How many sacks did Clay Matthews have in 1996?
6.51996 Regular Season
Clay Matthews recorded 6.5 sacks in the 1996 regular season, 43rd in the NFL.
- 3rd-best of Clay Matthews' 18 seasons on file; the high is 12.0 in 1984.
- Up 6.5 from 0.0 in 1995.
- 18% of the Atlanta Falcons' sacks that regular season.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 |  CLE | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| 1979 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| 1980 | CLE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| 1981 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| 1983 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| 1984 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.0 |
| 1985 | CLE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| 1986 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| 1987 | CLE | 12 | 0 | 1 | 20.7 | 2.5 |
| 1988 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| 1989 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 4.0 |
| 1990 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| 1991 | CLE | 15 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 6.5 |
| 1992 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9.0 |
| 1993 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5.5 |
| 1994 |  ATL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 1995 | ATL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1996 | ATL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
What the columns mean: SACK