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Cliff Austin

Retired

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · RB

Cliff Austin recorded 58 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 5 rostered seasons with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints.

▶Best highlights

7.7

rush yds/gm

2.0

rec yds/gm

0

playoff games

58

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Cliff Austin's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1986
ATLANTAFALCONS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
SEP 7, 1986

Atlanta Falcons vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Sep 7, 1986

104 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Regular Season
1987
ATLANTAFALCONS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
SEP 13, 1987

Atlanta Falcons vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Sep 13, 1987

20 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 1 rec

Regular Season
1986
ATLANTAFALCONS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
SEP 28, 1986

Atlanta Falcons vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Sep 28, 1986

71 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec

Regular Season
1987
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
CHICAGOBEARS
SEP 20, 1987

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Sep 20, 1987

9 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 4 rec

Regular Season
1983
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
NOV 13, 1983

New Orleans Saints vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Nov 13, 1983

0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Cliff Austin's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 104 rushing yards

Regular Season
1986
ATLANTAFALCONS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
SEP 7, 1986

Atlanta Falcons vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Sep 7, 1986

104 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Career high: 1 rushing touchdown

Regular Season
1987
ATLANTAFALCONS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
SEP 13, 1987

Atlanta Falcons vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Sep 13, 1987

20 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 1 rec

Career high: 36 receiving yards

Regular Season
1987
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
CHICAGOBEARS
SEP 20, 1987

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Sep 20, 1987

9 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 4 rec

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Cliff Austin's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1967–1986

01
NOAUSTIN—Cliff Austin
NOMANNING—Archie Manning
NODEMPSEY—Tom Dempsey

Dempsey's kick and Manning's resilience

New Orleans Saints · The long beginning

New Orleans produced beloved moments but no winning season in its first two decades, turning loyalty itself into the franchise's defining trait.

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Franchise era

1966–1988

02
ATLAUSTIN—Cliff Austin
ATLBARTKOWSKI—Steve Bartkowski
ATLHUMPHREY—Claude Humphrey

The Grits Blitz and Bartkowski bring the first wins

Atlanta Falcons · Building an identity

After a difficult expansion launch, Atlanta found its first playoff teams through an attacking defense, Bartkowski's arm and Andrews's punishing running.

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Franchise era

1983–1995

03
TBAUSTIN—Cliff Austin
TBWILDER32James Wilder
TBGRUBER74Paul Gruber

Instability follows Williams's departure

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · The lost creamsicle years

Ownership decisions and constant coaching change produced fourteen straight losing seasons before new leadership began a cultural reset.

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Career accomplishments

5 NFL seasons58 career games445 career rushing yards2 career rushing touchdowns11 career receptions118 career receiving yards0 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Oct 9, 1983Most recent: Nov 1, 1987

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