Lynn Cain
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Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||
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| Born | October 16, 1955 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Theodore Roosevelt (CA) | ||||||||
| College | USC | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1979: 4th round, 100th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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Lynn Dwight Cain (born October 16, 1955) is an American football coach and former running back in the National Football League (NFL).
After winning All Eastern League Defensive Back with the Roosevelt Roughriders in High School, Cain went to East Los Angeles College who'd just finished with a 1–9 season record. Cain finished with ELAC celebrating their first California Community College State 1974 Championship season with a 9–1 record, named the California Community College Player of the Year, Southern Conference MVP and the D1 most sought after Junior College Player with Conference Rushing Record of 1666 yards / 19 TD's.
Cain played college football at the University of Southern California after transferring from East Los Angeles College.
Lynn Cain was starting fullback for 1978 USC Trojans, who won the National Title that year. Sharing the backfield with Lynn was Heisman Trophy winner Charles White.
Professional career
Cain played for the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons from 1979 to 1984 and for the Los Angeles Rams in 1985. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1979 NFL draft. He managed to have his best year in the NFL in his second season, 1980, rushing for over 900 yards and 8 touchdowns. Lynn wore #21 for the Falcons, and took the Falcons to the 1980 NFC Divisional Playoff Game (The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Dallas Cowboys 20–7 in the NFC Championship), along with William Andrews and Steve Bartkowski.
NFL career statistics
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1979 | ATL | 10 | 2 | 63 | 295 | 4.7 | 35 | 2 | 15 | 181 | 12.1 | 28 | 2 |
| 1980 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 235 | 914 | 3.9 | 37 | 8 | 24 | 223 | 9.3 | 30 | 1 |
| 1981 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 156 | 542 | 3.5 | 35 | 4 | 55 | 421 | 7.7 | 28 | 2 |
| 1982 | ATL | 9 | 9 | 54 | 173 | 3.2 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 101 | 7.8 | 17 | 1 |
| 1983 | ATL | 16 | 0 | 19 | 63 | 3.3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | ATL | 15 | 2 | 77 | 276 | 3.6 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 87 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | RAM | 7 | 1 | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 |
| 89 | 46 | 615 | 2,309 | 3.8 | 37 | 19 | 127 | 1,061 | 8.4 | 30 | 6 | ||
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1980 | ATL | 1 | 1 | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | ATL | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 14 | 0 | ||