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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 392 points (24.5/g), 8th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 338 points (21.1/g), 17th.
Differential of 54 points (3.4/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 9.4-6.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.6/g), 5th.
Coached by Tom Coughlin (11-5-0)
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1998 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 6 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Chicago Bears | 24 | 23 | 21 | 367 | 207 | 160 | 3 | 16 | 321 | 189 | 132 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 13 | box | W | 2-0 | Kansas City Chiefs | 21 | 16 | 19 | 256 | 111 | 145 | 23 | 364 | 253 | 111 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 20 | box | W | 3-0 | Baltimore Ravens | 24 | 10 | 21 | 519 | 365 | 154 | 1 | 11 | 313 | 232 | 81 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 27 | box | W | 4-0 | @ | Tennessee Oilers | 27 | 22 | 19 | 297 | 149 | 148 | 3 | 15 | 219 | 179 | 40 | 3 |
| 5 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mon | October 12 | box | W | 5-0 | Miami Dolphins | 28 | 21 | 12 | 385 | 199 | 186 | 1 | 25 | 374 | 307 | 67 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 18 | box | L | 5-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 17 | 16 | 238 | 104 | 134 | 22 | 337 | 227 | 110 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 25 | box | L | 5-2 | @ | Denver Broncos | 24 | 37 | 24 | 348 | 282 | 66 | 1 | 24 | 465 | 295 | 170 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 1 | box | W | 6-2 | @ | Baltimore Ravens | 45 | 19 | 20 | 364 | 253 | 111 | 1 | 22 | 357 | 231 | 126 | 5 |
| 10 | Sun | November 8 | box | W | 7-2 | Cincinnati Bengals | 24 | 11 | 14 | 272 | 135 | 137 | 1 | 19 | 318 | 200 | 118 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 15 | box | W | 8-2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 29 | 24 | 18 | 374 | 230 | 144 | 13 | 343 | 186 | 157 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 22 | box | L | 8-3 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 30 | 17 | 301 | 204 | 97 | 4 | 18 | 329 | 208 | 121 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 29 | box | W | 9-3 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 34 | 17 | 16 | 322 | 243 | 79 | 20 | 355 | 224 | 131 | 4 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 6 | box | W | 10-3 | Detroit Lions | 37 | 22 | 24 | 426 | 221 | 205 | 16 | 332 | 212 | 120 | |||
| 15 | Sun | December 13 | box | L | 10-4 | Tennessee Oilers | 13 | 16 | 15 | 241 | 172 | 69 | 1 | 20 | 354 | 223 | 131 | 2 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 20 | box | L | 10-5 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 50 | 15 | 207 | 69 | 138 | 4 | 25 | 417 | 237 | 180 | |
| 17 | Mon | December 28 | box | W | 11-5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 3 | 16 | 297 | 168 | 129 | 20 | 361 | 156 | 205 | 3 | ||
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | January 3 | box | W | 12-5 | New England Patriots | 25 | 10 | 17 | 308 | 148 | 160 | 14 | 206 | 171 | 35 | 3 | ||
| Division | Sun | January 10 | box | L | 12-6 | @ | New York Jets | 24 | 34 | 14 | 251 | 156 | 95 | 4 | 29 | 429 | 278 | 151 | 3 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 392 | 5214 | 989 | 5.3 | 287 | 269 | 463 | 3112 | 24 | 12 | 6.2 | 153 | 487 | 2102 | 19 | 4.3 | 111 | 20 | 8 | 23 |
| Team Defense | 338 | 5559 | 1057 | 5.3 | 309 | 325 | 577 | 3559 | 23 | 13 | 5.9 | 178 | 450 | 2000 | 9 | 4.4 | 108 | 30 | 17 | 23 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 8 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 17 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 5 | ||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Mark Brunell | 28 | QB | 13 | 13 | 10-3-0 | 208 | 354 | 58.8 | 2601 | 20 | 5.6 | 9 | 2.5 | 78 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 12.5 | 200.1 | 89.9 | 28 | 172 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 7.3 |
| 12 | Jonathan Quinn | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1-1-0 | 34 | 64 | 53.1 | 387 | 2 | 3.1 | 3 | 4.7 | 64 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 11.4 | 96.8 | 62.4 | 9 | 49 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 12.3 | |
