Cougar Football Archive

Rex Olson

Rex Angus Olson

Quarterback

5-10, 168 lbs

Layton, Utah

Born: December 27, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Died: July 7, 2008 (85-193)

High School: Granite HS

Military: Army Air Corps

Draft: Baltimore Colts in Round 8 of the 1949 AAFC Draft

Nickname(s): Whitey, Ole

32 18

Season	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	INT	Lng	Eff
1946	50	104	48.1	719	6.9	2	8	28	97.1
1947	79	158	50.0	982	6.2	7	11	0	102.9
Total	129	262	49.2	1701	6.5	9	19	28	100.6

Season	Att	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	Lng
1942	0	0		1	0

1946	6	-15	-2.5	1	4
1947	4	-5	-1.3	0	0
Total	10	-20	-2.0	2	4

Season	Rec	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
1946	2	60	30.0	0	0
Total	2	60	30.0	0	0

Season	No	Yd	Avg	Lng	Net Yd	Net Avg	TB
1946	1	40	40.0	40	20	20.0	1
1947	2	48	24.0	0	48	24.0	0
Total	3	88	29.3	40	68	22.7	1

Season	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
1946	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Touchdowns								PAT		FGM	Sfty	Pts
Season	RshTD	RecTD	KRTD	PRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
1942	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6

1946	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Career	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	12

Season	Class	No	Pos	Games	Starts
1942	SO	23	HB	4	0

1946	JR	32	QB	10	8
1947	SR	18	QB	11	9
Total				25	17

Season	Class	No	Pos
1946	JR	32	QB
1947	SR	18	QB

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	INT	Long	Eff
Oct 4, 1946	A	DEN	L 13-26	1	0	0		0		1	1	0
Oct 19, 1946	H	COLO	W 10-7	1	8	17	47.1	131	7.7	1	1	28	119.4
Nov 9, 1946	A	USU	T 0-0	1	13	26	50.0	146	5.6	0	1	0	89.5
Sep 20, 1947	H	WCU	W 45-0	1	9	0		122		1	0	0
Sep 26, 1947	H	MTST	W 19-14	1	13	20	65.0	187	9.4	1	0	0	160.0
Oct 11, 1947	A	UTAH	L 6-28	1	9	16	56.3	108	6.8	1	2	0	108.6
Oct 18, 1947	A	COLO	L 7-9	1	2	7	28.6	0	0.0	0	1	0	.0
Oct 25, 1947	H	USU	W 27-12	1	0	0		0		3	0	0
Nov 1, 1947	A	DEN	L 6-20	0	4	13	30.8	46	3.5	0	2	0	29.7
Nov 15, 1947	H	CSU	L 25-27	1	0	0		0		1	1	0

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Oct 16, 1942	H	DOUG	L 13-24	0	0	0		1	0
Sep 21, 1946	H	WCU	W 13-2	0	0	0		1	0
Oct 19, 1946	H	COLO	W 10-7	1	6	-15	-2.5	0	4
Oct 11, 1947	A	UTAH	L 6-28	1	4	-5	-1.3	0	0

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg
Oct 19, 1946	H	COLO	W 10-7	1	2	60	30.0

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	INT
Oct 4, 1946	A	DEN	L 13-26	1	3
Oct 12, 1946	H	UTAH	L 6-35	1	1
Nov 22, 1947	A	SDSU	L 7-32	1	1

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	No	Yds	Long	TB
Oct 19, 1946	H	COLO	W 10-7	1	1	40	40	1
Oct 11, 1947	A	UTAH	L 6-28	1	2	48	0	0

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS
Sep 26, 1942	A	MONT	W 12-6	0
Oct 16, 1942	H	DOUG	L 13-24	0
Oct 31, 1942	H	USU	L 6-9	0
Nov 7, 1942	H	DEN	L 6-26	0
Sep 21, 1946	H	WCU	W 13-2	0
Oct 4, 1946	A	DEN	L 13-26	1
Oct 12, 1946	H	UTAH	L 6-35	1
Oct 19, 1946	H	COLO	W 10-7	1
Nov 2, 1946	H	WYO	W 6-3	1
Nov 9, 1946	A	USU	T 0-0	1
Nov 16, 1946	A	CSU	W 20-6	1
Nov 22, 1946	A	UTEP	W 14-13	1
Sep 20, 1947	H	WCU	W 45-0	1
Sep 26, 1947	H	MTST	W 19-14	1
Oct 4, 1947	A	WYO	L 7-12	1
Oct 11, 1947	A	UTAH	L 6-28	1
Oct 18, 1947	A	COLO	L 7-9	1
Oct 25, 1947	H	USU	W 27-12	1
Nov 1, 1947	A	DEN	L 6-20	0
Nov 8, 1947	H	SJSU	L 19-28	1
Nov 15, 1947	H	CSU	L 25-27	1
Nov 22, 1947	A	SDSU	L 7-32	1

Date	Team	League	Transaction
Jun 30, 1948	Baltimore Colts	AAFC	Signed contract
Aug 19, 1948	Baltimore Colts	AAFC	Cut

No player notes available.