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Chris Oldham

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Chris Oldham recorded 149 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 12 rostered seasons with New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Cardinals, PHO, Detroit Lions.

▶Best highlights

0.3

tackles/gm

9

playoff games

12

indexed seasons

149

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Chris Oldham's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XXX
DALLASCOWBOYS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 28, 1996

Dallas Cowboys vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Super Bowl XXX · Jan 28, 1996

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2000
ST. LOUISRAMS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
DEC 30, 2000

St. Louis Rams vs New Orleans Saints

Wild Card · Dec 30, 2000

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Divisional Round
2000
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
JAN 6, 2001

New Orleans Saints vs Minnesota Vikings

Divisional Round · Jan 6, 2001

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship
1997
DENVERBRONCOS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 11, 1998

Denver Broncos vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Conference Championship · Jan 11, 1998

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1997
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 3, 1998

New England Patriots vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Divisional Round · Jan 3, 1998

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Chris Oldham's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 5 total tackles

Regular Season
2001
CAROLINAPANTHERS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
DEC 2, 2001

Carolina Panthers vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Dec 2, 2001

5 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
2001
ATLANTAFALCONS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
OCT 21, 2001

Atlanta Falcons vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Oct 21, 2001

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career high: 2 passes defended

Regular Season
2000
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
CHICAGOBEARS
OCT 8, 2000

New Orleans Saints vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Oct 8, 2000

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
1999
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
OCT 17, 1999

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Oct 17, 1999

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 28 interception return yards

Regular Season
1990
DETROITLIONS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
OCT 28, 1990

Detroit Lions vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Oct 28, 1990

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Chris Oldham's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1989–1998

01
DETOLDHAM—Chris Oldham
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

1985–1996

02
BUFOLDHAM—Chris Oldham
BUFKELLY12Jim Kelly
BUFTHOMAS34Thurman 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

1988–2003

03
ARIOLDHAM—Chris Oldham
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

04
PITOLDHAM—Chris Oldham
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

1981–1996

05
NYJOLDHAM—Chris Oldham
NYJGASTINEAU99Mark Gastineau
NYJKLECKO—Joe Klecko

Pass rush returns the Jets to January

New York Jets · The Sack Exchange and more near misses

The Sack Exchange led consecutive playoff teams, and the 1986 club began 10–1 before injuries and an overtime loss ended its run.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

06
CINOLDHAM—Chris Oldham
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

1997–2006

07
NYJOLDHAM—Chris Oldham
NYJMARTIN28Curtis Martin
NYJTESTAVERDE16Vinny Testaverde

From one win to the AFC title game

New York Jets · Parcells changes the standard

Parcells rebuilt the franchise immediately, Martin became its model of consistency and Pennington later delivered another division title.

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Franchise era

2000–2005

08
NOOLDHAM—Chris Oldham
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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Career accomplishments

12 NFL seasons149 career games36 career solo tackles15 career sacksJersey: 289 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 9, 1990Most recent: Jan 6, 2002

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