Willie McGinest had the most sacks by a linebacker in a 2005 playoff game, with 4.5 sacks in the 2005 AFC Wild Card game versus the Jaguars on January 7, 2006.
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most defensive sacks by a lb in a game 2005 playoffs| NAME | SCK | DATE | ROUND | TM | OPP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR | FR TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | W. McGinest | 4.5 | 1/7/2006 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 6 | 2 | 8 | 35.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | J. Farrior | 2.5 | 1/15/2006 | AFC Divisional | @ | 8 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | J. Porter | 1.5 | 1/15/2006 | AFC Divisional | @ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | C. Haggans | 1.0 | 2/5/2006 | Super Bowl | vs | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | J. Porter | 1.0 | 1/22/2006 | AFC Championship | @ | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | D. Morgan | 1.0 | 1/22/2006 | NFC Championship | @ | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | A. Jackson | 1.0 | 1/8/2006 | NFC Wild Card | vs | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | W. Witherspoon | 1.0 | 1/8/2006 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | R. Colvin | 1.0 | 1/7/2006 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | M. Peterson | 1.0 | 1/7/2006 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | D. Smith | 1.0 | 1/7/2006 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | D.J. Williams | 0.5 | 1/22/2006 | AFC Championship | vs | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | L. Foote | 0.5 | 1/8/2006 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | C. Haggans | 0.5 | 1/8/2006 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | J. Porter | 0.5 | 1/8/2006 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
StatMuse has game-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 playoffs.
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