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Kyle Orton

Retired

Buffalo Bills · QB

Kyle Orton recorded 86 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 10 rostered seasons with Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bears.

▶Best highlights

209.8

pass yds/gm

3.4

rush yds/gm

0

playoff games

86

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Kyle Orton's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2014
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW YORKJETS
OCT 26, 2014

Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Oct 26, 2014

238 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
2010
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
DENVERBRONCOS
NOV 14, 2010

Kansas City Chiefs vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Nov 14, 2010

296 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
2010
ST. LOUISRAMS
DENVERBRONCOS
NOV 28, 2010

St. Louis Rams vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Nov 28, 2010

347 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
2011
DENVERBRONCOS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
OCT 2, 2011

Denver Broncos vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Oct 2, 2011

273 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 3 INT

Regular Season
2014
BUFFALOBILLS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
DEC 21, 2014

Buffalo Bills vs Oakland Raiders

Regular Season · Dec 21, 2014

329 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 2 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Kyle Orton's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 476 passing yards

Regular Season
2010
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
DENVERBRONCOS
SEP 26, 2010

Indianapolis Colts vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Sep 26, 2010

476 pass yds · 1 pass TD · 1 INT

Career highs: 4 passing touchdowns · 2 completions of 40+ yards

Regular Season
2014
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW YORKJETS
OCT 26, 2014

Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Oct 26, 2014

238 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 0 INT

Career high: 38 completions

Regular Season
2014
BUFFALOBILLS
DENVERBRONCOS
DEC 7, 2014

Buffalo Bills vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Dec 7, 2014

355 pass yds · 1 pass TD · 2 INT

Career high: 22 rushing yards

Regular Season
2010
NEW YORKJETS
DENVERBRONCOS
OCT 17, 2010

New York Jets vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Oct 17, 2010

209 pass yds · 1 pass TD · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Kyle Orton's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

2004–2012

01
CHIORTON—Kyle Orton
CHIURLACHER54Brian Urlacher
CHIHESTER23Devin Hester

Takeaways and special teams reach the Super Bowl

Chicago Bears · Urlacher and Lovie's defense

Lovie Smith restored the defense-first formula, and Hester's return brilliance helped the 2006 Bears reach Super Bowl XLI.

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Franchise era

1999–2011

02
DENORTON—Kyle Orton
DENBAILEY24Champ Bailey
DENSMITH80Rod Smith

Good defenses and changing quarterbacks

Denver Broncos · Searching after Elway

Denver remained competitive and reached the 2005 AFC title game, then a run of instability ended with Tim Tebow's brief, unforgettable playoff moment.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

03
KCORTON—Kyle Orton
KCGONZALEZ88Tony Gonzalez
KCHOLMES31Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes and an elite line light up Sundays

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Kansas City built record-setting offenses but remained unable to win a playoff game, then bottomed out before a transformative coaching hire.

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Franchise era

2000–2015

04
DALORTON—Kyle Orton
DALROMO9Tony Romo
DALWITTEN82Jason Witten

Undrafted improvisation restores contention

Dallas Cowboys · The Romo years

Romo developed into a prolific quarterback and gave Dallas repeated division titles, though a sequence of narrow playoff losses shaped the era's reputation.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

05
BUFORTON—Kyle Orton
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

9 NFL seasons87 career games18,037 career passing yards101 career passing touchdowns296 career rushing yards4 career rushing touchdownsDrafted by: CHIDraft pick: 106Jersey: 180 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 11, 2005Most recent: Dec 28, 2014

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

Official regular-season games via NFL.com ↗. Indexed games are the box scores currently available in Athlore.