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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 319 points (19.9/g), 17th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 421 points (26.3/g), 28th.
Differential of -102 points (-6.4/g), 27th.
Expected W-L: 5.5-10.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 24th.
Coached by Norv Turner (6-10-0)
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1998 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 6 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | New York Giants | 24 | 31 | 21 | 331 | 258 | 73 | 3 | 15 | 235 | 153 | 82 | 1 |
| 2 | Mon | September 14 | box | L | 0-2 | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 45 | 17 | 322 | 182 | 140 | 3 | 28 | 504 | 294 | 210 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 20 | box | L | 0-3 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 14 | 24 | 27 | 465 | 369 | 96 | 3 | 16 | 299 | 136 | 163 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 27 | box | L | 0-4 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 38 | 18 | 387 | 235 | 152 | 3 | 18 | 365 | 180 | 185 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 4 | box | L | 0-5 | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 31 | 14 | 256 | 164 | 92 | 1 | 21 | 387 | 163 | 224 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 11 | box | L | 0-6 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 12 | 17 | 17 | 278 | 150 | 128 | 3 | 14 | 198 | 83 | 115 | 1 |
| 7 | Sun | October 18 | box | L | 0-7 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 41 | 9 | 177 | 95 | 82 | 1 | 25 | 435 | 288 | 147 | 1 |
| 8 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sun | November 1 | box | W | 1-7 | New York Giants | 21 | 14 | 21 | 320 | 196 | 124 | 10 | 229 | 143 | 86 | |||
| 10 | Sun | November 8 | box | L | 1-8 | @ | Arizona Cardinals | 27 | 29 | 18 | 256 | 167 | 89 | 2 | 23 | 351 | 164 | 187 | 1 |
| 11 | Sun | November 15 | box | W | 2-8 | Philadelphia Eagles | 28 | 3 | 16 | 289 | 138 | 151 | 1 | 9 | 215 | 110 | 105 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 22 | box | L | 2-9 | Arizona Cardinals | 42 | 45 | 31 | 421 | 353 | 68 | 2 | 25 | 436 | 248 | 188 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 29 | box | W | 3-9 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 29 | 19 | 17 | 303 | 209 | 94 | 1 | 23 | 376 | 189 | 187 | 4 |
| 14 | Sun | December 6 | box | W | 4-9 | San Diego Chargers | 24 | 20 | 17 | 278 | 212 | 66 | 2 | 21 | 344 | 217 | 127 | 2 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 13 | box | W | 5-9 | @ | Carolina Panthers | 28 | 25 | 27 | 409 | 249 | 160 | 16 | 365 | 241 | 124 | 3 | |
| 16 | Sat | December 19 | box | W | 6-9 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 20 | 16 | 11 | 226 | 136 | 90 | 2 | 17 | 237 | 87 | 150 | 3 | |
| 17 | Sun | December 27 | box | L | 6-10 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 23 | 14 | 292 | 212 | 80 | 2 | 22 | 378 | 222 | 156 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 319 | 5010 | 1027 | 4.9 | 295 | 304 | 565 | 3325 | 24 | 14 | 5.3 | 186 | 401 | 1685 | 15 | 4.2 | 84 | 29 | 15 | 25 |
| Team Defense | 421 | 5354 | 1057 | 5.1 | 479 | 281 | 493 | 2918 | 21 | 13 | 5.5 | 152 | 531 | 2436 | 24 | 4.6 | 303 | 21 | 8 | 24 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 17 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 21 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 28 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 21 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Green | 28 | QB | 15 | 14 | 6-8-0 | 278 | 509 | 54.6 | 3441 | 23 | 4.5 | 11 | 2.2 | 75 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 12.4 | 229.4 | 81.8 | 49 | 338 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 8.8 |
| Gus Frerotte | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0-2-0 | 25 | 54 | 46.3 | 283 | 1 | 1.9 | 3 | 5.6 | 22 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 11.3 | 94.3 | 45.5 | 12 | 61 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 18.2 | |
| Brian Mitchell | 30 | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 56.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 6-10-0 | 304 | 565 | 53.8 | 3724 | 24 | 4.2 | 14 | 2.5 | 75 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 12.3 | 232.8 | 78.2 | 61 | 399 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 9.7 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 281 | 493 | 57.0 | 2918 | 21 | 4.3 | 13 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 10.4 | 182.4 | 77.5 | 33 | 194 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Terry Allen | 30 | RB | 10 | 10 | 148 | 700 | 2 | 45 | 4.7 | 70.0 | 14.8 | 17 | 128 | 7.5 | 0 | 17 | 1.7 | 12.8 | 828 | 2 | 4 |
| Skip Hicks | 24 | rb | 9 | 5 | 122 | 433 | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 48.1 | 13.6 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 9 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 456 | 8 | 0 |
| Trent Green | 28 | QB | 15 | 14 | 42 | 117 | 2 | 13 | 2.8 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | -0.5 | 109 | 2 | 14 |
| Brian Mitchell | 30 | RET | 16 | 0 | 39 | 208 | 2 | 22 | 5.3 | 13.0 | 2.4 | 44 | 306 | 7.0 | 0 | 24 | 2.8 | 19.1 | 514 | 2 | 3 |
| Stephen Davis | 24 | FB | 16 | 12 | 34 | 109 | 0 | 12 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 2.1 | 21 | 263 | 12.5 | 2 | 30 | 1.3 | 16.4 | 372 | 2 | 0 |
| Leslie Shepherd | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 6 | 91 | 1 | 29 | 15.2 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 43 | 712 | 16.6 | 8 | 43 | 2.7 | 44.5 | 803 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Bowie | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 1 | 17 | 1.4 | 10.6 | 61 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gus Frerotte | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Matt Turk* | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | -12 | 0 | 0 | -6.0 | -0.8 | 0.1 | -12 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Michael Westbrook | 26 | WR | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 44 | 736 | 16.7 | 6 | 75 | 4.0 | 66.9 | 747 | 6 | 0 |
| Stephen Alexander | 23 | te | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37 | 383 | 10.4 | 4 | 33 | 2.5 | 25.5 | 383 | 4 | 2 | |
| Jamie Asher | 26 | TE | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 294 | 10.5 | 0 | 28 | 3.1 | 32.7 | 294 | 0 | 0 | |
