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Fred McAfee

Retired

New Orleans Saints · RB

Fred McAfee recorded 173 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 16 rostered seasons with New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals.

▶Best highlights

7.4

rush yds/gm

1.2

rec yds/gm

14

playoff games

173

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Fred McAfee's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1991
ATLANTAFALCONS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
NOV 24, 1991

Atlanta Falcons vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Nov 24, 1991

138 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Regular Season
1991
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
DEC 1, 1991

New Orleans Saints vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Dec 1, 1991

90 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Regular Season
1993
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
NOV 28, 1993

New Orleans Saints vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Nov 28, 1993

70 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Regular Season
1995
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
TENNESSEETITANS
SEP 10, 1995

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Sep 10, 1995

28 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 2 rec

Super Bowl
XXX
DALLASCOWBOYS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 28, 1996

Dallas Cowboys vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Super Bowl XXX · Jan 28, 1996

0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Fred McAfee's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 138 rushing yards

Regular Season
1991
ATLANTAFALCONS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
NOV 24, 1991

Atlanta Falcons vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Nov 24, 1991

138 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Career highs: 1 rushing touchdown · 3 carries

Regular Season
2006
CAROLINAPANTHERS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
DEC 31, 2006

Carolina Panthers vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Dec 31, 2006

12 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Career high: 1 run of 40+ yards

Regular Season
2004
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
OCT 17, 2004

Minnesota Vikings vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Oct 17, 2004

53 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec

Career high: 44 receiving yards

Regular Season
1997
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
TENNESSEETITANS
DEC 21, 1997

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Dec 21, 1997

27 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Fred McAfee's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1987–1999

01
NOMCAFEE—Fred McAfee
NOJACKSON—Rickey Jackson
NOMILLS51Sam Mills

Linebacker defense delivers the first winners

New Orleans Saints · The Dome Patrol

Jim Mora's defense sent four linebackers to the Pro Bowl and ended the franchise's wait for winning seasons and playoff football.

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Franchise era

1988–2003

02
ARIMCAFEE—Fred McAfee
ARIWILLIAMS35Aeneas Williams
ARIPLUMMER16Jake Plummer

A new market waits for a stable winner

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

The move to the desert brought only one playoff appearance in sixteen seasons, though Williams became an all-time defender and Plummer authored a memorable upset in Dallas.

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Franchise era

1992–2006

03
PITMCAFEE—Fred McAfee
PITBETTIS36Jerome Bettis
PITWARD86Hines Ward

Blitzburgh reaches two Super Bowls

Pittsburgh Steelers · The Cowher teams

Bill Cowher restored annual contention, and a second-year Ben Roethlisberger helped Bettis finish his career with the Super Bowl XL championship.

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Franchise era

1996–2004

04
TBMCAFEE—Fred McAfee
TBBROOKS55Derrick Brooks
TBSAPP99Warren Sapp

Dungy builds it; Gruden finishes it

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · The championship defense

The Tampa 2 defense restored the franchise, and Jon Gruden's arrival supplied the offense and edge needed to dominate Super Bowl XXXVII.

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Franchise era

2000–2005

05
NOMCAFEE—Fred McAfee
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

2006–2011

06
NOMCAFEE—Fred McAfee
NOBREES9Drew Brees
NOCOLSTON12Marques Colston

An offense and a city rise together

New Orleans Saints · Brees, Payton and rebirth

The blocked punt in the Superdome reopening began an emotional run that culminated in the franchise's first championship after the 2009 season.

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Career accomplishments

First-team All-Pro · 2002Pro Bowl selection · 200216 NFL seasons173 career games1,273 career rushing yards8 career rushing touchdowns35 career receptions211 career receiving yards76 career solo tacklesDrafted by: NODraft pick: 154Jersey: 3014 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Oct 20, 1991Most recent: Dec 31, 2006

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