Bruce Matthews (American football)

Bruce Matthews

Matthews in 1984
No. 74
Position:	Guard, Center, Offensive tackle, Long snapper
Personal information
Born:	(1961-08-08) August 8, 1961 (age 63) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	305 lb (138 kg)
Career information
High school:	Arcadia (Arcadia, California)
College:	USC (1979–1982)
NFL draft:	1983 / round: 1 / pick: 9
Career history
As a player:
Houston / Tennessee Oilers / Titans (1983–2001)
As a coach:
Houston Texans (2009–2010) Offensive assistant Tennessee Titans (2011–2013) Offensive line coach
Career highlights and awards
7× First-team All-Pro (1988–1990, 1992, 1998–2000) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1991, 1993) 14× Pro Bowl (1988–2001) Bart Starr Award (2001) NFL 1990s All-Decade Team NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team PFWA All-Rookie Team (1983) Titans/Oilers Ring of Honor Tennessee Titans No. 74 retired Morris Trophy (1982) Consensus All-American (1982) 2× First-team All-Pacific-10 (1981, 1982) Texas Sports Hall of Fame NFL record Most career starts with one team: 293 (Houston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Titans)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 296 Games started: 293 Forced fumbles: 5 Fumble recoveries: 10 Stats at Pro Football Reference
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Bruce Rankin Matthews (born August 8, 1961) is an American former professional football player who played as a guard, center, offensive tackle, and long snapper in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons, from 1983 to 2001. He spent his entire career playing for the Houston / Tennessee Oilers / Titans franchise. Highly versatile, Matthews played every position on the offensive line throughout his NFL career, starting in 99 games as a left guard, 87 as a center, 67 as a right guard, 22 as a right tackle, 17 as a left tackle, and was the long snapper on field goals, PATs, and punts. Having never missed a game due to injury, Matthews' 293 NFL games started is the third most of all time, behind quarterbacks Brett Favre and Tom Brady.

Matthews played college football for the University of Southern California, where he was recognized as a consensus All-American for the USC Trojans football team as a senior. Matthews was selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL draft by the Oilers and was a 14-time Pro Bowl selection, tied for the second-most in NFL history, and a nine-time first-team All-Pro. Matthews was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007, and his number 74 jersey is retired by the Titans.

After retiring as a player, Matthews served as an assistant coach for the Houston Texans and Titans. A member of the Matthews family of football players, he is the brother of linebacker Clay Matthews Jr.; father of center Kevin Matthews and tackle Jake Matthews; and uncle of linebacker Clay Matthews III and linebacker Casey Matthews.