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Jim Taylor

Retired

New Orleans Saints · FB

Jim Taylor recorded 124 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 10 rostered seasons with New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers.

▶Best highlights

69.3

rush yds/gm

14.2

rec yds/gm

7

playoff games

124

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Jim Taylor's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1961
GREEN BAYPACKERS
CLEVELANDBROWNS
OCT 15, 1961

Green Bay Packers vs Cleveland Browns

Regular Season · Oct 15, 1961

158 rush yds · 4 rush TD · 3 rec

Regular Season
1962
GREEN BAYPACKERS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
NOV 11, 1962

Green Bay Packers vs Philadelphia Eagles

Regular Season · Nov 11, 1962

141 rush yds · 4 rush TD · 1 rec

Regular Season
1962
GREEN BAYPACKERS
CHICAGOBEARS
NOV 4, 1962

Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Nov 4, 1962

124 rush yds · 4 rush TD · 2 rec

Regular Season
1964
GREEN BAYPACKERS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
NOV 1, 1964

Green Bay Packers vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Nov 1, 1964

108 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 3 rec

Regular Season
1961
NEW YORKGIANTS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DEC 3, 1961

New York Giants vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Dec 3, 1961

186 rush yds · 2 rush TD · 1 rec

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Jim Taylor's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 186 rushing yards

Regular Season
1961
NEW YORKGIANTS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DEC 3, 1961

New York Giants vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Dec 3, 1961

186 rush yds · 2 rush TD · 1 rec

Career high: 4 rushing touchdowns

Regular Season
1962
GREEN BAYPACKERS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
NOV 11, 1962

Green Bay Packers vs Philadelphia Eagles

Regular Season · Nov 11, 1962

141 rush yds · 4 rush TD · 1 rec

Career high: 76 receiving yards

Regular Season
1965
CHICAGOBEARS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
OCT 3, 1965

Chicago Bears vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Oct 3, 1965

45 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 4 rec

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Jim Taylor's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1949–1958

01
GBTAYLOR—Jim Taylor
GBROTE—Tobin Rote
GBHOWTON—Billy Howton

A proud franchise nears financial and competitive crisis

Green Bay Packers · The wilderness years

Green Bay struggled after Lambeau and required a new stadium, community support and the right coach to survive.

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Franchise era

1959–1967

02
GBTAYLOR—Jim Taylor
GBSTARR15Bart Starr
GBHORNUNG—Paul Hornung

Discipline and the power sweep define excellence

Green Bay Packers · The Lombardi dynasty

Lombardi's Packers won five championships in seven seasons, including the first two Super Bowls, and became the league's enduring standard.

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Franchise era

1967–1986

03
NOTAYLOR—Jim Taylor
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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Career accomplishments

NFL rushing touchdowns leader · 1961, 1962NFL rushing yards leader · 196210 NFL seasons124 career games8,597 career rushing yards83 career rushing touchdowns225 career receptions1,756 career receiving yards10 career receiving touchdownsCollege: LSU7 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Oct 19, 1958Most recent: Dec 17, 1967

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