Roman Phifer stats

Last played for the New England Patriots, 2004

Linebacker

Age 58 · 6' 2"

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Roman Phifer played 14 NFL seasons, 1991 to 2004.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
211
TOT
1,025
SOLO
785
AST
240
SACK
29.0
INT
11
PD
60
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.
1991LAR120002.0000
1992LAR160000.0100
1993LAR16116104120.0070
1994LAR169679171.5271
1995LAR1611486283.03121
1996LAR15124104201.5050
1997LAR167557182.0060
1998LAR137158136.5131
1999NYJ164833154.5253
2000NYJ164431134.0011
2001NE169170212.0152
2002NE1410767400.5022
2003NE169966330.0052
2004NE134030101.5120

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

Career Postseason

GP
9
TOT
42
SOLO
30
AST
12
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
211
TOT
4.9
SOLO
3.7
AST
1.1
SACK
0.1
INT
0.1
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.
1991LAR120.00.000.20.00.00.0
1992LAR160.00.000.00.10.00.0
1993LAR167.36.50.80.00.00.40.0
1994LAR166.04.91.10.10.10.40.1
1995LAR167.15.41.80.20.20.80.1
1996LAR158.36.91.30.10.00.30.0
1997LAR164.73.61.10.10.00.40.0
1998LAR135.54.510.50.10.20.1
1999NYJ163.02.10.90.30.10.30.2
2000NYJ162.81.90.80.30.00.10.1
2001NE165.74.41.30.10.10.30.1
2002NE147.64.82.90.00.00.10.1
2003NE166.24.12.10.00.00.30.1
2004NE133.12.30.80.10.10.20.0

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

Bio

Age
58 yearsMar 5, 1968
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1991
Birthplace
Plattsburgh, NY
College
UCLA

Latest performance

Roman Phifer

Feb 06 · @ PHI · W 24-21

TOT
3
SOLO
3
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Feb 06atPHIW 24-213300
Sun, Jan 23atPITW 41-270000
Sun, Jan 16vsINDW 20-33300
Sun, Jan 02vsSFW 21-74300
Sun, Dec 26atNYJW 23-71100
Mon, Dec 20atMIAL 29-28640.50

What were Roman Phifer's career stats?

Roman Phifer played 14 seasons for the Rams, the Jets and the Patriots. He recorded 1,025 tackles, 29 sacks and 11 interceptions. His best season was 1996: 124 tackles and 1.5 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1991 to 2004

Roman Phifer finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

Championships ×3

All-time career rank

  • 53rd in tackles (1,025)

Among the 9,780 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

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Playoff games

Roman Phifer played 9 games across 3 NFL postseasons — 9 won, 0 lost.

Roman Phifer'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.
2004INDW 20-330.00
2004PITW 41-2700.00
2004PHIW 24-2130.00
2003TENW 17-1430.00
2003INDW 24-1490.50
2003CARW 32-2950.00
2001LVW 16-13 OT80.00
2001PITW 24-1760.00
2001LARW 20-1750.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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