most sacks allowed in one season nfl history

David Carr has been sacked the most in a season, with 76 sacks in his rookie season in 2002.

Interpreted as:
most sacks allowed by a player in one season NFL history
NAME SCK SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCKY
1 David Carr
D. Carr
76
2002
HOU HOU
16
233
444
52.5
2,592
5.8
162.0
9
15
62.8
2.0
3.4
411
2 Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
72
1986
PHI PHI
15
111
209
53.1
1,391
6.7
92.7
8
7
72.9
3.8
3.3
489
3 Caleb Williams
C. Williams
68
2024
CHI CHI
17
351
562
62.5
3,541
6.3
208.3
20
6
87.8
3.6
1.1
466
4 David Carr
D. Carr
68
2005
HOU HOU
16
256
423
60.5
2,488
5.9
155.5
14
11
77.2
3.3
2.6
424
5 Sam Howell
S. Howell
65
2023
WAS WAS
17
388
612
63.4
3,946
6.4
232.1
21
21
78.9
3.4
3.4
449
6 Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
63
2006
DET DET
16
372
596
62.4
4,208
7.1
263.0
21
22
79.9
3.5
3.7
388
7 Bryce Young
B. Young
62
2023
CAR CAR
16
315
527
59.8
2,877
5.5
179.8
11
10
73.7
2.1
1.9
477
8 Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
62
2018
HOU HOU
16
345
505
68.3
4,165
8.2
260.3
26
9
103.1
5.1
1.8
384
9 Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
62
2000
CAR CAR
16
324
533
60.8
3,730
7.0
233.1
19
18
79.7
3.6
3.4
331
10 Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
62
1985
NYJ NYJ
16
297
488
60.9
3,888
8.0
243.0
25
8
96.2
5.1
1.6
399
11 Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
61
1985
STL STL
16
265
471
56.3
3,214
6.8
200.9
18
12
79.5
3.8
2.5
442
12 Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
60
1992
PHI PHI
15
233
384
60.7
2,775
7.2
185.0
19
11
87.3
4.9
2.9
437
13 Tony Eason
T. Eason
59
1984
NE NE
16
259
431
60.1
3,228
7.5
201.8
23
8
93.4
5.3
1.9
409
14 Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
58
2013
MIA MIA
16
355
588
60.4
3,913
6.7
244.6
24
17
81.7
4.1
2.9
399
15 Jeff George
J. George
58
1997
OAK OAK
16
290
521
55.7
3,917
7.5
244.8
29
9
91.2
5.6
1.7
430
16 Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
57
2001
JAX JAX
15
289
473
61.1
3,309
7.0
220.6
19
13
84.1
4.0
2.7
387
17 Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
57
1988
PHI PHI
16
301
560
53.8
3,808
6.8
238.0
24
16
77.6
4.3
2.9
442
18 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
56
2018
DAL DAL
16
356
526
67.7
3,885
7.4
242.8
22
8
96.9
4.2
1.5
347
19 Tim Couch
T. Couch
56
1999
CLE CLE
15
223
399
55.9
2,447
6.1
163.1
15
13
73.2
3.8
3.3
359
20 Jeff George
J. George
56
1991
IND IND
16
292
485
60.2
2,910
6.0
181.9
10
12
73.8
2.1
2.5
481
21 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
55
2022
DEN DEN
15
292
483
60.5
3,524
7.3
234.9
16
11
84.4
3.3
2.3
368
22 Justin Fields
J. Fields
55
2022
CHI CHI
15
192
318
60.4
2,242
7.1
149.5
17
11
85.2
5.3
3.5
359
23 Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
55
2014
JAX JAX
14
280
475
58.9
2,908
6.1
207.7
11
17
69.5
2.3
3.6
345
24 Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
55
1999
NE NE
16
305
539
56.6
3,985
7.4
249.1
19
21
75.6
3.5
3.9
342
25 Phil Simms
P. Simms
55
1984
NYG NYG
16
286
533
53.7
4,044
7.6
252.8
22
18
78.1
4.1
3.4
434
StatMuse has season-level data for times sacked going back to the 1969 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
Titans Titans
0
3
0
.000
Texans Texans
0
3
0
.000
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
10:00 PM
Sun
10/26
SF SF
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Last Game
JAX Jaguars

2 - 1 - 0

17

Final

10

HOU Texans

0 - 3 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM