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TENKILLENS—

Terry Killens

Retired

San Francisco 49ers · LB

Terry Killens recorded 82 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 7 rostered seasons with San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans, Tennessee Oilers, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Houston Oilers.

▶Best highlights

0.8

tackles/gm

6

playoff games

7

indexed seasons

82

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Terry Killens's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XXXIV
ST. LOUISRAMS
TENNESSEETITANS
JAN 30, 2000

St. Louis Rams vs Tennessee Titans

Super Bowl XXXIV · Jan 30, 2000

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1999
TENNESSEETITANS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
JAN 16, 2000

Tennessee Titans vs Indianapolis Colts

Divisional Round · Jan 16, 2000

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
2002
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
JAN 12, 2003

San Francisco 49ers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Divisional Round · Jan 12, 2003

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
2000
BALTIMORERAVENS
TENNESSEETITANS
JAN 7, 2001

Baltimore Ravens vs Tennessee Titans

Divisional Round · Jan 7, 2001

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship
1999
TENNESSEETITANS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
JAN 23, 2000

Tennessee Titans vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Conference Championship · Jan 23, 2000

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Terry Killens's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 5 total tackles

Regular Season
2001
ST. LOUISRAMS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
SEP 23, 2001

St. Louis Rams vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Sep 23, 2001

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career highs: 1 sack · 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
2000
CLEVELANDBROWNS
TENNESSEETITANS
NOV 19, 2000

Cleveland Browns vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Nov 19, 2000

3 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 tackle for loss

Divisional Round
2002
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
JAN 12, 2003

San Francisco 49ers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Divisional Round · Jan 12, 2003

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2000
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
TENNESSEETITANS
NOV 5, 2000

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Nov 5, 2000

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Terry Killens's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1985–1996

01
TENKILLENS—Terry Killens
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

1989–1999

02
DALKILLENS—Terry Killens
DALAIKMAN8Troy Aikman
DALSMITH22Emmitt Smith

A bold rebuild produces three championships

Dallas Cowboys · The Triplets dynasty

Jimmy Johnson converted the Herschel Walker trade into a deep young roster, and Dallas won three Super Bowls in four seasons.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

03
CINKILLENS—Terry Killens
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

1983–1999

04
MIAKILLENS—Terry Killens
MIAMARINO13Dan Marino
MIACLAYTON83Mark Clayton

The quickest release in football rewrites passing

Miami Dolphins · The Marino years

Marino shattered records immediately and kept Miami relevant for seventeen seasons, though his lone Super Bowl came in year two.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

05
BUFKILLENS—Terry Killens
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

1997–2004

06
TENKILLENS—Terry Killens
TENMCNAIR9Steve McNair
TENGEORGE27Eddie George

The Music City Miracle launches a Super Bowl run

Tennessee Titans · The Titans arrive

After two temporary seasons, Tennessee found its name and stadium, then came one yard short of overtime in Super Bowl XXXIV.

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Franchise era

1999–2010

07
SFKILLENS—Terry Killens
SFOWENS81Terrell Owens
SFGARCIA5Jeff Garcia

Brief Owens–Garcia fireworks precede a rebuild

San Francisco 49ers · The long reset

An explosive early-2000s offense supplied one last playoff comeback before instability took over and Willis became the next defensive foundation.

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Franchise era

1999–2009

08
SEAKILLENS—Terry Killens
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.

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Career accomplishments

7 NFL seasons82 career games51 career solo tackles1 career sacksDrafted by: HOUDraft pick: 74Jersey: 526 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 1, 1996Most recent: Jan 12, 2003

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