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Pio Sagapolutele

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New Orleans Saints · DE

Pio Sagapolutele recorded 92 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 8 rostered seasons with New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns.

▶Best highlights

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tackles/gm

3

playoff games

7

indexed seasons

92

career games

Five defining games

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A provisional five-game introduction to Pio Sagapolutele's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XXXI
GREEN BAYPACKERS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
JAN 26, 1997

Green Bay Packers vs New England Patriots

Super Bowl XXXI · Jan 26, 1997

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship
1996
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
JAN 12, 1997

Jacksonville Jaguars vs New England Patriots

Conference Championship · Jan 12, 1997

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1996
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
JAN 5, 1997

Pittsburgh Steelers vs New England Patriots

Divisional Round · Jan 5, 1997

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1997
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
CHICAGOBEARS
OCT 5, 1997

New Orleans Saints vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Oct 5, 1997

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1997
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
NEW YORKGIANTS
SEP 28, 1997

New Orleans Saints vs New York Giants

Regular Season · Sep 28, 1997

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Pio Sagapolutele's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 1 sack

Regular Season
1997
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
CHICAGOBEARS
OCT 5, 1997

New Orleans Saints vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Oct 5, 1997

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Pio Sagapolutele's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1985–1995

01
CLESAGAPOLUTELE—Pio Sagapolutele
CLEKOSAR19Bernie Kosar
CLEMATTHEWS—Clay Matthews Jr.

Three AFC title games, three painful endings

Cleveland Browns · Kosar and the Denver heartbreaks

A homegrown contender reached three conference championship games in four seasons before The Drive and The Fumble became permanent Cleveland memories.

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Franchise era

1985–1996

02
BUFSAGAPOLUTELE—Pio Sagapolutele
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

1993–2000

03
NESAGAPOLUTELE—Pio Sagapolutele
NEBLEDSOE11Drew Bledsoe
NECOATES87Ben Coates

A No. 1 quarterback brings the Patriots back

New England Patriots · Parcells and Bledsoe reset expectations

Robert Kraft's ownership and Bill Parcells's coaching stabilized the organization, leading to Super Bowl XXXI and a roster ready for another regime.

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Franchise era

1987–1999

04
NOSAGAPOLUTELE—Pio Sagapolutele
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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Career accomplishments

8 NFL seasons92 career games7 career sacksJersey: 993 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 1, 1991Most recent: Dec 14, 1997

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