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Steve Tovar

Retired

Los Angeles Chargers · LB

Steve Tovar recorded 112 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 8 rostered seasons with San Diego Chargers, Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots.

▶Best highlights

0.4

tackles/gm

0

playoff games

8

indexed seasons

112

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Steve Tovar's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1998
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
DEC 27, 1998

Los Angeles Chargers vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Dec 27, 1998

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1996
CINCINNATIBENGALS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
DEC 1, 1996

Cincinnati Bengals vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Dec 1, 1996

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1996
CINCINNATIBENGALS
BUFFALOBILLS
NOV 17, 1996

Cincinnati Bengals vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Nov 17, 1996

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1996
CINCINNATIBENGALS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
OCT 20, 1996

Cincinnati Bengals vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Oct 20, 1996

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 1 INT

Regular Season
1995
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
SEP 10, 1995

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Sep 10, 1995

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Steve Tovar's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 5 total tackles

Regular Season
1999
CINCINNATIBENGALS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
SEP 26, 1999

Cincinnati Bengals vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Sep 26, 1999

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 sack

Regular Season
1998
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
DEC 27, 1998

Los Angeles Chargers vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Dec 27, 1998

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
1999
CAROLINAPANTHERS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
OCT 17, 1999

Carolina Panthers vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Oct 17, 1999

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 interceptions

Regular Season
1996
ATLANTAFALCONS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
NOV 24, 1996

Atlanta Falcons vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Nov 24, 1996

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 2 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Steve Tovar's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2002

01
CINTOVAR—Steve Tovar
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

1986–2000

02
LACTOVAR—Steve Tovar
LACSEAU55Junior Seau
LACHUMPHRIES12Stan Humphries

Defense carries an unlikely champion of the AFC

Los Angeles Chargers · Seau and the first Super Bowl

Seau became the emotional center of the franchise and the 1994 Chargers won three straight playoff games to reach Super Bowl XXIX.

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Franchise era

1992–2000

03
MINTOVAR—Steve Tovar
MINCARTER80Cris Carter
MINMOSS84Randy Moss

The league's most explosive offense

Minnesota Vikings · Carter, Moss and the 1998 heartbreak

Moss transformed the league as a rookie and the 15–1 Vikings set a scoring record before falling in overtime one game short of the Super Bowl.

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Franchise era

1993–2000

04
NETOVAR—Steve Tovar
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

1995–2001

05
CARTOVAR—Steve Tovar
CARMILLS51Sam Mills
CARGREENE91Kevin 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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Career accomplishments

8 NFL seasons112 career games37 career solo tackles8 career sacksJersey: 590 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 5, 1993Most recent: Dec 24, 2000

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