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Gerald Dixon

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Los Angeles Chargers · OLB

Gerald Dixon recorded 134 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 10 rostered seasons with San Diego Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns.

▶Best highlights

1.0

tackles/gm

2

playoff games

9

indexed seasons

134

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Gerald Dixon's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1997
BALTIMORERAVENS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 21, 1997

Baltimore Ravens vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 21, 1997

0 tackles · 3.5 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1997
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
NOV 2, 1997

Los Angeles Chargers vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Nov 2, 1997

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1994
CLEVELANDBROWNS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 7, 1995

Cleveland Browns vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Divisional Round · Jan 7, 1995

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1994
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
CLEVELANDBROWNS
JAN 1, 1995

New England Patriots vs Cleveland Browns

Wild Card · Jan 1, 1995

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2001
SAN DIEGOCHARGERS
DENVERBRONCOS
NOV 11, 2001

San Diego Chargers vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Nov 11, 2001

7 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Gerald Dixon's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 8 total tackles

Regular Season
2001
SAN DIEGOCHARGERS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
NOV 18, 2001

San Diego Chargers vs Oakland Raiders

Regular Season · Nov 18, 2001

8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 3.5 sacks

Regular Season
1997
BALTIMORERAVENS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 21, 1997

Baltimore Ravens vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 21, 1997

0 tackles · 3.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 tackles for loss

Regular Season
2000
SAN DIEGOCHARGERS
BUFFALOBILLS
OCT 15, 2000

San Diego Chargers vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Oct 15, 2000

6 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
2001
SAN DIEGOCHARGERS
DENVERBRONCOS
NOV 11, 2001

San Diego Chargers vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Nov 11, 2001

7 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
1999
DENVERBRONCOS
SAN DIEGOCHARGERS
NOV 7, 1999

Denver Broncos vs San Diego Chargers

Regular Season · Nov 7, 1999

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Gerald Dixon's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1985–1995

01
CLEDIXON—Gerald Dixon
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

02
LACDIXON—Gerald Dixon
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

1992–2002

03
CINDIXON—Gerald Dixon
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

1992–2000

04
MINDIXON—Gerald Dixon
MINCARTER80Cris Carter
MINMOSS84Randy Moss

The league's most explosive offense

Minnesota Vikings · Carter, Moss and the 1998 heartbreak

Moss transformed the league as a rookie and the 15–1 Vikings set a scoring record before falling in overtime one game short of the Super Bowl.

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Franchise era

1993–2000

05
NEDIXON—Gerald Dixon
NEBLEDSOE11Drew Bledsoe
NECOATES87Ben Coates

A No. 1 quarterback brings the Patriots back

New England Patriots · Parcells and Bledsoe reset expectations

Robert Kraft's ownership and Bill Parcells's coaching stabilized the organization, leading to Super Bowl XXXI and a roster ready for another regime.

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Franchise era

2001–2009

06
LACDIXON—Gerald Dixon
LACTOMLINSON21LaDainian Tomlinson
LACRIVERS17Philip Rivers

An extraordinary core dominates the regular season

Los Angeles Chargers · Tomlinson, Gates and Rivers

Tomlinson's MVP records and a loaded roster produced five division titles, but injuries and close losses repeatedly blocked a Super Bowl.

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Career accomplishments

10 NFL seasons134 career games98 career solo tackles23 career sacksJersey: 512 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 26, 1993Most recent: Dec 30, 2001

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