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Chris Hovan DT · MIN /TB · 2000–2009
Born May 12, 1978 · College Boston College · Drafted 2000 , round 1, pick 25 (MIN) · 6-2, 296 lb
2nd-team All-Pro (2002)
Defence Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
Season Team G Tackles Sacks QB hits Tackles INT Passes Forced
2000 MIN 14 48 2.0 – – 0 – 0 2000 playoffs MIN 2 7 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2001 MIN 13 45 6.0 – – 0 – 2 2002 MIN 15 52 5.5 – – 0 – 0 2003 MIN 13 27 2.0 – – 0 – 1 2004 MIN 9 19 0.5 – – 0 – 0 2005 TB 15 45 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2005 playoffs TB 1 2 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2006 TB 14 52 2.0 7 – 0 – 0 2007 TB 15 48 1.5 4 – 1 – 0 2007 playoffs TB 1 2 0.0 0 – 0 – 0 2008 TB 14 43 1.0 5 – 0 – 0 2009 TB 14 32 0.5 3 2 0 0 0 Career TB 136 411 21.0 35 39 1 16 3
Honours Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0 ), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.
Season Honours
2002 2nd-team All-Pro
Game logs 2009 game log (14 games) 2009 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2009-09-13 vs DAL L 21–34 2 0.0 0 0 2 2009-09-20 @ BUF L 20–33 2 0.0 0 0 3 2009-09-27 vs NYG L 0–24 4 0.0 0 0 4 2009-10-04 @ WAS L 13–16 1 0.0 0 0 5 2009-10-11 @ PHI L 14–33 1 0.0 0 0 9 2009-11-08 vs GB W 38–28 5 0.5 0 0 10 2009-11-15 @ MIA L 23–25 3 0.0 0 0 11 2009-11-22 vs NO L 7–38 2 0.0 0 0 12 2009-11-29 @ ATL L 17–20 1 0.0 0 0 13 2009-12-06 @ CAR L 6–16 2 0.0 0 0 14 2009-12-13 vs NYJ L 3–26 2 0.0 0 0 15 2009-12-20 @ SEA W 24–7 1 0.0 0 0 16 2009-12-27 @ NO W 20–17 OT 3 0.0 0 0 17 2010-01-03 vs ATL L 10–20 3 0.0 0 0
2008 game log (14 games) 2008 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2008-09-07 @ NO L 20–24 7 0.0 0 0 2 2008-09-14 vs ATL W 24–9 2 0.0 0 0 3 2008-09-21 @ CHI W 27–24 OT 6 0.0 0 0 4 2008-09-28 vs GB W 30–21 3 0.0 0 0 5 2008-10-05 @ DEN L 13–16 1 0.0 0 0 6 2008-10-12 vs CAR W 27–3 2 0.0 0 0 8 2008-10-26 @ DAL L 9–13 2 0.0 0 1 9 2008-11-02 @ KC W 30–27 OT 4 0.0 0 0 11 2008-11-16 vs MIN W 19–13 2 1.0 0 0 12 2008-11-23 @ DET W 38–20 1 0.0 0 0 13 2008-11-30 vs NO W 23–20 1 0.0 0 0 14 2008-12-08 @ CAR L 23–38 5 0.0 0 0 16 2008-12-21 vs LAC L 24–41 2 0.0 0 0 17 2008-12-28 vs LV L 24–31 5 0.0 0 0
