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

Career with playoffs

289 Games 19 seasons

1,597 Total Tkl

84.5 Sacks

17 INT

24 FF

2 Def TD

1,563 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. 65 1995'95
19. 12 1996'96

1. 1 1978'78
2. 2 1979'79
3. 5 1980'80
4. 5 1981'81
5. 1 1982'82
6. 6 1983'83
7. 12 1984'84
8. 6 1985'85
9. 2 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. 2 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 · 242 games
• Atlanta Falcons 1994–1996 · 47 games