ROLB · #57 · Atlanta Falcons

William Matthews

Born 1956 6'2" · 245 lb USC Drafted 1978 · R1 #12 by CLE 1978 – 1996 · 19 Seasons

• 4× Pro Bowl

Regular season career

278 Games 19 seasons

1,595 Total Tkl

82.5 Sacks

16 INT

24 FF

2 Def TD

1,561 Solo

Season by season

1. 34 1978'78
2. 103 1979'79
3. 83 1980'80
4. 128 1981'81
5. 11 1982'82
6. 106 1983'83
7. 126 1984'84
8. 88 1985'85
9. 89 1986'86
10. 72 1987'87
11. 101 1988'88
12. 113 1989'89
13. 102 1990'90
14. 80 1991'91
15. 111 1992'92
16. 83 1993'93
17. 90 1994'94
18. 63 1995'95
19. 12 1996'96

1. 1 1978'78
2. 2 1979'79
3. 5 1980'80
4. 5 1981'81
5. 0 1982'82
6. 6 1983'83
7. 12 1984'84
8. 6 1985'85
9. 1 1986'86
10. 2.5 1987'87
11. 6 1988'88
12. 4 1989'89
13. 3.5 1990'90
14. 6.5 1991'91
15. 9 1992'92
16. 5.5 1993'93
17. 1 1994'94
18. 0 1995'95
19. 6.5 1996'96

1. 1 1978'78
2. 1 1979'79
3. 1 1980'80
4. 2 1981'81
5. 0 1982'82
6. 0 1983'83
7. 0 1984'84
8. 0 1985'85
9. 2 1986'86
10. 3 1987'87
11. 0 1988'88
12. 1 1989'89
13. 0 1990'90
14. 1 1991'91
15. 1 1992'92
16. 1 1993'93
17. 0 1994'94
18. 2 1995'95
19. 0 1996'96

Teams

• Cleveland Browns 1978–1993 · 232 games
• Atlanta Falcons 1994–1996 · 46 games