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Eric Ball

Retired

Las Vegas Raiders · RB

Eric Ball recorded 97 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 7 rostered seasons with Oakland Raiders, Cincinnati Bengals.

▶Best highlights

6.0

rush yds/gm

2.2

rec yds/gm

2

playoff games

97

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Eric Ball's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1989
TENNESSEETITANS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 17, 1989

Tennessee Titans vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 17, 1989

86 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Regular Season
1989
CINCINNATIBENGALS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
OCT 1, 1989

Cincinnati Bengals vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Oct 1, 1989

71 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 1 rec

Wild Card
1990
TENNESSEETITANS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
JAN 6, 1991

Tennessee Titans vs Cincinnati Bengals

Wild Card · Jan 6, 1991

33 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Regular Season
1992
CINCINNATIBENGALS
CHICAGOBEARS
NOV 8, 1992

Cincinnati Bengals vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Nov 8, 1992

4 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec

Regular Season
1990
CLEVELANDBROWNS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 30, 1990

Cleveland Browns vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 30, 1990

0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 1 rec

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Eric Ball's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 86 rushing yards

Regular Season
1989
TENNESSEETITANS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 17, 1989

Tennessee Titans vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 17, 1989

86 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Career high: 1 rushing touchdown

Regular Season
1993
OAKLANDRAIDERS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
NOV 28, 1993

Oakland Raiders vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Nov 28, 1993

19 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Career high: 48 receiving yards

Regular Season
1990
CLEVELANDBROWNS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 30, 1990

Cleveland Browns vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 30, 1990

0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 1 rec

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Eric Ball's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1980–1991

01
CINBALL—Eric Ball
CINANDERSON14Ken Anderson
CINESIASON7Boomer Esiason

Anderson and Esiason lead different Super Bowl teams

Cincinnati Bengals · Two AFC championships

Forrest Gregg's 1981 team and Sam Wyche's no-huddle 1988 team each reached the Super Bowl, both falling late to San Francisco.

Read the era story →

Franchise era

1992–2002

02
CINBALL—Eric Ball
CINDILLON28Corey Dillon
CINPICKENS81Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Franchise era

1988–2001

03
LVBALL—Eric Ball
LVBROWN81Tim Brown
LVGANNON12Rich Gannon

Old stars give way to Gruden's veteran contender

Las Vegas Raiders · Back to Oakland

The Raiders returned home, developed Brown and Woodson, and found a precise veteran offense under Jon Gruden.

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Career accomplishments

7 NFL seasons97 career games586 career rushing yards8 career rushing touchdowns22 career receptions216 career receiving yards3 career receiving touchdownsJersey: 02 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 10, 1989Most recent: Dec 24, 1995

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history