Cornelius Bennett stats

Last played for the Indianapolis Colts, 2000

Linebacker · #97

Age 61 · 6' 3"

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Cornelius Bennett played 14 NFL seasons, 1987 to 2000.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
206
TOT
662
SOLO
502
AST
160
SACK
71.5
INT
7
PD
57
FF
13

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
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.
1987BUF80008.5000
1988BUF160009.5200
1989BUF120005.5200
1990BUF160004.0000
1991BUF160009.0000
1992BUF150004.0000
1993BUF169072185.01162
1994BUF167758195.0061
1995BUF1410380232.01101
1996ATL13595183.0182
1997ATL168966237.0032
1998ATL169269231.0050
1999IND1610269335.0055
2000IND165037133.0040

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career Postseason

GP
15
TOT
63
SOLO
42
AST
21
SACK
1.5
INT
0
PD
5
FF
1

Per game

Career regular season

GP
206
TOT
3.2
SOLO
2.4
AST
0.8
SACK
0.3
INT
0.0
PD
0.3
FF
0.1

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
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.
1987BUF80.00.001.10.00.00.0
1988BUF160.00.000.60.10.00.0
1989BUF120.00.000.50.20.00.0
1990BUF160.00.000.30.00.00.0
1991BUF160.00.000.60.00.00.0
1992BUF150.00.000.30.00.00.0
1993BUF165.64.51.10.30.11.00.1
1994BUF164.83.61.20.30.00.40.1
1995BUF147.45.71.60.10.10.70.1
1996ATL134.53.90.60.20.10.60.2
1997ATL165.64.11.40.40.00.20.1
1998ATL165.84.31.40.10.00.30.0
1999IND166.44.32.10.30.00.30.3
2000IND163.12.30.80.20.00.30.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Bio

Age
61 yearsAug 25, 1965
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1987
Birthplace
Birmingham, AL
College
Alabama

Latest performance

Cornelius Bennett

Dec 30 · @ MIA · L 23-17 OT

TOT
5
SOLO
3
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sat, Dec 30atMIAL 23-17 OT5300
Sun, Dec 24vsMINW 31-102000
Sun, Dec 17atMIAW 20-133300
Mon, Dec 11vsBUFW 44-204420
Sun, Dec 03atNYJL 27-173200
Sun, Nov 26vsMIAL 17-147500

What were Cornelius Bennett's career stats?

Cornelius Bennett played 14 seasons for the Bills, the Falcons and the Colts. He recorded 662 tackles, 71.5 sacks and 7 interceptions. His best season was 1995: 103 tackles and 2.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1987 to 2000

All-time career rank

  • 120th in sacks (71.5)
  • 244th in tackles (662)

Among the 9,825 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

More on Cornelius Bennett

Playoff games

Cornelius Bennett played 7 games across 4 NFL postseasons — 3 won, 4 lost.

Cornelius Bennett's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.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.
2000MIAL 23-17 OT50.00
1999TENL 19-1600.00
1998SFW 20-1870.00
1998MINW 30-27 OT50.00
1998DENL 34-1940.00
1995MIAW 37-22100.00
1995PITL 40-21100.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.