athlore
HomeDiscoverLibrarySign inCreate account
↗
⌂Home◎Discover⌕Library
NEEATON90

Chad Eaton

Retired

Dallas Cowboys · DT

Chad Eaton recorded 102 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 9 rostered seasons with Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns.

▶Best highlights

1.8

tackles/gm

6

playoff games

8

indexed seasons

102

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Chad Eaton's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XXXI
GREEN BAYPACKERS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
JAN 26, 1997

Green Bay Packers vs New England Patriots

Super Bowl XXXI · Jan 26, 1997

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1998
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
DEC 6, 1998

New England Patriots vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Dec 6, 1998

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1996
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
JAN 5, 1997

Pittsburgh Steelers vs New England Patriots

Divisional Round · Jan 5, 1997

0 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2000
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
BUFFALOBILLS
DEC 17, 2000

New England Patriots vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Dec 17, 2000

8 tackles · 1.5 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1998
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
JAN 3, 1999

New England Patriots vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Wild Card · Jan 3, 1999

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Chad Eaton's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 12 total tackles

Regular Season
2000
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
CHICAGOBEARS
DEC 10, 2000

New England Patriots vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Dec 10, 2000

12 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 3 sacks

Regular Season
1998
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
DEC 6, 1998

New England Patriots vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Dec 6, 1998

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 3 tackles for loss

Regular Season
2002
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
ST. LOUISRAMS
OCT 20, 2002

Seattle Seahawks vs St. Louis Rams

Regular Season · Oct 20, 2002

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 quarterback hits

Regular Season
1999
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
OCT 10, 1999

New England Patriots vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Oct 10, 1999

3 tackles · 1.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2001
OAKLANDRAIDERS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
NOV 11, 2001

Oakland Raiders vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Nov 11, 2001

4 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Chad Eaton's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1985–1995

01
CLEEATON—Chad Eaton
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.

Read the era story →

Franchise era

1993–2000

02
NEEATON—Chad Eaton
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.

Read the era story →

Franchise era

1999–2009

03
SEAEATON—Chad Eaton
SEAHASSELBECK8Matt Hasselbeck
SEAALEXANDER37Shaun Alexander

Hasselbeck and Alexander reach the Super Bowl

Seattle Seahawks · Holmgren builds an NFC champion

Paul Allen stabilized the club, Holmgren built around an elite line and the 2005 Seahawks won the NFC behind Alexander's MVP season.

Read the era story →

Franchise era

2000–2015

04
DALEATON—Chad Eaton
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.

Read the era story →

Career accomplishments

9 NFL seasons102 career games102 career solo tackles16 career sacksDrafted by: ARZDraft pick: 241Jersey: 996 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Dec 1, 1996Most recent: Oct 24, 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