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Scott Mitchell

Retired

Cincinnati Bengals · QB

Scott Mitchell recorded 98 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Cincinnati Bengals, Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins.

▶Best highlights

158.2

pass yds/gm

4.9

rush yds/gm

4

playoff games

98

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Scott Mitchell's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1996
CHICAGOBEARS
DETROITLIONS
SEP 22, 1996

Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Sep 22, 1996

336 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 1 INT

Regular Season
1995
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DETROITLIONS
NOV 23, 1995

Minnesota Vikings vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Nov 23, 1995

410 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 1 INT

Regular Season
1996
ATLANTAFALCONS
DETROITLIONS
OCT 6, 1996

Atlanta Falcons vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Oct 6, 1996

276 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
1993
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
MIAMIDOLPHINS
OCT 31, 1993

Kansas City Chiefs vs Miami Dolphins

Regular Season · Oct 31, 1993

344 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
1995
DETROITLIONS
ATLANTAFALCONS
NOV 5, 1995

Detroit Lions vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Nov 5, 1995

321 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 2 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Scott Mitchell's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 410 passing yards

Regular Season
1995
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DETROITLIONS
NOV 23, 1995

Minnesota Vikings vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Nov 23, 1995

410 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 1 INT

Career high: 4 passing touchdowns

Regular Season
1996
CHICAGOBEARS
DETROITLIONS
SEP 22, 1996

Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Sep 22, 1996

336 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 1 INT

Career high: 20 completions

Regular Season
2000
CINCINNATIBENGALS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
NOV 19, 2000

Cincinnati Bengals vs New England Patriots

Regular Season · Nov 19, 2000

236 pass yds · 1 pass TD · 1 INT

Career high: 37 rushing yards

Regular Season
1993
MIAMIDOLPHINS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
NOV 14, 1993

Miami Dolphins vs Philadelphia Eagles

Regular Season · Nov 14, 1993

150 pass yds · 1 pass TD · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Scott Mitchell's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1983–1999

01
MIAMITCHELL—Scott Mitchell
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

1989–1998

02
DETMITCHELL—Scott Mitchell
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman 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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Franchise era

1996–1999

03
BALMITCHELL—Scott Mitchell
BALLEWIS52Ray Lewis
BALOGDEN75Jonathan Ogden

A new franchise drafts its defensive spine

Baltimore Ravens · The Baltimore foundation

The Ravens used their first draft to select Lewis and Ogden, giving a young franchise two Hall of Fame pillars before the wins arrived.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

04
CINMITCHELL—Scott Mitchell
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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Career accomplishments

11 NFL seasons98 career games15,504 career passing yards94 career passing touchdowns485 career rushing yards11 career rushing touchdownsJersey: 194 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 1, 1991Most recent: Nov 25, 2001

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