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Ben Smith

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Ben Smith recorded 57 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 7 rostered seasons with Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles.

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tackles/gm

1

playoff games

6

indexed seasons

57

career games

Five defining games

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A provisional five-game introduction to Ben Smith's most significant indexed performances.

Wild Card
1990
W
WSH
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
JAN 5, 1991

WSH vs Philadelphia Eagles

Wild Card · Jan 5, 1991

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1996
ARIZONACARDINALS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
SEP 1, 1996

Arizona Cardinals vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Sep 1, 1996

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1996
MIAMIDOLPHINS
ARIZONACARDINALS
SEP 8, 1996

Miami Dolphins vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Sep 8, 1996

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1995
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
ARIZONACARDINALS
SEP 10, 1995

Philadelphia Eagles vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Sep 10, 1995

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1995
W
ARIZONACARDINALS
WSH
SEP 3, 1995

Arizona Cardinals vs WSH

Regular Season · Sep 3, 1995

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Ben Smith's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
1994
DENVERBRONCOS
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
OCT 23, 1994

Denver Broncos vs Los Angeles Chargers

Regular Season · Oct 23, 1994

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career high: 6 interception return yards

Regular Season
1991
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
CLEVELANDBROWNS
NOV 10, 1991

Philadelphia Eagles vs Cleveland Browns

Regular Season · Nov 10, 1991

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Ben Smith's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1986–1998

01
PHISMITH—Ben Smith
PHIWHITE92Reggie White
PHICUNNINGHAM7Randall Cunningham

A historic front cannot find a matching offense

Philadelphia Eagles · The Buddy Ryan defense

White led one of football's deepest defenses while Cunningham reimagined quarterback movement, but the gifted group never won a playoff game together.

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Franchise era

1993–1998

02
DENSMITH—Ben Smith
DENELWAY7John Elway
DENDAVIS30Terrell Davis

The zone run completes Elway's career

Denver Broncos · At last, back-to-back titles

Mike Shanahan's run game and Davis's postseason dominance gave Elway the balance needed to win consecutive Super Bowls.

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Franchise era

1988–2003

03
ARISMITH—Ben Smith
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

7 NFL seasons57 career games1 career sacksJersey: 261 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 9, 1990Most recent: Sep 8, 1996

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