oldest nfl player to appear in a game as a linebacker

Junior Seau is the oldest linebacker in a game. He was 40 years and 349 days old against the Texans on January 3, 2010.

Interpreted as:
oldest NFL player to appear in a regular-season game as a linebacker
NAME AGE DATE TM OPP TKL AST COMB SCK SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD
1 Junior Seau
J. Seau
40-349
1/3/2010
NE NE
@
HOU HOU
2
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 Junior Seau
J. Seau
40-342
12/27/2009
NE NE
vs
JAX JAX
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3 Junior Seau
J. Seau
40-335
12/20/2009
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
1
2
3
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4 Junior Seau
J. Seau
40-328
12/13/2009
NE NE
vs
CAR CAR
0
2
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5 Junior Seau
J. Seau
40-321
12/6/2009
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
2
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-282
12/22/1996
ATL ATL
@
JAX JAX
1.0
0
0
0
0
7 Junior Seau
J. Seau
40-279
10/25/2009
NE NE
@
TB TB
1
1
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-275
12/15/1996
ATL ATL
vs
STL STL
1.0
0
0
0
0
9 Junior Seau
J. Seau
40-272
10/18/2009
NE NE
vs
TEN TEN
2
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
10 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-268
12/8/1996
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
0.0
0
0
0
0
11 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-262
12/2/1996
ATL ATL
vs
SF SF
0.0
0
0
0
0
12 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-254
11/24/1996
ATL ATL
@
CIN CIN
0.0
0
0
0
0
13 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-247
11/17/1996
ATL ATL
vs
NO NO
0.0
0
0
0
0
14 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-240
11/10/1996
ATL ATL
@
STL STL
0.0
0
0
0
0
15 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-233
11/3/1996
ATL ATL
vs
CAR CAR
3.0
0
0
0
0
16 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-226
10/27/1996
ATL ATL
vs
PIT PIT
1.5
0
0
0
0
17 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-219
10/20/1996
ATL ATL
@
DAL DAL
0.0
0
0
0
0
18 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-212
10/13/1996
ATL ATL
vs
HOU HOU
0.0
0
0
0
0
19 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-205
10/6/1996
ATL ATL
@
DET DET
0.0
0
0
0
0
20 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-198
9/29/1996
ATL ATL
@
SF SF
0.0
0
0
0
0
21 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-191
9/22/1996
ATL ATL
vs
PHI PHI
0.0
0
0
0
0
22 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-170
9/1/1996
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
0.0
0
0
0
0
23 Junior Seau
J. Seau
39-344
12/28/2008
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
4
5
9
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24 Junior Seau
J. Seau
39-337
12/21/2008
NE NE
vs
ARI ARI
5
2
7
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25 Junior Seau
J. Seau
39-330
12/14/2008
NE NE
@
OAK OAK
5
0
5
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

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19.0

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TEAM W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
5
2
0
.714
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
Dolphins Dolphins
1
6
0
.143
Jets Jets
0
7
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
ATL ATL
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Thu
11/13
NYJ NYJ
@
NE NE
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
NE NE
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
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TEN Titans

1 - 6 - 0

13

Final

31

NE Patriots

5 - 2 - 0

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AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
5
2
0
.714
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
2
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
3
4
0
.429
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
6
1
0
.857
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC West W L T PCT
Broncos Broncos
5
2
0
.714
Chargers Chargers
4
3
0
.571
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
5
2
0
.714
Cowboys Cowboys
3
3
1
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
4
1
1
.750
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
2
0
.714
Panthers Panthers
4
3
0
.571
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714

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
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/23
MIN MIN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Sun
10/26
NYJ NYJ
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
BUF BUF
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
SF SF
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
NYG NYG
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM