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Record: 3-13-0, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 229 points (14.3/g), 29th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 339 points (21.2/g), 20th.
Differential of -110 points (-6.9/g), 28th.
Expected W-L: 4.5-11.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -15 (-0.9/g), 28th.
Coached by Rick Venturi (1-7-0) and Jim Mora (2-6-0)
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1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 1 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 27 | 14 | 231 | 175 | 56 | 2 | 23 | 338 | 181 | 157 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 8 | box | L | 0-2 | Carolina Panthers | 20 | 22 | 14 | 338 | 244 | 94 | 2 | 15 | 225 | 142 | 83 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 15 | box | L | 0-3 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 15 | 30 | 15 | 314 | 287 | 27 | 4 | 24 | 319 | 218 | 101 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 22 | box | L | 0-4 | Arizona Cardinals | 14 | 28 | 15 | 218 | 142 | 76 | 3 | 20 | 432 | 165 | 267 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | September 29 | box | L | 0-5 | @ | Baltimore Ravens | 10 | 17 | 18 | 298 | 202 | 96 | 16 | 343 | 178 | 165 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 1-5 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 17 | 13 | 11 | 197 | 161 | 36 | 1 | 22 | 382 | 241 | 141 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | 2-5 | Chicago Bears | 27 | 24 | 23 | 423 | 218 | 205 | 4 | 18 | 327 | 222 | 105 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 20 | box | L | 2-6 | @ | Carolina Panthers | 7 | 19 | 10 | 174 | 103 | 71 | 2 | 21 | 314 | 155 | 159 | |
| 9 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Sun | November 3 | box | L | 2-7 | San Francisco 49ers | 17 | 24 | 18 | 293 | 229 | 64 | 3 | 17 | 306 | 115 | 191 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 10 | box | L | 2-8 | Houston Oilers | 14 | 31 | 14 | 227 | 154 | 73 | 2 | 20 | 309 | 161 | 148 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 17 | box | L | 2-9 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 17 | 15 | 270 | 235 | 35 | 3 | 18 | 293 | 219 | 74 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | November 24 | box | L | 2-10 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 13 | 14 | 242 | 184 | 58 | 4 | 15 | 381 | 251 | 130 | 2 |
| 14 | Sun | December 1 | box | L | 2-11 | St. Louis Rams | 10 | 26 | 14 | 228 | 142 | 86 | 1 | 15 | 312 | 220 | 92 | 2 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 8 | box | L | 2-12 | Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 31 | 14 | 251 | 168 | 83 | 2 | 19 | 304 | 182 | 122 | 3 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 3-12 | @ | New York Giants | 17 | 3 | 11 | 261 | 106 | 155 | 3 | 10 | 138 | 48 | 90 | 4 |
| 17 | Sat | December 21 | box | L | 3-13 | @ | St. Louis Rams | 13 | 14 | 12 | 241 | 148 | 93 | 1 | 14 | 187 | 136 | 51 | 3 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 229 | 4206 | 923 | 4.6 | 232 | 295 | 515 | 2898 | 13 | 17 | 5.4 | 135 | 386 | 1308 | 10 | 3.4 | 77 | 37 | 20 | 20 |
| Team Defense | 339 | 4910 | 1027 | 4.8 | 470 | 267 | 465 | 2834 | 22 | 12 | 5.6 | 152 | 521 | 2076 | 11 | 4.0 | 287 | 22 | 10 | 31 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 29 | 29 | 30 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 30 | 16 | 26 | 26 | 29 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 22 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Everett | 33 | QB | 15 | 15 | 267 | 464 | 57.5 | 2797 | 12 | 2.6 | 16 | 3.4 | 51 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 10.5 | 186.5 | 69.4 | 19 | 154 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Doug Nussmeier | 26 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 50 | 56.0 | 272 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 57 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 90.7 | 69.7 | 3 | 17 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.7 | |
| Earnest Hunter | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 295 | 515 | 57.3 | 3069 | 13 | 2.5 | 17 | 3.3 | 57 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 10.4 | 191.8 | 69.3 | 22 | 171 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 267 | 465 | 57.4 | 2834 | 22 | 4.7 | 12 | 2.6 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 10.6 | 177.1 | 80.3 | 41 | 283 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Mario Bates | 23 | RB | 14 | 10 | 164 | 584 | 4 | 33 | 3.6 | 41.7 | 11.7 | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 0 | 15 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 628 | 4 | 4 |
| Ray Zellars | 23 | fb | 9 | 6 | 120 | 475 | 4 | 63 | 4.0 | 52.8 | 13.3 | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | 12 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 520 | 4 | 2 |
| Jim Everett | 33 | QB | 15 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Lorenzo Neal | 26 | FB | 16 | 11 | 21 | 58 | 1 | 11 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 31 | 194 | 6.3 | 1 | 23 | 1.9 | 12.1 | 252 | 2 | 1 |
| Ricky Whittle | 25 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 52 | 0 | 15 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 26 | 162 | 6.2 | 0 | 28 | 2.6 | 16.2 | 214 | 0 | 1 | |
| Earnest Hunter | 26 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 0 | 9 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 2.3 | 17 | 138 | 8.1 | 0 | 22 | 2.8 | 23.0 | 182 | 0 | 2 | |
| Derek D. Brown | 25 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 | 18 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Torrance Small | 26 | WR | 16 | 13 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 22 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 50 | 558 | 11.2 | 2 | 41 | 3.1 | 34.9 | 609 | 3 | 1 |
| Doug Nussmeier | 26 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Mercury Hayes | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 0 | 50 | 0.6 | 14.4 | 108 | 0 | 1 | |
| Terry Guess | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | -1 | -2.0 | -1.3 | 0.7 | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 1 | 57 | 0.7 | 23.0 | 65 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lee DeRamus | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 1 | 28 | 1.0 | 12.1 | 184 | 1 | 0 | |
| Michael Haynes | 31 | WR | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44 | 786 | 17.9 | 4 | 51 | 2.8 | 49.1 | 786 | 4 | 1 | |
| Henry Lusk | 24 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27 | 210 | 7.8 | 0 | 24 | 1.7 | 13.1 | 210 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Haywood Jeffires | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 215 | 10.8 | 3 | 27 | 2.2 | 23.9 | 215 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Irv Smith | 25 | TE | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 144 | 9.6 | 0 | 37 | 2.1 | 20.6 | 144 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Green | 30 | te | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 91 | 13.0 | 0 | 23 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 91 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Johnson | 24 | te | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 1 | 17 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 76 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 386 | 1308 | 10 | 63 | 3.4 | 81.8 | 24.1 | 295 | 3069 | 10.4 | 13 | 57 | 18.4 | 191.8 | 4377 | 23 | 30 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 521 | 2076 | 11 | 4.0 | 129.8 | 32.6 | 267 | 2834 | 10.6 | 22 | 16.7 | 177.1 | 4910 | 33 | 25 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Tyrone Hughes | 26 | RET | 16 | 1 | 30 | 152 | 0 | 16 | 5.1 | 70 | 1791 | 0 | 58 | 25.6 | 1943 |
| Mercury Hayes | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 15.0 | 138 | ||||||
| Brady Smith | 23 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 7.0 | 14 | ||||||
| Derek D. Brown | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 94 | ||||||
| Terry Guess | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 72 | ||||||
| Earnest Hunter | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 202 | ||||||
| Henry Lusk | 24 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 226 | ||||||
| J.J. McCleskey | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 31 | 159 | 0 | 16 | 5.1 | 78 | 1899 | 0 | 58 | 24.3 | 6435 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 43 | 1 | 52 | 1155 | 0 | 22.2 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 87 | 3551 | 63 | 0 | 40.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Doug Brien | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 84.0% | 18 | 18 | 100.0% | |||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 84.0% | 18 | 18 | 100.0% | 87 | 3551 | 63 | 0 | 40.8 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 42 | 33 | 78.6% | 32 | 32 | 100.0% | 74 | 3182 | 43.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Wayne Martin | 31 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 11.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 15 | ||||||
| Jim Everett | 33 | QB | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | -9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 24 | RDE | 13 | 13 | 7.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 10 | ||||||
| Renaldo Turnbull | 30 | rde | 12 | 7 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||||||
| Anthony Newman | 31 | SS | 16 | 16 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 21 | |||
| Mario Bates | 23 | RB | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Jackson | 30 | FS | 16 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 20 | |||
| Alex Molden | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||
| Mark Fields | 24 | RLB | 16 | 15 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 85 | 22 | ||||||
| Earnest Hunter | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mark McMillian | 26 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 62 | 5 | |||
| Darren Mickell | 26 | LDE | 12 | 12 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | ||||||
| Lorenzo Neal | 26 | FB | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Winfred Tubbs | 26 | MLB | 16 | 13 | 1.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 28 | ||
| Willie Broughton | 32 | rdt | 14 | 5 | 2.0 | 16 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Richard Harvey | 30 | llb | 14 | 7 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | ||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | 26 | RET | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |||||||
| Doug Nussmeier | 26 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Brady Smith | 23 | 16 | 4 | 2.0 | 15 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Zellars | 23 | fb | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eric Allen | 31 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 48 | 3 | ||||||||
| Je'Rod Cherry | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
| Don Davis | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ernest Dixon | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mercury Hayes | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Michael Haynes | 31 | WR | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Haywood Jeffires | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Brian Jones | 28 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||
| Ed King | 27 | RG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Henry Lusk | 24 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Andy McCollum | 26 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Roaf* | 26 | LT | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Austin Robbins | 25 | RDT | 15 | 7 | 1.0 | 21 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Torrance Small | 26 | WR | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Stokes | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| Ricky Whittle | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 41.0 | 12 | 114 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 30 | 18 | 38 | 1 | 746 | 178 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 22 | 25 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Brien | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 81 | |||||||||
| Michael Haynes | 31 | WR | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||
| Mario Bates | 23 | RB | 14 | 10 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Ray Zellars | 23 | fb | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Haywood Jeffires | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Torrance Small | 26 | WR | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| Lorenzo Neal | 26 | FB | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Lee DeRamus | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Terry Guess | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Tony Johnson | 24 | te | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Brian Jones | 28 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 229 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 33 | 339 |