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Matt Bowen

Retired

Buffalo Bills · DB

Matt Bowen recorded 61 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 7 rostered seasons with Buffalo Bills, Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Rams.

▶Best highlights

3.1

tackles/gm

3

playoff games

7

indexed seasons

61

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Matt Bowen's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2004
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
SEP 12, 2004

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Washington Commanders

Regular Season · Sep 12, 2004

8 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2002
ATLANTAFALCONS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
JAN 4, 2003

Atlanta Falcons vs Green Bay Packers

Wild Card · Jan 4, 2003

13 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
2005
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
JAN 14, 2006

Washington Commanders vs Seattle Seahawks

Divisional Round · Jan 14, 2006

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
2001
GREEN BAYPACKERS
ST. LOUISRAMS
JAN 20, 2002

Green Bay Packers vs St. Louis Rams

Divisional Round · Jan 20, 2002

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2003
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
OCT 12, 2003

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Washington Commanders

Regular Season · Oct 12, 2003

8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Matt Bowen's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 13 total tackles

Wild Card
2002
ATLANTAFALCONS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
JAN 4, 2003

Atlanta Falcons vs Green Bay Packers

Wild Card · Jan 4, 2003

13 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career highs: 1 interception · 44 interception return yards

Regular Season
2003
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
NOV 16, 2003

Washington Commanders vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Nov 16, 2003

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career high: 3 passes defended

Regular Season
2002
DETROITLIONS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
NOV 10, 2002

Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Nov 10, 2002

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2004
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
SEP 12, 2004

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Washington Commanders

Regular Season · Sep 12, 2004

8 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Matt Bowen's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1999–2004

01
LARBOWEN—Matt Bowen
LARWARNER13Kurt Warner
LARFAULK28Marshall Faulk

Speed and spacing transform the league

Los Angeles Rams · The Greatest Show on Turf

Warner's emergence, Faulk's versatility and a deep receiving corps produced two Super Bowls and the championship after the 1999 season.

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Franchise era

1992–2007

02
GBBOWEN—Matt Bowen
GBFAVRE4Brett Favre
GBWHITE92Reggie White

Joyful improvisation returns Green Bay to the summit

Green Bay Packers · The Favre revival

Ron Wolf acquired Favre and White, restoring national relevance and winning Super Bowl XXXI under Mike Holmgren.

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Franchise era

1993–2011

03
WASBOWEN—Matt Bowen
WASBAILEY24Champ Bailey
WASDAVIS48Stephen Davis

Frequent resets obscure isolated playoff teams

Washington Commanders · Instability after Gibbs

Ownership and coaching turnover prevented a stable successor, even as several veteran teams produced brief postseason runs.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

04
BUFBOWEN—Matt Bowen
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Career accomplishments

7 NFL seasons61 career games155 career solo tackles2 career sacksDrafted by: SLDraft pick: 198Jersey: 413 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 4, 2000Most recent: Nov 26, 2006

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