Cliff Parsley
{{Short description|American football player (born 1954)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| number = 18
| position = Punter
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|12|26}}
| birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| weight_lb = 211
| height_in = 1
| college = Oklahoma St.
| draftyear = 1977
| draftround = 6
| draftpick = 147
| teams =
|highlights =
| statlabel1 = Punts
| statvalue1 = 431
| statlabel2 = Punting yards
| statvalue2 = 17,136
| statlabel3 = Punting avg
| statvalue3 = 39.8
| pfr = ParsCl20
}}
Cliff Donald Parsley (born December 26, 1954) is a former punter for the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Houston Oilers from 1977 to 1982.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=duswAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yN8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6636,1770026&dq=cliff-parsley&hl=en|title=Oilers Hire James After Punt Off|date=4 December 1982|work=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|publisher=AP|page=3B|accessdate=13 November 2010}} He played college football at Oklahoma State and was selected to the Big 8 All-decade team for the 1970s.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2EIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h54FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2241,5211092&dq=cliff-parsley+oklahoma-state&hl=en|title=Writers Choose Big 8 All-decade Team .|date=6 September 1979|work=Daily Mail|publisher=AP|page=23B|accessdate=13 November 2010|location=Nevada, Missouri}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| Bold
| Career high |
= Regular season =
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="10"| Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{abbr|GP|Games played}} | Punts | {{abbr|Yds|Yards}} | {{Nowrap|Net Yds}} | {{abbr|Lng|Longest punt}} | {{abbr|Avg|Average}} | {{Nowrap|Net Avg}} | {{abbr|Blk|Blocked punts}} | {{abbr|Ins20|Inside 20 yard line}} | {{abbr|TB|Touchbacks}} | |
| 1977 | HOU
| 14 || 77 || 3,030 || 2,510 || 55 || 39.4 || 31.8 || 2 || 14 || 9 | |||||||||
| 1978 | HOU
| 16 || 91 || 3,539 || 2,902 || 59 || 38.9 || 31.5 || 1 || 20 || 6 | |||||||||
| 1979 | HOU
| 16 || 93 || 3,777 || 2,951 || 59 || 40.6 || 31.7 || 0 || 14 || 5 | |||||||||
| 1980 | HOU
| 16 || 67 || 2,727 || 2,173 || 57 || 40.7 || 32.4 || 0 || 20 || 8 | |||||||||
| 1981 | HOU
| 16 || 79 || 3,137 || 2,717 || 62 || 39.7 || 34.4 || 0 || 17 || 3 | |||||||||
| 1982 | HOU
| 4 || 24 || 926 || 751 || 51 || 38.6 || 31.3 || 0 || 3 || 2 | |||||||||
| colspan="2"| Career | 82 | 431 | 17,136 | 14,004 | 62 | 39.8 | 32.3 | 3 | 88 | 33 |
= Playoffs =
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="10"| Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{abbr|GP|Games played}} | Punts | {{abbr|Yds|Yards}} | {{Nowrap|Net Yds}} | {{abbr|Lng|Longest punt}} | {{abbr|Avg|Average}} | {{Nowrap|Net Avg}} | {{abbr|Blk|Blocked punts}} | {{abbr|Ins20|Inside 20 yard line}} | {{abbr|TB|Touchbacks}} | |
| 1978 | HOU
| 3 || 16 || 631 || 470 || 49 || 39.4 || 29.4 || 0 || 1 || 2 | |||||||||
| 1979 | HOU
| 3 || 15 || 580 || 518 || 50 || 38.7 || 34.5 || 0 || 6 || 0 | |||||||||
| 1980 | HOU
| 1 || 9 || 396 || 347 || 56 || 44.0 || 38.6 || 0 || 2 || 1 | |||||||||
| colspan="2"| Career | 7 | 40 | 1,607 | 1,335 | 56 | 40.2 | 33.4 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
References
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Category:Players of American football from Kansas City, Missouri
Category:American football punters
Category:Oklahoma State Cowboys football players
Category:Houston Oilers players
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