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Ken Irvin

Retired

Minnesota Vikings · DB

Ken Irvin recorded 138 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills.

▶Best highlights

1.5

tackles/gm

4

playoff games

10

indexed seasons

138

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Ken Irvin's most significant indexed performances.

Wild Card
1998
BUFFALOBILLS
MIAMIDOLPHINS
JAN 2, 1999

Buffalo Bills vs Miami Dolphins

Wild Card · Jan 2, 1999

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1996
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
BUFFALOBILLS
DEC 28, 1996

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Buffalo Bills

Wild Card · Dec 28, 1996

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1995
BUFFALOBILLS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 6, 1996

Buffalo Bills vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Divisional Round · Jan 6, 1996

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1995
MIAMIDOLPHINS
BUFFALOBILLS
DEC 30, 1995

Miami Dolphins vs Buffalo Bills

Wild Card · Dec 30, 1995

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Regular Season
1996
BUFFALOBILLS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
DEC 8, 1996

Buffalo Bills vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Dec 8, 1996

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Ken Irvin's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 7 total tackles

Regular Season
2002
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
DEC 1, 2002

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Dec 1, 2002

7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
2003
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DEC 7, 2003

Seattle Seahawks vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Dec 7, 2003

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career high: 4 passes defended

Regular Season
2002
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
BALTIMORERAVENS
DEC 8, 2002

New Orleans Saints vs Baltimore Ravens

Regular Season · Dec 8, 2002

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2003
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
ATLANTAFALCONS
OCT 5, 2003

Minnesota Vikings vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Oct 5, 2003

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 43 interception return yards

Regular Season
1998
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
BUFFALOBILLS
NOV 22, 1998

Indianapolis Colts vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Nov 22, 1998

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Ken Irvin's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1985–1996

01
BUFIRVIN—Ken Irvin
BUFKELLY12Jim Kelly
BUFTHOMAS34Thurman Thomas

Four consecutive AFC championships

Buffalo Bills · The K-Gun years

Kelly's no-huddle offense and a defense led by Smith reached four straight Super Bowls, an achievement defined equally by dominance and heartbreak.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

02
BUFIRVIN—Ken Irvin
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

2000–2005

03
NOIRVIN—Ken Irvin
NOBROOKS2Aaron Brooks
NOHORN87Joe Horn

A breakthrough gives way to displacement

New Orleans Saints · The first playoff win and Katrina

New Orleans won its first playoff game before Hurricane Katrina forced the team across multiple home fields and placed its future in doubt.

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Franchise era

2001–2013

04
MINIRVIN—Ken Irvin
MINPETERSON28Adrian Peterson
MINALLEN69Jared Allen

A singular runner carries changing teams

Minnesota Vikings · The Peterson years

Peterson returned from major knee surgery to rush for 2,097 yards, while Brett Favre's 2009 season produced another painful NFC title-game finish.

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Career accomplishments

11 NFL seasons138 career games185 career solo tackles2 career sacksDrafted by: BUFDraft pick: 109Jersey: 224 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 3, 1995Most recent: Oct 23, 2005

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