| Albert Connell | 24 | wr | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 451 | 16.1 | 2 | 61 | 2.0 | 32.2 | 451 | 2 | 0 | |
| Chris Thomas | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 173 | 12.4 | 0 | 25 | 1.0 | 12.4 | 173 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Thrash | 23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 163 | 16.3 | 1 | 28 | 1.0 | 16.3 | 163 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sellers | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Ellard | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 19 | 1.0 | 14.5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 401 | 1685 | 15 | 45 | 4.2 | 105.3 | 25.1 | 304 | 3724 | 12.3 | 24 | 75 | 19.0 | 232.8 | 5409 | 39 | 27 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 531 | 2436 | 24 | 4.6 | 152.3 | 33.2 | 281 | 2918 | 10.4 | 21 | 17.6 | 182.4 | 5354 | 45 | 17 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Brian Mitchell | 30 | RET | 16 | 0 | 44 | 506 | 0 | 47 | 11.5 | 59 | 1337 | 1 | 101 | 22.7 | 2357 |
| James Thrash | 23 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 129 | 0 | 39 | 21.5 | 292 | ||||||
| Mike Sellers | 23 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 16.5 | 51 | ||||||
| Jamie Asher | 26 | TE | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 302 | |||||
| Chester Burnett | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | ||||||
| James Jenkins | 31 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 44 | 506 | 0 | 47 | 11.5 | 70 | 1512 | 1 | 101 | 21.6 | 7427 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 32 | 0 | 61 | 1569 | 2 | 25.7 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Matt Turk* | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 93 | 4103 | 69 | 1 | 44.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cary Blanchard | 30 | K | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 64.7% | 31 | 30 | 96.8% | 3 | 113 | 43 | 0 | 37.7 | ||
| Scott Blanton | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||
| David Akers | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 56.5% | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | 96 | 4216 | 69 | 1 | 43.9 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 28 | 23 | 82.1% | 46 | 46 | 100.0% | 92 | 3965 | 43.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Trent Green | 28 | QB | 15 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Wilkinson | 25 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 7.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7 | ||
| Kenard Lang | 23 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 8 | ||||||
| Terry Allen | 30 | RB | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leomont Evans | 24 | SS | 16 | 13 | 1.0 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 54 | 63 | 13 | |||||||
| Jamal Duff | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | |||||||
| Darrell Green | 38 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 64 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ken Harvey | 33 | LLB | 11 | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11 | ||||||
| N.D. Kalu | 23 | 13 | 1 | 3.0 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Brian Mitchell | 30 | RET | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Marvcus Patton | 31 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 115 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Stephen Alexander | 23 | te | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Marc Boutte | 29 | 13 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Jesse Campbell | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||||
| Cris Dishman | 33 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6 | |||
| Greg Jones | 24 | llb | 16 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 2 | |||||||
| Shar Pourdanesh | 28 | RT | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Richard | 31 | FS | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 16 | |||
| Darryl Pounds | 26 | 16 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 5 | |||||||
| Derek Smith | 23 | RLB | 16 | 15 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 25 | ||||||
| Dana Stubblefield | 28 | rdt | 7 | 7 | 1.5 | 26 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jamie Asher | 26 | TE | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Barber | 23 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 15 | ||||
| Greg Evans | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| James Jenkins | 31 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kelvin Kinney | 26 | RDE | 14 | 12 | 1.0 | 18 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Cory Raymer | 25 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Sellers | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Chris Thomas | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dan Turk | 36 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Matt Turk* | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 33.0 | 13 | 190 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 27 | 17 | -8 | 0 | 797 | 177 | 1 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 61 | 17 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cary Blanchard | 30 | K | 13 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 63 | |||||||||
| Leslie Shepherd | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 56 | ||||||||
| Skip Hicks | 24 | rb | 9 | 5 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Michael Westbrook | 26 | WR | 11 | 10 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Stephen Alexander | 23 | te | 15 | 5 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Brian Mitchell | 30 | RET | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Terry Allen | 30 | RB | 10 | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Albert Connell | 24 | wr | 14 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Stephen Davis | 24 | FB | 16 | 12 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Trent Green | 28 | QB | 15 | 14 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Scott Blanton | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Larry Bowie | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| James Thrash | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| David Akers | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Marc Boutte | 29 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 319 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 23 | 1 | 421 |