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CINBATTAGLIA89

Marco Battaglia

Retired

Carolina Panthers · TE

Marco Battaglia recorded 82 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 8 rostered seasons with Carolina Panthers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cincinnati Bengals, Washington Redskins.

▶Best highlights

8.0

rec yds/gm

0.0

rush yds/gm

0

playoff games

82

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Marco Battaglia's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1997
BALTIMORERAVENS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 21, 1997

Baltimore Ravens vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 21, 1997

2 rec · 42 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
2001
CHICAGOBEARS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
OCT 21, 2001

Chicago Bears vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Oct 21, 2001

4 rec · 57 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Regular Season
1998
DENVERBRONCOS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
NOV 1, 1998

Denver Broncos vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Nov 1, 1998

2 rec · 4 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
2001
CINCINNATIBENGALS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
NOV 11, 2001

Cincinnati Bengals vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Nov 11, 2001

4 rec · 33 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Regular Season
1997
CINCINNATIBENGALS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
NOV 9, 1997

Cincinnati Bengals vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Nov 9, 1997

3 rec · 35 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Marco Battaglia's indexed NFL box scores.

Career highs: 57 receiving yards · 6 targets

Regular Season
2001
CHICAGOBEARS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
OCT 21, 2001

Chicago Bears vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Oct 21, 2001

4 rec · 57 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career high: 4 receptions

Regular Season
2001
CINCINNATIBENGALS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
NOV 11, 2001

Cincinnati Bengals vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Nov 11, 2001

4 rec · 33 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career high: 1 receiving touchdown

Regular Season
1998
DENVERBRONCOS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
NOV 1, 1998

Denver Broncos vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Nov 1, 1998

2 rec · 4 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Marco Battaglia's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2002

01
CINBATTAGLIA—Marco Battaglia
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

1993–2011

02
WASBATTAGLIA—Marco Battaglia
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

1992–2006

03
PITBATTAGLIA—Marco Battaglia
PITBETTIS36Jerome Bettis
PITWARD86Hines Ward

Blitzburgh reaches two Super Bowls

Pittsburgh Steelers · The Cowher teams

Bill Cowher restored annual contention, and a second-year Ben Roethlisberger helped Bettis finish his career with the Super Bowl XL championship.

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Franchise era

1996–2004

04
TBBATTAGLIA—Marco Battaglia
TBBROOKS55Derrick Brooks
TBSAPP99Warren Sapp

Dungy builds it; Gruden finishes it

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · The championship defense

The Tampa 2 defense restored the franchise, and Jon Gruden's arrival supplied the offense and edge needed to dominate Super Bowl XXXVII.

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Franchise era

2002–2010

05
CARBATTAGLIA—Marco Battaglia
CARSMITH89Steve Smith
CARPEPPERS90Julius Peppers

Defense, Steve Smith and a Super Bowl run

Carolina Panthers · Cardiac Cats

John Fox's physical team won three road playoff games in 2003 and pushed New England to the final seconds of Super Bowl XXXVIII.

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Career accomplishments

Super Bowl champion · 20028 NFL seasons96 career games71 career receptions660 career receiving yards2 career receiving touchdownsDrafted by: CINDraft pick: 39Jersey: 470 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 1, 1996Most recent: Sep 15, 2002

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

Official regular-season games via NFL.com ↗. Indexed games are the box scores currently available in Athlore.