| 10 | Jamie Martin | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 27 | 45 | 60.0 | 355 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 67 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 13.1 | 88.8 | 99.8 | 2 | 10 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 4.3 | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 11-5-0 | 269 | 463 | 58.1 | 3343 | 24 | 5.2 | 12 | 2.6 | 78 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 12.4 | 208.9 | 87.1 | 39 | 231 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.8 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 325 | 577 | 56.3 | 3768 | 23 | 4.0 | 13 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 11.6 | 235.5 | 80.1 | 30 | 209 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 28 | Fred Taylor | 22 | RB | 15 | 12 | 264 | 1223 | 14 | 77 | 4.6 | 81.5 | 17.6 | 44 | 421 | 9.6 | 3 | 78 | 2.9 | 28.1 | 1644 | 17 | 3 |
| 33 | James Stewart | 27 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 217 | 2 | 44 | 4.1 | 72.3 | 17.7 | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 1 | 19 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 259 | 3 | 2 | |
| 8 | Mark Brunell | 28 | QB | 13 | 13 | 49 | 192 | 0 | 18 | 3.9 | 14.8 | 3.8 | 192 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 43 | George Jones | 25 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 121 | 0 | 21 | 3.1 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 130 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Daimon Shelton | 26 | FB | 14 | 8 | 30 | 95 | 1 | 16 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 2.1 | 10 | 79 | 7.9 | 0 | 19 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 174 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Tavian Banks | 24 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 140 | 1 | 51 | 5.4 | 23.3 | 4.3 | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 160 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Jonathan Quinn | 23 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 77 | 1 | 17 | 7.0 | 19.3 | 2.8 | 77 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 24 | Chris Howard | 23 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Jamie Martin | 28 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 86 | Alvis Whitted | 24 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | 55 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 74 | 0 | 0 | |
| 82 | Jimmy Smith* | 29 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 78 | 1182 | 15.2 | 8 | 72 | 4.9 | 73.9 | 1182 | 8 | 2 | |
| 87 | Keenan McCardell | 28 | WR | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 64 | 892 | 13.9 | 6 | 67 | 4.3 | 59.5 | 892 | 6 | 0 | |
| 83 | Pete Mitchell | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38 | 363 | 9.6 | 2 | 38 | 2.4 | 22.7 | 363 | 2 | 0 | |
| 84 | Reggie Barlow | 25 | RET | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 168 | 15.3 | 0 | 31 | 0.7 | 10.5 | 168 | 0 | 1 | |
| 88 | Damon Jones | 24 | te | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 4 | 31 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 90 | 4 | 1 | |
| 34 | Zack Crockett | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 81 | Will Moore | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 487 | 2102 | 19 | 77 | 4.3 | 131.4 | 30.4 | 269 | 3343 | 12.4 | 24 | 78 | 16.8 | 208.9 | 5445 | 43 | 18 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 450 | 2000 | 9 | 4.4 | 125.0 | 28.1 | 325 | 3559 | 11.0 | 23 | 20.3 | 222.4 | 5559 | 32 | 25 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 84 | Reggie Barlow | 25 | RET | 16 | 2 | 43 | 555 | 1 | 85 | 12.9 | 30 | 747 | 0 | 91 | 24.9 | 1470 |
| 32 | Mike Logan | 24 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 13.0 | 18 | 414 | 0 | 53 | 23.0 | 440 | |
| 22 | Tavian Banks | 24 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 133 | 0 | 65 | 26.6 | 293 | ||||||
| 88 | Damon Jones | 24 | te | 16 | 7 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | 89 | |||||
| 83 | Pete Mitchell | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 13.5 | 390 | |||||
| 78 | Todd Fordham | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 43 | George Jones | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 151 | ||||||
| 87 | Keenan McCardell | 28 | WR | 15 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 907 | |||||
| 89 | Troy Sadowski | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 45 | 581 | 1 | 85 | 12.9 | 61 | 1366 | 0 | 91 | 22.4 | 7392 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 40 | 0 | 76 | 1858 | 1 | 24.4 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 4 | Bryan Barker | 34 | P | 16 | 0 | 85 | 3824 | 65 | 0 | 45.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mike Hollis | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 21 | 80.8% | 45 | 45 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 21 | 80.8% | 45 | 45 | 100.0% | 85 | 3824 | 65 | 0 | 45.0 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 35 | 30 | 85.7% | 30 | 30 | 100.0% | 78 | 3393 | 43.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 51 | Kevin Hardy | 25 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 1.5 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 25 | ||
