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Matt Bellini

Matt Bellini

Running Back

6-1, 175 lbs

San Leando, California

Born: July 7, 1968 in San Leandro, California (57-305)

High School: San Leandro HS

Pronunciation: Buh-LEE-nee

Relatives: Brother Mark Bellini

1x All-WAC 1x WAC POTW

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Passing

Season	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	INT	Lng	Eff	Sacked	Sack Yds
1988	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	.0	0	0

1990	1	2	50.0	43	21.5	0	0	43	230.6	0	0
Total	1	3	33.3	43	14.3	0	0	43	153.7	0	0

Rushing

Season	Att	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	Lng
1987	19	57	3.0	0	10
1988	106	566	5.3	7	36
1989	90	389	4.3	6	0
1990	8	6	0.8	1	6
Total	223	1018	4.6	14	36

Receiving

Season	Rec	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
1987	60	607	10.1	3	62
1988	55	827	15.0	4	77
1989	53	824	15.5	6	61
1990	60	620	10.3	1	43
Total	228	2878	12.6	14	77

Punt Returns

Season	No	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
1990	28	195	7.0	0	0
Total	28	195	7.0	0	0

Defense

Season	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
1988	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scoring

Season	Touchdowns								PAT		FGM	Sfty	Pts
Season	RshTD	RecTD	KRTD	PRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
1987	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	18
1988	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	66
1989	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	74
1990	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	12
Career	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	170

Participation

Season	Class	No	Pos	Games	Starts
1987	R-FR	8	HB	11	0
1988	R-SO	8	HB	13	0
1989	R-JR	8	HB	13	0
1990	R-SR	8	HB	12	0
Total				49	0

Roster History

Season	Class	No	Pos
1986	RS	8	WR
1987	R-FR	8	HB
1988	R-SO	8	HB
1989	R-JR	8	HB
1990	R-SR	8	HB

Passing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	Long	Eff
Nov 12, 1988	A	AFA	W 49-31	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	.0
Sep 8, 1990	H	MIA	W 28-21	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	.0
Oct 27, 1990	H	UNM	W 55-31	1	1	100.0	43	43.0	43	461.2

Rushing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Sep 2, 1987	H	PITT	L 17-27	2	0	0.0	0	4
Oct 10, 1987	H	WYO	L 27-29	2	2	1.0	0	2
Oct 31, 1987	H	AFA	W 24-13	5	1	0.2	0	4
Nov 7, 1987	H	SDSU	W 38-21	2	18	9.0	0	9
Nov 14, 1987	A	UTEP	W 37-24	1	1	1.0	0	1
Nov 21, 1987	H	UTAH	W 21-18	2	8	4.0	0	2
Dec 5, 1987	N	CSU	W 30-26	4	20	5.0	0	10
Dec 22, 1987	B	UVA	L 16-22	1	7	7.0	0	7
Sep 1, 1988	A	WYO	L 14-24	10	27	2.7	1	12
Sep 8, 1988	H	TEX	W 47-6	6	8	1.3	0	7
Sep 17, 1988	H	UTEP	W 31-27	7	25	3.6	0	13
Sep 30, 1988	H	USU	W 38-3	5	73	14.6	1	36
Oct 8, 1988	H	CSU	W 42-7	7	14	2.0	0	5
Oct 15, 1988	H	TCU	W 31-18	4	8	2.0	1	5
Oct 22, 1988	A	HAW	W 24-23	13	74	5.7	0	17
Oct 29, 1988	H	UNM	W 65-0	1	2	2.0	0	2
Nov 5, 1988	A	SDSU	L 15-27	6	20	3.3	1	8
Nov 12, 1988	A	AFA	W 49-31	21	138	6.6	1	21
Nov 19, 1988	A	UTAH	L 28-57	14	79	5.6	2	16
Dec 3, 1988	A	MIA	L 17-41	4	20	5.0	0	13
Dec 29, 1988	B	COLO	W 20-17	8	78	9.8	0	24
Sep 2, 1989	A	UNM	W 24-3	5	10	2.0	0	0
Sep 7, 1989	H	WSU	L 41-46	6	13	2.2	0	0
Sep 16, 1989	A	NAVY	W 31-10	11	50	4.5	2	0
Sep 30, 1989	A	USU	W 37-10	7	70	10.0	0	0
Oct 7, 1989	H	WYO	W 36-20	9	38	4.2	1	0
Oct 14, 1989	A	CSU	W 45-16	9	38	4.2	0	0
Oct 21, 1989	H	UTEP	W 49-24	3	7	2.3	0	0
Oct 28, 1989	A	HAW	L 14-56	7	11	1.6	1	0
Nov 4, 1989	H	ORE	W 45-41	14	49	3.5	1	0
Nov 11, 1989	H	AFA	W 44-35	4	14	3.5	0	0
Nov 18, 1989	H	UTAH	W 70-31	7	60	8.6	0	0
Nov 25, 1989	A	SDSU	W 48-27	8	29	3.6	1	0
Sep 1, 1990	A	UTEP	W 30-10	1	6	6.0	0	6
Sep 8, 1990	H	MIA	W 28-21	1	5	5.0	0	5
Sep 22, 1990	H	SDSU	W 62-34	1	1	1.0	1	1
Sep 29, 1990	A	ORE	L 16-32	1	-5	-5.0	0	0
Oct 13, 1990	H	CSU	W 52-9	1	-8	-8.0	0	0
Oct 27, 1990	H	UNM	W 55-31	1	3	3.0	0	3
Nov 3, 1990	A	AFA	W 54-7	1	1	1.0	0	1
Nov 17, 1990	A	UTAH	W 45-22	1	3	3.0	0	3

