Vai Sikahema

Retired

Philadelphia Eagles · RB

Vai Sikahema recorded 118 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 8 rostered seasons with Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers, Phoenix Cardinals, PHO, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams.

Best highlights

1.8

rush yds/gm

4.6

rec yds/gm

playoff games

118

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Vai Sikahema's most significant indexed performances.

Arizona Cardinals vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 21, 1986

0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 3 rec

New York Giants vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 5, 1989

42 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec

Arizona Cardinals vs Los Angeles Rams

Regular Season · Nov 19, 1989

14 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 5 rec

Arizona Cardinals vs Philadelphia Eagles

Regular Season · Dec 24, 1989

13 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec

WSH

Arizona Cardinals vs WSH

Regular Season · Oct 8, 1989

28 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 1 rec

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Vai Sikahema's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 42 rushing yards

New York Giants vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 5, 1989

42 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec

Career high: 59 receiving yards

Arizona Cardinals vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 21, 1986

0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 3 rec

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Vai Sikahema's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1960–1987

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Jim Hart

Dan Dierdorf

The Cardiac Cardinals make drama a habit

Arizona Cardinals · The St. Louis Football Cardinals

St. Louis produced explosive, entertaining contenders in the 1970s but never found the postseason breakthrough needed to secure the franchise's future there.

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Franchise era

1973–1989

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Jack Youngblood

Eric Dickerson

Division dominance keeps colliding with a dynasty

Los Angeles Rams · A perennial NFC power

The Rams won seven straight division titles and reached the 1979 Super Bowl, but Dallas, Minnesota and San Francisco repeatedly blocked the path.

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Franchise era

1988–2003

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Aeneas Williams

Jake 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

1968–1991

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James Lofton

Lynn Dickey

Two decades of searching after Lombardi

Green Bay Packers · The long road back

Green Bay cycled through coaches and rarely reached the playoffs before a new front office changed the franchise's direction.

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Franchise era

1986–1998

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Reggie White

Randall Cunningham

A historic front cannot find a matching offense

Philadelphia Eagles · The Buddy Ryan defense

White led one of football's deepest defenses while Cunningham reimagined quarterback movement, but the gifted group never won a playoff game together.

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Career highs

Franchise eras

Arizona Cardinals · The St. Louis Football Cardinals

Los Angeles Rams · A perennial NFC power

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

Green Bay Packers · The long road back

Philadelphia Eagles · The Buddy Ryan defense

NFL appearances

Vai Sikahema

Start here

Career highs

Franchise eras

Arizona Cardinals · The St. Louis Football Cardinals

Los Angeles Rams · A perennial NFC power

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

Green Bay Packers · The long road back

Philadelphia Eagles · The Buddy Ryan defense

Career accomplishments

Team history

NFL appearances

Career accomplishments

Team history