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Jon Kitna

Retired

Dallas Cowboys · QB

Jon Kitna recorded 140 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 16 rostered seasons with Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Cincinnati Bengals, Seattle Seahawks.

▶Best highlights

212.6

pass yds/gm

6.8

rush yds/gm

2

playoff games

140

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Jon Kitna's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2006
DETROITLIONS
DALLASCOWBOYS
DEC 31, 2006

Detroit Lions vs Dallas Cowboys

Regular Season · Dec 31, 2006

306 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 1 INT

Regular Season
2010
DETROITLIONS
DALLASCOWBOYS
NOV 21, 2010

Detroit Lions vs Dallas Cowboys

Regular Season · Nov 21, 2010

147 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
2003
CINCINNATIBENGALS
SAN DIEGOCHARGERS
NOV 23, 2003

Cincinnati Bengals vs San Diego Chargers

Regular Season · Nov 23, 2003

243 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
2002
CINCINNATIBENGALS
HOUSTONTEXANS
NOV 3, 2002

Cincinnati Bengals vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Nov 3, 2002

263 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
2000
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
DENVERBRONCOS
DEC 10, 2000

Seattle Seahawks vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Dec 10, 2000

298 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 3 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Jon Kitna's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 446 passing yards

Regular Season
2007
DETROITLIONS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
SEP 23, 2007

Detroit Lions vs Philadelphia Eagles

Regular Season · Sep 23, 2007

446 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 1 INT

Career high: 4 passing touchdowns

Regular Season
2006
DETROITLIONS
DALLASCOWBOYS
DEC 31, 2006

Detroit Lions vs Dallas Cowboys

Regular Season · Dec 31, 2006

306 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 1 INT

Career high: 35 completions

Regular Season
2001
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 30, 2001

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 30, 2001

411 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 1 INT

Career high: 4 completions of 40+ yards

Regular Season
2010
DALLASCOWBOYS
NEW YORKGIANTS
NOV 14, 2010

Dallas Cowboys vs New York Giants

Regular Season · Nov 14, 2010

327 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 1 INT

Career high: 40 rushing yards

Regular Season
2010
DETROITLIONS
DALLASCOWBOYS
NOV 21, 2010

Detroit Lions vs Dallas Cowboys

Regular Season · Nov 21, 2010

147 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Jon Kitna's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1983–1998

01
SEAKITNA—Jon Kitna
SEALARGENT—Steve Largent
SEAWARNER—Curt Warner

Ground Chuck reaches the AFC title game

Seattle Seahawks · The Chuck Knox years

Knox's physical style produced the franchise's first playoffs and a 1983 run to the AFC Championship Game before years of ownership uncertainty.

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Franchise era

1999–2009

02
SEAKITNA—Jon Kitna
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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Franchise era

1992–2002

03
CINKITNA—Jon Kitna
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

2003–2010

04
CINKITNA—Jon Kitna
CINPALMER9Carson Palmer
CINJOHNSON85Chad Johnson

The passing game restores belief

Cincinnati Bengals · Palmer and Ochocinco revive the stadium

Marvin Lewis brought credibility and Palmer's vertical offense won the 2005 division before injuries and inconsistency shortened the window.

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Franchise era

1999–2008

05
DETKITNA—Jon Kitna
DETHANSON4Jason Hanson
DETWILLIAMS11Roy Williams

A painful rebuild reaches rock bottom

Detroit Lions · From Barry's exit to 0–16

Sanders retired abruptly and years of poor roster construction culminated in the league's first 0–16 season.

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Franchise era

2000–2015

06
DALKITNA—Jon Kitna
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.

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Career accomplishments

NFL Comeback Player of the Year · 200316 NFL seasons140 career games29,757 career passing yards169 career passing touchdowns952 career rushing yards11 career rushing touchdowns1 career receptions9 career receiving yards19 career solo tacklesJersey: 32 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 14, 1997Most recent: Nov 13, 2011

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