Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1981
- Draft
- 1981Rd 2, Pk 20
- College
- Villanova
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1981
- Draft
- 1981Rd 2, Pk 20
- College
- Villanova
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 163
- TOT
- 42
- SOLO
- 32
- AST
- 10
- SACK
- 84.0
- INT
- 2
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 |  LV | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | LV | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | LV | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | LV | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | LV | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | LV | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | LV | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | LV | 16 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 7
- TOT
- 5
- SOLO
- 5
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 4.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 163
- TOT
- 0.3
- SOLO
- 0.2
- AST
- 0.1
- SACK
- 0.5
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | LV | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | LV | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | LV | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | LV | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | LV | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | LV | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | LV | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | LV | 16 | 2.6 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Howie Long's career stats?
Howie Long played 12 seasons for the Raiders. He recorded 42 tackles, 84 sacks and 2 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 42 tackles and 6.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1982 to 1993
Championships
- 1983 Super Bowl with the Las Vegas Raiders
All-time career rank
- 70th in sacks (84.0)
Among the 9,233 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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