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Michael Bates

Retired

Dallas Cowboys · WR

Michael Bates recorded 145 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 10 rostered seasons with Dallas Cowboys, New York Jets, Washington Redskins, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Seattle Seahawks.

▶Best highlights

1.1

rec yds/gm

0.2

rush yds/gm

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playoff games

145

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Michael Bates's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1994
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
SEP 11, 1994

Seattle Seahawks vs Oakland Raiders

Regular Season · Sep 11, 1994

1 rec · 40 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1994
DENVERBRONCOS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
OCT 9, 1994

Denver Broncos vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Oct 9, 1994

1 rec · 39 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Wild Card
2003
DALLASCOWBOYS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
JAN 3, 2004

Dallas Cowboys vs Carolina Panthers

Wild Card · Jan 3, 2004

0 rec · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Conference Championship
1996
CAROLINAPANTHERS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
JAN 12, 1997

Carolina Panthers vs Green Bay Packers

Conference Championship · Jan 12, 1997

0 rec · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Divisional Round
1996
DALLASCOWBOYS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
JAN 5, 1997

Dallas Cowboys vs Carolina Panthers

Divisional Round · Jan 5, 1997

0 rec · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Michael Bates's indexed NFL box scores.

Career highs: 40 receiving yards · 1 receiving touchdown

Regular Season
1994
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
SEP 11, 1994

Seattle Seahawks vs Oakland Raiders

Regular Season · Sep 11, 1994

1 rec · 40 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career high: 2 receptions

Regular Season
2000
GREEN BAYPACKERS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
NOV 27, 2000

Green Bay Packers vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Nov 27, 2000

2 rec · 7 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career high: 5 targets

Regular Season
1994
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
OCT 2, 1994

Seattle Seahawks vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Oct 2, 1994

1 rec · 11 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Michael Bates's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1983–1998

01
SEABATES—Michael Bates
SEALARGENT—Steve Largent
SEAWARNER—Curt Warner

Ground Chuck reaches the AFC title game

Seattle Seahawks · The Chuck Knox years

Knox's physical style produced the franchise's first playoffs and a 1983 run to the AFC Championship Game before years of ownership uncertainty.

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Franchise era

1985–1995

02
CLEBATES—Michael Bates
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

1995–2001

03
CARBATES—Michael Bates
CARMILLS51Sam Mills
CARGREENE91Kevin Greene

The second season reaches the NFC title game

Carolina Panthers · An expansion team arrives early

Carolina won its division and reached the 1996 NFC Championship Game in only its second season before the original core receded.

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Franchise era

1993–2011

04
WASBATES—Michael Bates
WASBAILEY24Champ Bailey
WASDAVIS48Stephen Davis

Frequent resets obscure isolated playoff teams

Washington Commanders · Instability after Gibbs

Ownership and coaching turnover prevented a stable successor, even as several veteran teams produced brief postseason runs.

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Franchise era

1997–2006

05
NYJBATES—Michael Bates
NYJMARTIN28Curtis Martin
NYJTESTAVERDE16Vinny Testaverde

From one win to the AFC title game

New York Jets · Parcells changes the standard

Parcells rebuilt the franchise immediately, Martin became its model of consistency and Pennington later delivered another division title.

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Franchise era

2000–2015

06
DALBATES—Michael Bates
DALROMO9Tony Romo
DALWITTEN82Jason Witten

Undrafted improvisation restores contention

Dallas Cowboys · The Romo years

Romo developed into a prolific quarterback and gave Dallas repeated division titles, though a sequence of narrow playoff losses shaped the era's reputation.

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Career accomplishments

First-team All-Pro · 1996, 1999, 2000Pro Bowl selection · 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 20001× first-team All-Pro10 NFL seasons145 career games33 career rushing yards12 career receptions158 career receiving yards1 career receiving touchdowns35 career solo tacklesDrafted by: SEADraft pick: 150Jersey: 293 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 5, 1993Most recent: Jan 3, 2004

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