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Danny Spradlin

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Los Angeles Rams · LB

Danny Spradlin recorded 63 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 5 rostered seasons with St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys.

▶Best highlights

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tackles/gm

5

playoff games

5

indexed seasons

63

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Danny Spradlin's most significant indexed performances.

Conference Championship
1982
W
DALLASCOWBOYS
WSH
JAN 22, 1983

Dallas Cowboys vs WSH

Conference Championship · Jan 22, 1983

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1982
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DALLASCOWBOYS
JAN 16, 1983

Green Bay Packers vs Dallas Cowboys

Divisional Round · Jan 16, 1983

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1982
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DALLASCOWBOYS
JAN 9, 1983

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys

Wild Card · Jan 9, 1983

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship
1981
DALLASCOWBOYS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
JAN 10, 1982

Dallas Cowboys vs San Francisco 49ers

Conference Championship · Jan 10, 1982

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1981
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DALLASCOWBOYS
JAN 2, 1982

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys

Divisional Round · Jan 2, 1982

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Danny Spradlin's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 1 sack

Regular Season
1983
GREEN BAYPACKERS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DEC 12, 1983

Green Bay Packers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Dec 12, 1983

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Danny Spradlin's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1980–1988

01
DALSPRADLIN—Danny Spradlin
DALWHITE11Danny White
DALDORSETT33Tony Dorsett

Repeated near misses precede a historic teardown

Dallas Cowboys · The final Landry teams

Dallas reached three straight NFC title games before an aging roster declined and new ownership ended Landry's 29-year tenure.

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Franchise era

1983–1995

02
TBSPRADLIN—Danny Spradlin
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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Franchise era

1960–1987

03
ARISPRADLIN—Danny Spradlin
ARIHART—Jim Hart
ARIDIERDORF—Dan Dierdorf

The Cardiac Cardinals make drama a habit

Arizona Cardinals · The St. Louis Football Cardinals

St. Louis produced explosive, entertaining contenders in the 1970s but never found the postseason breakthrough needed to secure the franchise's future there.

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Franchise era

1973–1989

04
LARSPRADLIN—Danny Spradlin
LARYOUNGBLOOD—Jack Youngblood
LARDICKERSON29Eric Dickerson

Division dominance keeps colliding with a dynasty

Los Angeles Rams · A perennial NFC power

The Rams won seven straight division titles and reached the 1979 Super Bowl, but Dallas, Minnesota and San Francisco repeatedly blocked the path.

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Career accomplishments

5 NFL seasons63 career games1 career sacksJersey: 05 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 6, 1981Most recent: Dec 8, 1985

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