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Chip Banks

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Indianapolis Colts · LB

Chip Banks recorded 138 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Indianapolis Colts, San Diego Chargers, Cleveland Browns.

▶Best highlights

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tackles/gm

4

playoff games

10

indexed seasons

138

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Chip Banks's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1992
CLEVELANDBROWNS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
SEP 6, 1992

Cleveland Browns vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Sep 6, 1992

0 tackles · 4 sacks · 1 INT

Divisional Round
1986
NEW YORKJETS
CLEVELANDBROWNS
JAN 3, 1987

New York Jets vs Cleveland Browns

Divisional Round · Jan 3, 1987

0 tackles · 1.5 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1982
CLEVELANDBROWNS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
SEP 12, 1982

Cleveland Browns vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Sep 12, 1982

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1985
CLEVELANDBROWNS
TENNESSEETITANS
OCT 13, 1985

Cleveland Browns vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Oct 13, 1985

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1984
CLEVELANDBROWNS
ATLANTAFALCONS
NOV 18, 1984

Cleveland Browns vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Nov 18, 1984

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Chip Banks's indexed NFL box scores.

Career highs: 4 sacks · 1 interception

Regular Season
1992
CLEVELANDBROWNS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
SEP 6, 1992

Cleveland Browns vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Sep 6, 1992

0 tackles · 4 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Chip Banks's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1966–1984

01
CLEBANKS—Chip Banks
CLESIPE—Brian Sipe
CLENEWSOME—Ozzie Newsome

Sipe's late-game offense revives Cleveland

Cleveland Browns · From contention to the Kardiac Kids

The Browns remained competitive after Brown and later found a new identity in Sipe's dramatic 1980 MVP season.

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Franchise era

1985–1995

02
CLEBANKS—Chip Banks
CLEKOSAR19Bernie Kosar
CLEMATTHEWS—Clay Matthews Jr.

Three AFC title games, three painful endings

Cleveland Browns · Kosar and the Denver heartbreaks

A homegrown contender reached three conference championship games in four seasons before The Drive and The Fumble became permanent Cleveland memories.

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Franchise era

1986–2000

03
LACBANKS—Chip Banks
LACSEAU55Junior Seau
LACHUMPHRIES12Stan Humphries

Defense carries an unlikely champion of the AFC

Los Angeles Chargers · Seau and the first Super Bowl

Seau became the emotional center of the franchise and the 1994 Chargers won three straight playoff games to reach Super Bowl XXIX.

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Franchise era

1984–1997

04
INDBANKS—Chip Banks
INDDICKERSON29Eric Dickerson
INDGEORGE1Jeff George

A new city waits through upheaval

Indianapolis Colts · Indianapolis searches for a cornerstone

Dickerson supplied the first playoff breakthrough and Harbaugh's 1995 team came within one catch of the Super Bowl before the franchise found its defining draft pick.

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Career accomplishments

Pro Bowl selection · 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986First-team All-Pro · 1983NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year · 198211 NFL seasons138 career games46 career sacksJersey: 04 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 12, 1982Most recent: Dec 27, 1992

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