Receiving

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Sep 2, 1987	H	PITT	L 17-27	4	4	47	11.8	0	0
Sep 26, 1987	A	UNM	W 45-25	5	3	42	14.0	0	26
Oct 2, 1987	H	USU	W 45-24	2	2	24	12.0	0	19
Oct 10, 1987	H	WYO	L 27-29	7	6	49	8.2	0	12
Oct 24, 1987	A	HAW	W 16-14	3	3	12	4.0	0	8
Oct 31, 1987	H	AFA	W 24-13	4	4	39	9.8	0	14
Nov 7, 1987	H	SDSU	W 38-21	7	6	109	18.2	1	62
Nov 14, 1987	A	UTEP	W 37-24	3	3	16	5.3	0	7
Nov 21, 1987	H	UTAH	W 21-18	13	12	119	9.9	0	18
Dec 5, 1987	N	CSU	W 30-26	12	8	91	11.4	2	19
Dec 22, 1987	B	UVA	L 16-22	14	9	59	6.6	0	15
Sep 1, 1988	A	WYO	L 14-24	7	3	23	7.7	0	11
Sep 8, 1988	H	TEX	W 47-6	5	3	40	13.3	0	24
Sep 17, 1988	H	UTEP	W 31-27	18	12	175	14.6	0	45
Sep 30, 1988	H	USU	W 38-3	2	1	13	13.0	0	13
Oct 8, 1988	H	CSU	W 42-7	8	5	56	11.2	0	39
Oct 15, 1988	H	TCU	W 31-18	14	9	202	22.4	1	77
Oct 29, 1988	H	UNM	W 65-0	4	3	33	11.0	1	22
Nov 5, 1988	A	SDSU	L 15-27	9	7	88	12.6	0	24
Nov 12, 1988	A	AFA	W 49-31	3	1	17	17.0	0	17
Nov 19, 1988	A	UTAH	L 28-57	4	3	61	20.3	1	41
Dec 3, 1988	A	MIA	L 17-41	6	4	78	19.5	1	29
Dec 29, 1988	B	COLO	W 20-17	4	4	41	10.3	0	22
Sep 2, 1989	A	UNM	W 24-3	3	3	36	12.0	0	19
Sep 7, 1989	H	WSU	L 41-46	15	10	140	14.0	3	42
Sep 16, 1989	A	NAVY	W 31-10	5	4	73	18.3	2	22
Sep 30, 1989	A	USU	W 37-10	3	3	56	18.7	0	0
Oct 7, 1989	H	WYO	W 36-20	4	3	28	9.3	0	14
Oct 14, 1989	A	CSU	W 45-16	7	2	50	25.0	0	41
Oct 21, 1989	H	UTEP	W 49-24	3	3	59	19.7	0	27
Oct 28, 1989	A	HAW	L 14-56	7	6	140	23.3	0	61
Nov 4, 1989	H	ORE	W 45-41	7	4	68	17.0	0	23
Nov 18, 1989	H	UTAH	W 70-31	3	2	30	15.0	1	18
Nov 25, 1989	A	SDSU	W 48-27	6	3	20	6.7	0	10
Dec 29, 1989	B	PSU	L 39-50	12	10	124	12.4	0	51
Sep 1, 1990	A	UTEP	W 30-10	6	6	70	11.7	0	19
Sep 8, 1990	H	MIA	W 28-21	11	10	111	11.1	1	19
Sep 15, 1990	H	WSU	W 50-36	11	10	121	12.1	0	31
Sep 22, 1990	H	SDSU	W 62-34	12	9	119	13.2	0	37
Sep 29, 1990	A	ORE	L 16-32	6	5	41	8.2	0	14
Oct 13, 1990	H	CSU	W 52-9	6	4	35	8.8	0	15
Oct 27, 1990	H	UNM	W 55-31	5	5	18	3.6	0	7
Nov 3, 1990	A	AFA	W 54-7	5	3	10	3.3	0	4
Nov 10, 1990	A	WYO	W 45-14	4	3	21	7.0	0	10
Nov 17, 1990	A	UTAH	W 45-22	1	2	42	21.0	0	43
Dec 1, 1990	A	HAW	L 28-59	4	2	13	6.5	0	9
Dec 29, 1990	B	TAMU	L 14-65	2	1	19	19.0	0	19

