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Tony Baker

Retired

Arizona Cardinals · RB

Tony Baker recorded 104 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Phoenix Cardinals, PHO, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons, San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints.

▶Best highlights

20.6

rush yds/gm

6.8

rec yds/gm

4

playoff games

104

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Tony Baker's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1974
BUFFALOBILLS
LOS ANGELESRAMS
DEC 15, 1974

Buffalo Bills vs Los Angeles Rams

Regular Season · Dec 15, 1974

71 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 4 rec

Regular Season
1970
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
ARIZONACARDINALS
OCT 11, 1970

New Orleans Saints vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Oct 11, 1970

98 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Regular Season
1969
W
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
WSH
DEC 14, 1969

New Orleans Saints vs WSH

Regular Season · Dec 14, 1969

46 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 5 rec

Regular Season
1969
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
ATLANTAFALCONS
DEC 7, 1969

New Orleans Saints vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Dec 7, 1969

44 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 5 rec

Regular Season
1973
LOS ANGELESRAMS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
NOV 25, 1973

Los Angeles Rams vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Nov 25, 1973

82 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Tony Baker's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 110 rushing yards

Regular Season
1969
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
ARIZONACARDINALS
NOV 2, 1969

New Orleans Saints vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 2, 1969

110 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec

Career high: 1 rushing touchdown

Regular Season
1975
NEW YORKJETS
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
DEC 15, 1975

New York Jets vs Los Angeles Chargers

Regular Season · Dec 15, 1975

23 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Career high: 77 receiving yards

Regular Season
1969
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
NOV 23, 1969

San Francisco 49ers vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Nov 23, 1969

12 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 4 rec

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Tony Baker's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1967–1986

01
NOBAKER—Tony Baker
NOMANNING—Archie Manning
NODEMPSEY—Tom Dempsey

Dempsey's kick and Manning's resilience

New Orleans Saints · The long beginning

New Orleans produced beloved moments but no winning season in its first two decades, turning loyalty itself into the franchise's defining trait.

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Franchise era

1950–1975

02
PHIBAKER—Tony Baker
PHIBEDNARIK—Chuck Bednarik
PHIBROCKLIN—Norm Van Brocklin

Bednarik's last great team interrupts a dynasty

Philadelphia Eagles · The 1960 title and the long decline

Philadelphia defeated Lombardi's Packers for the 1960 championship, then spent most of the next fifteen years searching for another core.

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Franchise era

1973–1989

03
LARBAKER—Tony Baker
LARYOUNGBLOOD—Jack Youngblood
LARDICKERSON29Eric Dickerson

Division dominance keeps colliding with a dynasty

Los Angeles Rams · A perennial NFC power

The Rams won seven straight division titles and reached the 1979 Super Bowl, but Dallas, Minnesota and San Francisco repeatedly blocked the path.

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Franchise era

1970–1977

04
LACBAKER—Tony Baker
LACFOUTS—Dan Fouts
LACGARRISON—Gary Garrison

Fouts arrives before the system does

Los Angeles Chargers · Searching after Gillman

San Diego struggled through transition but drafted the quarterback who would become the center of its next revolution.

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Franchise era

1966–1988

05
ATLBAKER—Tony Baker
ATLBARTKOWSKI—Steve Bartkowski
ATLHUMPHREY—Claude Humphrey

The Grits Blitz and Bartkowski bring the first wins

Atlanta Falcons · Building an identity

After a difficult expansion launch, Atlanta found its first playoff teams through an attacking defense, Bartkowski's arm and Andrews's punishing running.

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Franchise era

1985–1995

06
CLEBAKER—Tony Baker
CLEKOSAR19Bernie Kosar
CLEMATTHEWS—Clay Matthews Jr.

Three AFC title games, three painful endings

Cleveland Browns · Kosar and the Denver heartbreaks

A homegrown contender reached three conference championship games in four seasons before The Drive and The Fumble became permanent Cleveland memories.

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Franchise era

1988–2003

07
ARIBAKER—Tony Baker
ARIWILLIAMS35Aeneas Williams
ARIPLUMMER16Jake Plummer

A new market waits for a stable winner

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

The move to the desert brought only one playoff appearance in sixteen seasons, though Williams became an all-time defender and Plummer authored a memorable upset in Dallas.

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Career accomplishments

11 NFL seasons104 career games2,140 career rushing yards15 career rushing touchdowns84 career receptions703 career receiving yards2 career receiving touchdownsJersey: 04 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 15, 1968Most recent: Dec 16, 1989

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history