See Sapp Sack

It didn’t take long for Warren Sapp to change the culture of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and quickly turn around the fortunes of the once downtrodden franchise. The Class of 2013 defensive tackle was a disruptive force in the middle of the Buccaneers’ defense, which defined the team.

In 1999, he led Tampa Bay to their first division title in 18 seasons en route to being named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year. Three years later Sapp and the Bucs defense, ranked number one in both total defense and pass defense, once again dominated the competition on their way to a Super Bowl XXXVII victory over the Oakland Raiders.

Throughout his 13-season NFL career, Sapp registered an impressive 96.5 sacks. He logged at least a half sack in 74 games and multiple sacks in 23 contests during his career with the Buccaneers and Raiders. Sapp’s teams combined for a 44-30 record when he was involved with dropping the opponent’s passer for a loss. In those game in which he had multiple sacks, his team posted a 16-7 record.

Sapp’s Game-by-Game Sacks 

Date	Opponent	Sack(s)
Sept. 3, 1995	at Philadelphia Eagles (W, 21-6)	1.0
Sept. 24, 1995	Washington Redskins (W, 14-6)	1.0
Oct. 22, 1995	Atlanta Falcons (L, 21-24)	1.0
Sept. 1, 1996	Green Bay Packers (L, 3-34)	1.0
Sept. 22, 1996	Seattle Seahawks (L, 13-17)	2.0
Sept. 29, 1996	Detroit Lions (L, 0-27)	1.0
Oct. 13, 1996	Minnesota Vikings (W, 24-13)	1.5
Nov. 24, 1996	New Orleans (W, 13-7)	0.5
Dec. 15, 1996	at Minnesota Vikings (L, 10-21)	2.0
Dec. 22, 1996	Chicago Bears (W, 34-19)	1.0
Aug. 31, 1997	San Francisco 49ers (W, 13-6)	2.5
Sept. 7, 1997	at Detroit Lions (W, 24-17)	1.0
Sept. 28, 1997	Arizona Cardinals (W, 19-18)	1.0
Oct. 12, 1997	Detroit Lions (L, 9-27)	1.0
Oct. 26, 1997	Minnesota Vikings (L, 6-10)	1.0
Nov. 2, 1997	at Indianapolis Colts (W, 31-28)	1.0
Nov. 16, 1997	New England Patriots (W, 27-7)	1.0
Dec. 21, 1997	Chicago Bears (W, 31-15)	2.0
Sept. 13, 1998	at Green Bay Packers (L, 15-23)	2.0
Oct. 18, 1998	Carolina Panthers (W, 16-13)	1.0
Nov. 8, 1998	Tennessee Titans (L, 22-31)	1.0
Nov. 22, 1998	Detroit Lions (L, 25-38)	1.0
Nov. 29, 1998	at Chicago Bears (W, 31-17)	1.0
Dec. 7, 1998	Green Bay Packers (W, 24-22)	1.0
Sept. 12, 1999	New York Giants (L, 13-17)	1.0
Sept. 19, 1999	at Philadelpia Eagles (W, 19-5)	3.0
Oct. 10, 1999	at Green Bay Packers (L, 23-26)	2.0
Oct. 24, 1999	Chicago Bears (W, 6-3)	1.0
Nov. 14, 1999	Kansas City Chiefs (W, 17-10)	1.0
Nov. 21, 1999	Atlanta Falcons (W, 19-10)	1.0
Nov. 28, 1999	at Seattle Seahawks (W, 16-3)	1.0
Dec. 12, 1999	Detroit Lions (W, 23-16)	1.5
Dec. 19, 1999	at Oakland Raiders (L, 0-45)	1.0
Sept. 3, 2000	at New England Patriots (W, 21-16)	1.5
Sept. 10, 2000	Chicago Bears (W, 41-0)	1.0
Sept. 17, 2000	at Detroit Lions (W, 31-10)	3.0
Oct. 1, 2000	at Washington Redskins (L, 17-20)	1.0
Oct. 9, 2000	at Minnesota Vikings (L, 23-30)	1.0
Oct. 19, 2000	Detroit Lions (L, 14-28)	2.0
Oct. 29, 2000	Minnesota Vikings (W, 41-13)	1.0
Nov. 12, 2000	Green Bay Packers (W, 20-15)	1.0
Nov. 26, 2000	Buffalo Bills (W, 31-17)	2.0
Dec. 18, 2000	St. Louis Rams (W, 38-35)	2.0
Dec. 24, 2000	at Green Bay Packers (L, 14-17)	1.0
Oct. 14, 2001	at Tennessee Titans (L, 28-31)	1.0
Nov. 11, 2001	at Detroit Lions (W, 20-17)	2.0
Nov. 26, 2001	at St. Louis Rams (W, 24-17)	2.0
Dec. 23, 2001	New Orleans Saints (W, 48-21)	0.5
Dec. 29, 2001	Baltimore Colts (W, 22-10)	0.5
Sept. 8, 2002	New Orleans Saints (L, 20-26)	1.0
Sept. 23, 2002	St. Louis Rams (W, 26-14)	1.0
Sept. 29, 2002	at Cincinnati Bengals (W, 35-7)	2.0
Oct. 13, 2002	Cleveland Browns (W, 17-3)	2.0
Oct. 20, 2002	at Philadelphia Eagles (L, 10-20)	0.5
Oct. 27, 2002	at Carolina Panthers (W, 12-9)	1.0
Oct. 12, 2003	at Washington Redskins (W, 35-13)	2.0
Oct. 26, 2003	Dallas Cowboys (W, 16-0)	1.0
Nov. 24, 2003	New York Giants (W, 19-13)	2.0
Sept. 19, 2004	Buffalo Bills (W, 13-10)	0.5
Dec. 19, 2004	Tennessee Titans (W, 40-35)	1.0
Dec. 25, 2004	at Kansas City Chiefs (L, 30-31)	1.0
Oct. 2, 2005	Dallas Cowboys (W, 19-13)	1.0
Oct. 23, 2005	Buffalo Bills (W, 38-17)	1.0
Oct. 30, 2005	at Tennesee Titans (W, 34-25)	3.0
Sept. 17, 2006	at Baltimore Ravens (L, 6-28)	2.0
Oct. 29, 2006	Pittsburgh Steelers (W, 20-13)	1.0
Nov. 6, 2006	at Seattle Seahawks (L, 0-16)	1.0
Nov. 12, 2006	Denver Broncos (L, 13-17)	2.0
Dec. 3, 2006	Houston Texans (L, 14-23)	1.0
Dec. 17, 2006	St. Louis Rams (L, 0-20)	1.0
Dec. 23, 2006	Kansas City Chiefs (L, 9-20)	1.0
Dec. 31, 2006	at New York Jets (L, 3-23)	1.0
Oct. 21, 2007	Kansas City Chiefs (L, 10-12)	1.0
Oct. 28, 2007	at Tennessee Titans (L, 9-13)	1.0
Career Total:		96.5

Back to news