Punt Returns

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	No	Yds	Avg
Sep 1, 1990	A	UTEP	W 30-10	2	9	4.5
Sep 8, 1990	H	MIA	W 28-21	2	0	0.0
Sep 15, 1990	H	WSU	W 50-36	3	16	5.3
Sep 22, 1990	H	SDSU	W 62-34	3	24	8.0
Sep 29, 1990	A	ORE	L 16-32	4	13	3.3
Oct 13, 1990	H	CSU	W 52-9	3	31	10.3
Oct 27, 1990	H	UNM	W 55-31	3	22	7.3
Nov 3, 1990	A	AFA	W 54-7	5	70	14.0
Nov 10, 1990	A	WYO	W 45-14	2	9	4.5
Nov 17, 1990	A	UTAH	W 45-22	1	1	1.0

Defense

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	Tkl
Dec 3, 1988	A	MIA	L 17-41	1

Participation

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS
Sep 2, 1987	H	PITT	L 17-27	0
Sep 26, 1987	A	UNM	W 45-25	0
Oct 2, 1987	H	USU	W 45-24	0
Oct 10, 1987	H	WYO	L 27-29	0
Oct 24, 1987	A	HAW	W 16-14	0
Oct 31, 1987	H	AFA	W 24-13	0
Nov 7, 1987	H	SDSU	W 38-21	0
Nov 14, 1987	A	UTEP	W 37-24	0
Nov 21, 1987	H	UTAH	W 21-18	0
Dec 5, 1987	N	CSU	W 30-26	0
Dec 22, 1987	B	UVA	L 16-22	0
Sep 1, 1988	A	WYO	L 14-24	0
Sep 8, 1988	H	TEX	W 47-6	0
Sep 17, 1988	H	UTEP	W 31-27	0
Sep 30, 1988	H	USU	W 38-3	0
Oct 8, 1988	H	CSU	W 42-7	0
Oct 15, 1988	H	TCU	W 31-18	0
Oct 22, 1988	A	HAW	W 24-23	0
Oct 29, 1988	H	UNM	W 65-0	0
Nov 5, 1988	A	SDSU	L 15-27	0
Nov 12, 1988	A	AFA	W 49-31	0
Nov 19, 1988	A	UTAH	L 28-57	0
Dec 3, 1988	A	MIA	L 17-41	0
Dec 29, 1988	B	COLO	W 20-17	0
Sep 2, 1989	A	UNM	W 24-3	0
Sep 7, 1989	H	WSU	L 41-46	0
Sep 16, 1989	A	NAVY	W 31-10	0
Sep 30, 1989	A	USU	W 37-10	0
Oct 7, 1989	H	WYO	W 36-20	0
Oct 14, 1989	A	CSU	W 45-16	0
Oct 21, 1989	H	UTEP	W 49-24	0
Oct 28, 1989	A	HAW	L 14-56	0
Nov 4, 1989	H	ORE	W 45-41	0
Nov 11, 1989	H	AFA	W 44-35	0
Nov 18, 1989	H	UTAH	W 70-31	0
Nov 25, 1989	A	SDSU	W 48-27	0
Dec 29, 1989	B	PSU	L 39-50	0
Sep 1, 1990	A	UTEP	W 30-10	0
Sep 8, 1990	H	MIA	W 28-21	0
Sep 15, 1990	H	WSU	W 50-36	0
Sep 22, 1990	H	SDSU	W 62-34	0
Sep 29, 1990	A	ORE	L 16-32	0
Oct 13, 1990	H	CSU	W 52-9	0
Oct 27, 1990	H	UNM	W 55-31	0
Nov 3, 1990	A	AFA	W 54-7	0
Nov 10, 1990	A	WYO	W 45-14	0
Nov 17, 1990	A	UTAH	W 45-22	0
Dec 1, 1990	A	HAW	L 28-59	0
Dec 29, 1990	B	TAMU	L 14-65	0

Date	Team	League	Transaction
Apr 28, 1991	New York Giants	NFL	Signed as UDFA but failed physical at camp

1991 - Signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent but failed his physical