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LARCARTER—

Pat Carter

Retired

Arizona Cardinals · TE

Pat Carter recorded 155 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 10 rostered seasons with Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, St. Louis Rams, Houston Texans, Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Rams, RAM.

▶Best highlights

7.2

rec yds/gm

0.0

rush yds/gm

3

playoff games

155

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Pat Carter's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1996
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
ARIZONACARDINALS
NOV 24, 1996

Philadelphia Eagles vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 24, 1996

3 rec · 46 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1992
LOS ANGELESRAMS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
OCT 4, 1992

Los Angeles Rams vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Oct 4, 1992

3 rec · 42 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1992
NEW YORKGIANTS
LOS ANGELESRAMS
OCT 18, 1992

New York Giants vs Los Angeles Rams

Regular Season · Oct 18, 1992

3 rec · 41 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1991
LOS ANGELESRAMS
ATLANTAFALCONS
OCT 27, 1991

Los Angeles Rams vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Oct 27, 1991

2 rec · 26 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1993
LOS ANGELESRAMS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
DEC 12, 1993

Los Angeles Rams vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Dec 12, 1993

2 rec · 22 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Pat Carter's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 52 receiving yards

Regular Season
1996
ARIZONACARDINALS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DEC 1, 1996

Arizona Cardinals vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Dec 1, 1996

2 rec · 52 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career high: 4 receptions

Regular Season
1996
W
ARIZONACARDINALS
WSH
NOV 10, 1996

Arizona Cardinals vs WSH

Regular Season · Nov 10, 1996

4 rec · 48 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career high: 1 receiving touchdown

Regular Season
1997
DALLASCOWBOYS
ARIZONACARDINALS
SEP 7, 1997

Dallas Cowboys vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Sep 7, 1997

2 rec · 10 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career high: 6 targets

Regular Season
1993
ATLANTAFALCONS
LOS ANGELESRAMS
NOV 14, 1993

Atlanta Falcons vs Los Angeles Rams

Regular Season · Nov 14, 1993

4 rec · 27 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Pat Carter's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1959–1988

01
DETCARTER—Pat Carter
DETLEBEAU—Dick LeBeau
DETBARNEY—Lem Barney

Great defenders and Billy Sims cannot sustain a winner

Detroit Lions · The long wait

Detroit produced elite players but only intermittent contention, and Sims's career-altering injury removed the brightest offensive hope.

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Franchise era

1973–1989

02
LARCARTER—Pat Carter
LARYOUNGBLOOD—Jack Youngblood
LARDICKERSON29Eric Dickerson

Division dominance keeps colliding with a dynasty

Los Angeles Rams · A perennial NFC power

The Rams won seven straight division titles and reached the 1979 Super Bowl, but Dallas, Minnesota and San Francisco repeatedly blocked the path.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

03
DETCARTER—Pat Carter
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Franchise era

1990–1998

04
LARCARTER—Pat Carter
LAREVERETT11Jim Everett
LARBETTIS36Jerome Bettis

A franchise changes cities while rebuilding

Los Angeles Rams · Decline and the move to St. Louis

The final Anaheim teams faded before Georgia Frontiere moved the club to St. Louis, where Bruce became the first piece of a sudden offensive leap.

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Franchise era

1985–1996

05
TENCARTER—Pat Carter
TENMOON1Warren Moon
TENJEFFIRES80Haywood Jeffires

A historic passing offense meets historic heartbreak

Tennessee Titans · Moon and the run-and-shoot

Moon flourished in Houston's wide-open offense and made seven straight playoffs, but the 32-point collapse in Buffalo became the era's defining ending.

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Franchise era

1988–2003

06
ARICARTER—Pat Carter
ARIWILLIAMS35Aeneas Williams
ARIPLUMMER16Jake Plummer

A new market waits for a stable winner

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

The move to the desert brought only one playoff appearance in sixteen seasons, though Williams became an all-time defender and Plummer authored a memorable upset in Dallas.

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Career accomplishments

10 NFL seasons155 career games107 career receptions1,117 career receiving yards9 career receiving touchdownsJersey: 803 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 4, 1988Most recent: Dec 21, 1997

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