Age: 25
3rd
season in pro football & with Colts
College: Western
Carolina
Height: 6’0” Weight: 191
Prelude:
An undrafted
free agent out of college, Biasucci beat out four other placekickers to be
signed by the Colts in 1984 after Raul Allegre was injured in the opening game.
While Allegre returned, Biasucci was retained for kickoffs. He was cut during
the ’85 preseason and sat out the year, but came back to beat out Allegre in
1986 and was successful on 13 of 25 field goal attempts and 26 of 27 extra
points.
1987 Season Summary
Appeared in 12
of 15 games
[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Kicking
Field goals –
24 [2, tied with Jim Breech, 1st in AFC]
Most field
goals, game – 4 at NY Jets 11/1, at Miami 11/15
Field goal
attempts – 27 [6, tied with Gary Anderson & Raul Allegre]
Most field
goal attempts, game – 5 at NY Jets 11/1
Field goal
percentage – 88.9 [1]
PATs – 24
PAT attempts
– 24
Longest field
goal – 50 yards vs. Miami 9/20
Scoring
Field Goals –
24
PATs – 24
Points – 96 [4]
Postseason: 1
G (AFC Divisional playoff at Cleveland)
Field goals –
0
Field goal
attempts – 0
PATs – 3
PAT attempts
– 3
Awards & Honors:
2nd
team All-NFL: AP, NEA
1st
team All-AFC: UPI, Pro Football Weekly
Pro Bowl
Colts went 9-6
in the strike-shortened season (three games were played with replacement
players) to finish first in the AFC East and reach the postseason for the first
time since moving to Indianapolis. Lost AFC Divisional playoff to Cleveland
Browns (38-21).
Aftermath:
Effective in
clutch situations and with a strong leg, Biasucci went on to play seven more
seasons with the Colts and was a first-team All-NFL selection by The Sporting
News after scoring a career-high 114 points in 1988. Having kicked 176 field
goals and scored 783 points with the Colts, which were franchise records at the
time, Biasucci signed with Pittsburgh in 1995, was released, and finished his
career with the St. Louis Rams. Overall, he was successful on 185 of 262 field
goal attempts (70.6 %) and added 268 PATs for a total of 823 points.
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Highlighted Years features players who were consensus
first-team All-League* selections or league* or conference** leaders in the
following statistical categories:
Rushing:
Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Passing:
Yards, Completion Pct., Yards per Attempt, TDs, Rating
Receiving:
Catches, Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Scoring: TDs,
Points, Field Goals (min. 5)
All-Purpose:
Total Yards
Defense:
Interceptions, Sacks
Kickoff
Returns: Average
Punt Returns:
Average
Punting:
Average
*Leagues
include NFL (1920 to date), AFL (1926), AFL (1936-37), AAFC (1946-49), AFL
(1960-69), WFL (1974-75), USFL (1983-85)
**NFC/AFC
since 1970
