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There is a wide variety of of New England Patriots characters that share July 6 as their birthday, making the choice for top billing not an easy one. In the end I simply chose the player with the most games played with the Pats.
When a fan thinks about Patriot kickers, the names Gostkowski, Vinatieri and Cappelletti all quickly come to mind. This three-time Super Bowl champion held things together for New England teams in their kicking game during final three of his 17 seasons in the NFL, a period of time when the Pats improved from 2-14 to 6-10 to 10-6.
Happy 65th birthday to Matt Bahr
Born July 6, 1956 in Philadelphia
Patriot K, 1993-1995; uniform #3
Claimed off waivers from Philadelphia on Dec 13, 1993
Today in Pro Football History: Matt Bahr, 1984
Today in Patriots History
Matt Bahr
Matt Bahr
When a fan thinks about Patriot kickers, the names Gostkowski, Vinatieri and Cappelletti all quickly come to mind. This three-time Super Bowl champion held things together for New England teams in their kicking game during final three of his 17 seasons in the NFL, a period of time when the Pats improved from 2-14 to 6-10 to 10-6.
Happy 65th birthday to Matt Bahr
Born July 6, 1956 in Philadelphia
Patriot K, 1993-1995; uniform #3
Claimed off waivers from Philadelphia on Dec 13, 1993
- 25 regular season games with Pats, plus one playoff game.
- 55/72 on field goal attempts; 73/73 on extra points; one punt for 29 yards.
- At the age of 39 his 55-yard field goal on November 12, 1995 against Miami set a franchise record (later broken by Adam Vinatieri in 2002).
- At the age of 37 Matt Bahr reunited with Bill Parcells, to replace the erratic Scott 'Missing' Sisson at kicker late in 1993; Bahr would give way to Vinatieri after the 1996 preseason.
- Ranks sixth in franchise history with 55 successful field goals and 73 PATs (was fourth in both categories when he retired in 1996).
- Tied with Jim Colclough as 10th all-time in club history at the time he retired, with 238 points scored (now ranks 16th, last surpassed by Julian Edelman).
- Kicked 300 field goals and scored 1,422 points over 17 NFL seasons.
- Scored 103 points in 14 playoff games.
- Set an NFCCG record with five field goals on 1/20/91, in New York's 15-13 won over San Francisco.
- Three-time Super Bowl champion (Steelers, '79; 49ers, '81; Giants, '90) kicked the winning field goal in the Scott Norwood 'wide right' game; Bahr also played professional soccer for three years.
- Later worked as an electrical engineer, and also as a player advisor with the Harvard Football Players Health Study.
Where are your former Browns now? 25 questions with K Matt Bahr
25 questions with a double Super Bowl champion
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Matt Bahr kicked the Giants to Super Bowl XXV with a concussion
Today's reminder of how much attitudes toward concussions have changed in the NFL comes from former Giants tight end Mark Bavarro, who offered up a memory of a teammate who continued playing and won a game after suffering a concussion.
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Matt Bahr
Matt Bahr Sport : NCAA Football, NCAA Soccer, NFL, North America Soccer League & American Soccer League Football Teams : Penn State University, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers , ...
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Matt Bahr - Harvard Football Players Health Study
Matt Bahr is a former NFL player whose career spanned from 1979 to 1995. He was an All-American player during his college years at Penn State and a two-time Super Bowl champion. Bahr also played professional soccer for the Colorado Carbous, Tulsa Roughnecks, and the Pennsylvania Stoners. He is...
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'A dream to coach' | How Penn Staters Matt and Chris Bahr carved out professional careers in two sports
The outcome of an entire game can hinge on one kick.
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A KICK IN THE HEAD?
Kickers who hang around the NFL for 15 years the way Matt Bahr has develop a certain outlook. The Patriots acquired Bahr Wednesday as much for his philosophical views as for his toe. Bahr is going …
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CUTTING BAHR EVEN HURTS PARCELLS
Practicality got the better of emotion Tuesday. The Patriots waived 17-year veteran kicker Matt Bahr. “He’s the best kicker I ever had,” Patriots coach Bill Parcells said, “…
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The Patriots have scored on kicker decisions. Just ask Matt Bahr - The Boston Globe
The fact that only three players have kicked for them since Bahr was cut in 1996 says a lot.
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Vinatieri makes one more return to Foxborough
Adam Vinatieri – still a kicking legend in New England – might be facing his former team for the last time.
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Matt Bahr, the Smallest Steeler (Published 1979)
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Where are your former Giants now? K Matt Bahr
25 questions with a Super Bowl champion clutch performer
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Today in Pro Football History: Matt Bahr, 1984
One of two brothers to become placekickers in the NFL (his older sibling Chris kicked for the Bengals, Raiders, and Chargers), Bahr received All-America honors in college after connecting on 81.5 percent of his field goals and was chosen by the Steelers in the sixth round of the 1979 NFL draft. He also played soccer, in college and professionally with the Colorado Caribous and Tulsa Roughnecks of the North American Soccer League, before joining the Steelers. Bahr kicked 18 field goals and a league-leading 50 extra points for Pittsburgh in 1979, a season capped with a Super Bowl victory, and played a second year before being beaten out by David Trout in the ’81 preseason and moving on to the San Francisco 49ers. He was traded to Cleveland four games into the season and, while there were concerns about the length of his kickoffs, Bahr connected on a solid 13 of 20 field goal tries. Following a lesser year in 1982, he rebounded in ’83 to lead the NFL with an 87.5 field goal percentage (21 of 24).
Bahr spent another five seasons with the Browns, although injuries were a factor when he tore knee ligaments while making a tackle in 1986 that cost him the remaining four games that year, the postseason, and most of ’87. After kicking 143 field goals and 248 extra points, resulting in 677 points for the Browns, Bahr moved on to the New York Giants in 1990 and, in addition to 17 field goals in 13 regular season contests, booted five field goals against the 49ers in winning the NFC Championship game 15-13. He also was successful on both of his three-point attempts in the one-point Super Bowl win over Buffalo. After two more years with New York, Bahr started the 1993 season with Philadelphia, who waived him in December, and finished up with New England, where he kicked a career-high 27 field goals in ’94. He played one more season for the Patriots (and was cut in the 1996 preseason in favor of rookie Adam Vinatieri) and concluded his 17-year career with 300 field goals out of 415 attempts (72.3 %), 522 extra points, and 1422 points, which ranked ninth in NFL history at the time.