7)	14	7	16	43.8	0–0	2–2	3–5	2–8	0–1	49	0	35	36	97.2	56
1978	St. Louis Cardinals (6–10)	16	11	22	50.0	0–0	4–5	4–7	3–10	0–0	45	0	27	30	90.0	60
Career (17 seasons)		234	282	447	63.1	37–38	73–95	65–93	50–115	0–15	51	0	534	553	96.6	1380

See also

• Most consecutive games played (NFL)

External links

• Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison Hall of Fame biography

References

1. UWBadgers.com, "Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Friday", http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090601aaa.html . Retrieved November 21, 2010.
2. BigTen.org, "Football Trophy Names", http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121310aaa.html. Retrieved December 14, 2010.