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CINESIASON7

Boomer Esiason

Retired

Cincinnati Bengals · QB

Boomer Esiason recorded 187 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 14 rostered seasons with Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets.

▶Best highlights

202.8

pass yds/gm

8.5

rush yds/gm

5

playoff games

187

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Boomer Esiason's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1986
NEW YORKJETS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 21, 1986

New York Jets vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 21, 1986

425 pass yds · 5 pass TD · 1 INT

Regular Season
1989
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
OCT 29, 1989

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Oct 29, 1989

197 pass yds · 5 pass TD · 0 INT

Wild Card
1990
TENNESSEETITANS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
JAN 6, 1991

Tennessee Titans vs Cincinnati Bengals

Wild Card · Jan 6, 1991

150 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
1993
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
NEW YORKJETS
OCT 3, 1993

Philadelphia Eagles vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Oct 3, 1993

297 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 2 INT

Regular Season
1989
TENNESSEETITANS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 17, 1989

Tennessee Titans vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 17, 1989

326 pass yds · 4 pass TD · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Boomer Esiason's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 522 passing yards

Regular Season
1996
W
ARIZONACARDINALS
WSH
NOV 10, 1996

Arizona Cardinals vs WSH

Regular Season · Nov 10, 1996

522 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 4 INT

Career high: 5 passing touchdowns

Regular Season
1989
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
OCT 29, 1989

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Oct 29, 1989

197 pass yds · 5 pass TD · 0 INT

Career high: 77 rushing yards

Regular Season
1987
CINCINNATIBENGALS
ATLANTAFALCONS
NOV 15, 1987

Cincinnati Bengals vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Nov 15, 1987

159 pass yds · 0 pass TD · 2 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Boomer Esiason's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1980–1991

01
CINESIASON7Boomer Esiason
CINANDERSON14Ken Anderson
CINMUÑOZ—Anthony Muñoz

Anderson and Esiason lead different Super Bowl teams

Cincinnati Bengals · Two AFC championships

Forrest Gregg's 1981 team and Sam Wyche's no-huddle 1988 team each reached the Super Bowl, both falling late to San Francisco.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

02
CINESIASON7Boomer Esiason
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

1981–1996

03
NYJESIASON7Boomer Esiason
NYJGASTINEAU99Mark Gastineau
NYJKLECKO—Joe Klecko

Pass rush returns the Jets to January

New York Jets · The Sack Exchange and more near misses

The Sack Exchange led consecutive playoff teams, and the 1986 club began 10–1 before injuries and an overtime loss ended its run.

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Franchise era

1988–2003

04
ARIESIASON7Boomer Esiason
ARIWILLIAMS35Aeneas Williams
ARIPLUMMER16Jake 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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Career accomplishments

Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year · 1995Pro Bowl selection · 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993First-team All-Pro · 1988NFL MVP · 198814 NFL seasons187 career games37,920 career passing yards247 career passing touchdowns1,598 career rushing yards7 career rushing touchdowns1 career receptions-8 career receiving yardsJersey: 75 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 16, 1984Most recent: Dec 21, 1997

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