Matt Bahr

Matthew David Bahr (born July 6, 1956)[1] is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League, and professional soccer player in the North American Soccer League. He attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania where he excelled in both football and soccer. He is the son of National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee Walter Bahr, and is the brother of NFL kicker Chris Bahr.

Matt Bahr

No. 9, 10, 11, 3
Position:	Placekicker
Personal information
Born:	(1956-07-06) July 6, 1956 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school:	Neshaminy High School
College:	Penn State
NFL Draft:	1979 / Round: 6 / Pick: 165
Career history
Pittsburgh Steelers (1979–1980) San Francisco 49ers (1981) Cleveland Browns (1981–1989) New York Giants (1990–1992) Philadelphia Eagles (1993) New England Patriots (1993–1995)
Career highlights and awards
2x Super Bowl champion (XIV, XXV) All-American (1978)
Career NFL statistics
Points scored: 1,422 Field goal attempts: 415 Field goals / percent: 300 / 72.3% PAT attempts: 534 PAT kicks / percent: 522 / 97.8%
Player stats at PFR

Matt Bahr

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-07-06) July 6, 1956
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1974–1977	Penn State
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978	Colorado Caribous	24	(0)
1978	Tulsa Roughnecks	2	(0)
1979	Pennsylvania Stoners	0	(0)
Total		26	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

College and soccer career

As a senior at Penn State, in 1978, Bahr was a consensus All-America selection. In 1978, he signed with the Colorado Caribous of the North American Soccer League, for whom he made 24 appearances and made three assists. The Caribous traded him to the Tulsa Roughnecks during the season, and he made two appearances. On March 27, 1979, he signed with the Pennsylvania Stoners of the second division American Soccer League.

Professional football career

In 1979, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 1979 NFL Draft.[2] His brother Chris Bahr followed a similar career path. Over his career, which spanned from 1979 to 1995, he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the San Francisco 49ers, the Cleveland Browns, the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots.[1] As a rookie, he won a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers in Super Bowl XIV. His longest tenure was with the Cleveland Browns where he played for nine years and was cut during the 1990 preseason.[3][4] In late September of that season he was picked up by the New York Giants after a repetitious injury to Raul Allegre.[4] He is best remembered for his performance in the 1990 NFC Championship Game on January 20, 1991, as he set an NFC Championship Game record with five field goals (including a 42-yarder as time expired) to lift the Giants past the 49ers 15–13. He also kicked what would prove to be the decisive field goal in Super Bowl XXV on January 27, 1991, as the Giants beat the Buffalo Bills 20–19, also recording a tackle on the opening kickoff.

Bahr held the record for longest span for a player between Super Bowl victories at 11 years, until Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens went 12 years from Super Bowl XXXV in 2001 to Super Bowl XLVII in 2013.

Bahr finished his 17 seasons with 300 of 415 field goals and 522 of 534 extra points. Overall, he scored a total of 1,422 points.[5]

At the time of his retirement, Bahr was the last active NFL player that played for the Steelers in at least one of their four Super Bowl wins in the 1970s.

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
1979	Pittsburgh Steelers (12–4)	16	18	30	60.0	0–0	5–5	6–11	7–13	0–1	46	0	50	52	96.2	104
1980	Pittsburgh Steelers (9–7)	16	19	28	67.9	2–2	8–9	7–10	2–6	0–1	48	0	39	42	92.9	96
1981	San Francisco 49ers (13–3)	4	2	6	33.3	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	0–0	47	0	12	12	100.0	18
1981	Cleveland Browns (5–11)	11	13	20	65.0	3–3	5–5	5–9	0–2	0–1	39	0	22	22	100.0	61
1982	Cleveland Browns (4–5)	9	7	15	46.7	1–1	3–4	1–3	2–7	0–0	45	0	17	17	100.0	38
1983	Cleveland Browns (9–7)	16	21	24	87.5	1–1	9–9	5–6	6–7	0–1	47	0	38	40	95.0	101
1984	Cleveland Browns (5–11)	16	24	32	75.0	3–3	12–12	2–7	6–9	1–1	50	0	25	25	100.0	97
1985	Cleveland Browns (8–8)	16	14	18	77.8	1–1	2–2	8–9	3–5	0–1	45	0	35	35	100.0	77
1986	Cleveland Browns (12–4)	12	20	26	76.9	4–4	7–9	7–8	1–2	1–3	52	0	30	30	100.0	90
1987	Cleveland Browns (10–5)	3	4	5	80.0	0–0	2–2	2–3	0–0	0–0	31	0	9	10	90.0	21
1988	Cleveland Browns (10–6)	16	24	29	82.8	1–1	10–12	8–10	5–6	0–0	47	0	32	33	97.0	104
1989	Cleveland Browns (9–6–1)	16	16	24	66.7	0–0	5–5	6–8	4–9	1–2	50	0	40	40	100.0	88
1990	New York Giants (13–3)	13	17	23	73.9	2–2	7–7	3–3	5–9	0–2	49	0	29	30	96.7	80
1991	New York Giants (8–8)	13	22	29	75.9	0–0	6–6	6–8	9–12	1–3	54	1	24	25	96.0	90
1992	New York Giants (6–10)	12	16	21	76.2	2–2	1–1	10–11	3–5	0–2	47	0	29	29	100.0	77
1993	Philadelphia Eagles (8–8)	11	8	13	61.5	0–0	4–6	2–2	2–5	0–0	48	0	18	19	94.7	42
1993	New England Patriots (5–11)	3	5	5	100.0	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–0	0–0	37	0	10	10	100.0	25
1994	New England Patriots (10–6)	16	27	34	79.4	0–0	14–14	9–12	4–8	0–0	48	0	36	36	100.0	117
1995	New England Patriots (6–10)	16	23	33	69.7	1–2	12–12	3–7	5–7	2–5	55	1	27	27	100.0	96
Career (17 seasons)		235	300	415	72.3	22–23	113–123	93–131	66–115	6–23	55	2	522	534	97.8	1422

Personal life

He appeared in the 1980 television movie, Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story.[6]

He is now an electrical engineer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

References

1. "Biography for Matt Bahr". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
2. The Smallest Steeler of All
3. Spotlight – Matt Bahr
4. Giants Put Allegre on Injured Reserve
5. "Matt Bahr NFL Football Statistics".
6. "Matt Bahr". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

External links

• NFL stats
• NASL stats
• Works by or about Matt Bahr in libraries (WorldCat catalog)