Pete Metzelaars

Retired

Detroit Lions · TE

Pete Metzelaars recorded 235 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 16 rostered seasons with Detroit Lions, Carolina Panthers, Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks.

Best highlights

15.7

rec yds/gm

0.0

rush yds/gm

playoff games

235

career games

Five defining games

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A provisional five-game introduction to Pete Metzelaars's most significant indexed performances.

Buffalo Bills vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Nov 2, 1986

7 rec · 113 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Buffalo Bills vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Sep 13, 1992

4 rec · 113 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Buffalo Bills vs New England Patriots

Regular Season · Nov 7, 1993

10 rec · 74 rec yds · 1 rec TD

WSH

Buffalo Bills vs WSH

Super Bowl XXVI · Jan 26, 1992

1 rec · 2 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Kansas City Chiefs vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Oct 30, 1994

4 rec · 33 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Pete Metzelaars's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 113 receiving yards

Buffalo Bills vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Sep 13, 1992

4 rec · 113 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Career high: 10 receptions

Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Nov 28, 1993

10 rec · 98 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career high: 2 receiving touchdowns

Kansas City Chiefs vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Oct 30, 1994

4 rec · 33 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Career high: 14 targets

Buffalo Bills vs New England Patriots

Regular Season · Nov 7, 1993

10 rec · 74 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Pete Metzelaars's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1976–1982

Pete Metzelaars

Steve Largent

Jim Zorn

Zorn and Largent make the new team entertaining

Seattle Seahawks · The expansion Seahawks

Seattle switched conferences after one season and quickly built a creative passing game that made the Kingdome an energetic home.

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Franchise era

1983–1998

Pete Metzelaars

Steve Largent

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

1985–1996

Pete Metzelaars

Jim Kelly

Thurman 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

1995–2001

Pete Metzelaars

Sam Mills

Kevin Greene

The second season reaches the NFC title game

Carolina Panthers · An expansion team arrives early

Carolina won its division and reached the 1996 NFC Championship Game in only its second season before the original core receded.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

Pete Metzelaars

Barry Sanders

Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Pete Metzelaars

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Career highs

Franchise eras

Seattle Seahawks · The expansion Seahawks

Seattle Seahawks · The Chuck Knox years

Buffalo Bills · The K-Gun years

Carolina Panthers · An expansion team arrives early

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

NFL appearances

Pete Metzelaars

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Career highs

Franchise eras

Seattle Seahawks · The expansion Seahawks

Seattle Seahawks · The Chuck Knox years

Buffalo Bills · The K-Gun years

Carolina Panthers · An expansion team arrives early

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Career accomplishments

Team history

NFL appearances

Career accomplishments

Team history