| 20 | Donovin Darius | 23 | SS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 1 | 58 | 16 | |||||||
| 95 | Bryce Paup | 30 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 6.5 | 55 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Aaron Beasley | 25 | LCB | 16 | 15 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 1 | 58 | 9 | |||
| 41 | Dave Thomas | 30 | RCB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 6 | |||
| 58 | Bryan Schwartz | 27 | MLB | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 14 | |||||||
| 45 | Travis Davis | 25 | fs | 16 | 5 | 0.5 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 12 | ||
| 99 | Joel Smeenge | 30 | LDE | 16 | 14 | 7.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 | ||||||
| 90 | Tony Brackens | 24 | rde | 12 | 8 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 12 | ||||||
| 27 | Deon Figures | 28 | rcb | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||||||||
| 94 | Kelvin Pritchett | 29 | LDT | 15 | 9 | 3.0 | 25 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 97 | Renaldo Wynn | 24 | RDE/rdt | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | ||||||
| 93 | Jose White | 25 | 15 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | |||||||
| 64 | John Jurkovic | 31 | RDT/ldt | 16 | 16 | 0.5 | 20 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 55 | Tom McManus | 28 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | ||||||||
| 96 | Fernando Smith | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | |||||||
| 32 | Mike Logan | 24 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | ||||||||
| 52 | Brant Boyer | 27 | 11 | 0 | 1.0 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 91 | Seth Payne | 23 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 53 | Eddie Mason | 26 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 75 | Eric Curry | 28 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 29 | Tawambi Settles | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Mark Brunell | 28 | QB | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 54 | James Hamilton | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 37 | Chris Hudson | 27 | FS | 13 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 82 | Jimmy Smith* | 29 | WR | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Fred Taylor | 22 | RB | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Tavian Banks | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Jonathan Quinn | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 84 | Reggie Barlow | 25 | RET | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 33 | James Stewart | 27 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 98 | Jabbar Threats | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 71 | Tony Boselli*+ | 26 | LT | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Kevin Devine | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 78 | Todd Fordham | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 88 | Damon Jones | 24 | te | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Blaine McElmurry | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 83 | Pete Mitchell | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Cordell Taylor | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 30.0 | 13 | 119 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 212 | 2 | 652 | 184 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 39 | 25 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Hollis | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 45 | 21 | 108 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Fred Taylor | 22 | RB | 15 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 102 | |||||||||
| 82 | Jimmy Smith* | 29 | WR | 16 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Keenan McCardell | 28 | WR | 15 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 38 | |||||||||
| 88 | Damon Jones | 24 | te | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 33 | James Stewart | 27 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Pete Mitchell | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Tavian Banks | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 84 | Reggie Barlow | 25 | RET | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Aaron Beasley | 25 | LCB | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Donovin Darius | 23 | SS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Jonathan Quinn | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 31 | Daimon Shelton | 26 | FB | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 86 | Alvis Whitted | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 45 | 21 | 392 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 338 |