Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- College
- Tennessee
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- College
- Tennessee
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 196
- TOT
- 65
- SOLO
- 49
- AST
- 16
- SACK
- 18.0
- INT
- 14
- PD
- 10
- FF
- 1
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 |  DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | DAL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | DAL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | DAL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DAL | 16 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | DAL | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | DAL | 16 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | DAL | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | DAL | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 13
- TOT
- 18
- SOLO
- 12
- AST
- 6
- SACK
- 1.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 196
- TOT
- 0.3
- SOLO
- 0.3
- AST
- 0.1
- SACK
- 0.1
- INT
- 0.1
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | DAL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | DAL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | DAL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DAL | 16 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 1994 | DAL | 15 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1995 | DAL | 16 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | DAL | 14 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | DAL | 16 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Bill Bates's career stats?
Bill Bates played 13 seasons for the Cowboys. He recorded 65 tackles, 18 sacks and 14 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 21 tackles and 0.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1983 to 1997
Championships ×2
- 1993 Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys
- 1995 Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys
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