Pat Leahy (American football)
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| Date of birth | March 19, 1951 |
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| Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Place kicker |
| College | St. Louis |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1974-1991 | New York Jets |
| Career stats | |
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Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 19, 1951) is a former placekicker for the New York Jets from 1974 to 1991. He is the team's all-time leading scorer, with 1,470 points, and scored 100 points or more seven different times over the course of his career. He currently ranks 20th on the list of highest NFL career scoring leaders. He went to Saint Louis University and played on three of the school's national championship soccer teams.[1] Leahy and his wife, Colleen, currently live in St. Louis and have three children: Lizzy, Cullen and the youngest Nora.
With 22 consecutive successful field goal attempts, Leahy set a franchise record for the Jets in 1986 that was beaten by Jay Feely in 2009.[2] Over the course of his career, Leahy completed 71.4% of his field goal attempts and 95.5% of his extra points. In 18 years, he never had a kick blocked.
Career regular season statistics
Career high/best bolded
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| Season | Team (record) | G | FGM | FGA | % | <20 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | LNG | BLK | XPM | XPA | % | PTS |
| 1974 | New York Jets (7–7) | 6 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 45 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 94.7 | 36 |
| 1975 | New York Jets (3–11) | 14 | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 7–12 | 0–1 | 47 | 0 | 27 | 30 | 90.0 | 66 |
| 1976 | New York Jets (3–11) | 14 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 47 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 49 |
| 1977 | New York Jets (3–11) | 14 | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 0–1 | 7–8 | 6–8 | 2–6 | 0–2 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 85.7 | 63 |
| 1978 | New York Jets (8–8) | 16 | 22 | 30 | 73.3 | 2–2 | 5–5 | 9–12 | 6–9 | 0–2 | 47 | 0 | 41 | 42 | 97.6 | 107 |
| 1979 | New York Jets (8–8) | 6 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–8 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 36 |
| 1980 | New York Jets (4–12) | 16 | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 4–9 | 6–8 | 0–1 | 49 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 78 |
| 1981 | New York Jets (10–5–1) | 16 | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 0–0 | 11–13 | 6–8 | 8–12 | 0–3 | 49 | 0 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 113 |
| 1982 | New York Jets (6–3) | 9 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 0–0 | 49 | 0 | 26 | 31 | 83.9 | 59 |
| 1983 | New York Jets (7–9) | 16 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 0–1 | 49 | 0 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 84 |
| 1984 | New York Jets (7–9) | 16 | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 2–2 | 5–6 | 7–8 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 52 | 0 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 89 |
| 1985 | New York Jets (11–5) | 16 | 26 | 34 | 76.5 | 2–2 | 11–11 | 6–8 | 4–8 | 3–5 | 55 | 0 | 43 | 45 | 95.6 | 121 |
| 1986 | New York Jets (10–6) | 16 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 4–4 | 5–8 | 1–1 | 50 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 100.0 | 92 |
| 1987 | New York Jets (6–9) | 12 | 18 | 22 | 81.8 | 0–0 | 11–11 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 42 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 85 |
| 1988 | New York Jets (8–7–1) | 16 | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 0–0 | 9–9 | 7–8 | 7–10 | 0–1 | 48 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 112 |
| 1989 | New York Jets (4–12) | 16 | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 1–1 | 6–7 | 3–4 | 4–8 | 0–1 | 46 | 0 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 71 |
| 1990 | New York Jets (6–10) | 16 | 23 | 26 | 88.5 | 2–2 | 12–12 | 6–7 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 47 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 101 |
| 1991 | New York Jets (8–8) | 15 | 26 | 37 | 70.3 | 3–3 | 13–16 | 9–11 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 40 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 108 |
| Career (18 seasons) | 250 | 304 | 426 | 71.4 | 20–21 | 118–131 | 94–127 | 67–123 | 5–24 | 55 | 0 | 558 | 584 | 95.5 | 1470 | |