Sam Cowart stats

Last played for the Minnesota Vikings, 2005

Linebacker

Age 51 · 6' 2"

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Sam Cowart played 8 NFL seasons, 1998 to 2005.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
100
TOT
703
SOLO
498
AST
205
SACK
12.5
INT
4
PD
23
FF
6

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.
1998BUF167153180.0232
1999BUF1612378451.0021
2000BUF1213088425.5261
2001BUF12020.0000
2002NYJ1612791362.0080
2003NYJ1514096442.0021
2004NYJ9252050.0001
2005MIN158572132.0020

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

Career Postseason

GP
5
TOT
22
SOLO
13
AST
9
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
100
TOT
7.0
SOLO
5.0
AST
2.1
SACK
0.1
INT
0.0
PD
0.2
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.
1998BUF164.43.31.10.00.10.20.1
1999BUF167.74.92.80.10.00.10.1
2000BUF1210.87.33.50.50.20.50.1
2001BUF12.00.020.00.00.00.0
2002NYJ167.95.72.30.10.00.50.0
2003NYJ159.36.42.90.10.00.10.1
2004NYJ92.82.20.60.00.00.00.1
2005MIN155.74.80.90.10.00.10.0

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

Bio

Age
51 yearsFeb 26, 1975
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1998
Birthplace
Jacksonville, FL
College
Florida State

Latest performance

Sam Cowart

Jan 01 · vs CHI · W 34-10

TOT
5
SOLO
5
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Jan 01vsCHIW 34-105500
Sun, Dec 25atBALL 30-235510
Sun, Dec 18vsPITL 18-39700
Sun, Dec 11vsLARW 27-136500
Sun, Dec 04atDETW 21-165400
Sun, Nov 27vsCLEW 24-126600

What were Sam Cowart's career stats?

Sam Cowart played 8 seasons for the Bills, the Jets and the Vikings. He recorded 703 tackles, 12.5 sacks and 4 interceptions. His best season was 2003: 140 tackles and 2.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

8 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1998 to 2005

Sam Cowart finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

All-time career rank

  • 201st in tackles (703)

Among the 9,791 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.

More on Sam Cowart

Playoff games

Sam Cowart played 6 games across 4 NFL postseasons — 2 won, 4 lost.

Sam Cowart'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.
2004LACW 20-17 OT00.00
2004PITL 20-17 OT20.00
2002INDW 41-020.00
2002LVL 30-1040.00
1999TENL 22-16110.00
1998MIAL 24-1730.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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