2007 game log (16 games) 2007 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2007-09-09 @ SEA L 6–20 1 0.0 0 0 3 2007-09-23 vs LA W 24–3 4 0.0 0 0 4 2007-09-30 @ CAR W 20–7 2 0.0 0 0 5 2007-10-07 @ IND L 14–33 6 0.0 0 0 6 2007-10-14 vs TEN W 13–10 3 0.0 0 0 7 2007-10-21 @ DET L 16–23 5 0.5 0 0 8 2007-10-28 vs JAX L 23–24 7 0.0 0 0 9 2007-11-04 vs ARI W 17–10 2 0.0 0 0 11 2007-11-18 @ ATL W 31–7 4 1.0 1 1 12 2007-11-25 vs WAS W 19–13 4 0.0 0 0 13 2007-12-02 @ NO W 27–23 1 0.0 0 0 14 2007-12-09 @ HOU L 14–28 3 0.0 0 0 15 2007-12-16 vs ATL W 37–3 1 0.0 0 1 16 2007-12-23 @ SF L 19–21 1 0.0 0 0 17 2007-12-30 vs CAR L 23–31 4 0.0 0 0 P18 2008-01-06 vs NYG L 14–24 2 0.0 0 0
2006 game log (14 games) 2006 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2006-09-10 vs BAL L 0–27 3 0.0 0 0 2 2006-09-17 @ ATL L 3–14 5 0.0 0 0 3 2006-09-24 vs CAR L 24–26 1 0.0 0 0 5 2006-10-08 @ NO L 21–24 2 0.0 0 0 6 2006-10-15 vs CIN W 14–13 2 0.0 0 0 8 2006-10-29 @ NYG L 3–17 7 0.0 0 0 9 2006-11-05 vs NO L 14–31 4 0.0 0 0 10 2006-11-13 @ CAR L 10–24 3 0.0 0 0 11 2006-11-19 vs WAS W 20–17 3 0.0 0 0 12 2006-11-23 @ DAL L 10–38 3 1.0 0 0 13 2006-12-03 @ PIT L 3–20 1 0.0 0 0 14 2006-12-10 vs ATL L 6–17 4 0.0 0 0 16 2006-12-24 @ CLE W 22–7 8 1.0 0 0 17 2006-12-31 vs SEA L 7–23 6 0.0 0 0
2005 game log (16 games) 2005 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2005-09-11 @ MIN W 24–13 2 0.0 0 0 2 2005-09-18 vs BUF W 19–3 2 0.0 0 0 3 2005-09-25 @ GB W 17–16 3 0.0 0 0 4 2005-10-02 vs DET W 17–13 2 0.0 0 0 5 2005-10-09 @ NYJ L 12–14 1 0.0 0 0 6 2005-10-16 vs MIA W 27–13 1 0.0 0 0 8 2005-10-30 @ SF L 10–15 2 0.0 0 0 9 2005-11-06 vs CAR L 14–34 3 0.0 0 1 10 2005-11-13 vs WAS W 36–35 5 0.0 0 0 11 2005-11-20 @ ATL W 30–27 3 0.0 0 0 12 2005-11-27 vs CHI L 10–13 3 0.0 0 0 14 2005-12-11 @ CAR W 20–10 5 0.0 0 0 15 2005-12-17 @ NE L 0–28 7 0.0 0 0 16 2005-12-24 vs ATL W 27–24 OT 5 0.0 0 0 17 2006-01-01 vs NO W 27–13 1 0.0 0 0 P18 2006-01-07 vs WAS L 10–17 2 0.0 0 0
2004 game log (9 games) 2004 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
3 2004-09-26 vs CHI W 27–22 2 0.0 0 0 5 2004-10-10 @ HOU W 34–28 OT 1 0.5 0 1 6 2004-10-17 @ NO W 38–31 3 0.0 0 0 7 2004-10-24 vs TEN W 20–3 3 0.0 0 1 8 2004-10-31 vs NYG L 13–34 3 0.0 0 0 9 2004-11-08 @ IND L 28–31 1 0.0 0 0 10 2004-11-14 @ GB L 31–34 3 0.0 0 0 11 2004-11-21 vs DET W 22–19 1 0.0 0 0 14 2004-12-12 vs SEA L 23–27 2 0.0 0 0
2003 game log (13 games) 2003 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
2 2003-09-14 vs CHI W 24–13 1 0.0 0 0 4 2003-09-28 vs SF W 35–7 2 0.0 0 0 5 2003-10-05 @ ATL W 39–26 1 0.0 0 0 7 2003-10-19 vs DEN W 28–20 3 0.0 0 0 8 2003-10-26 vs NYG L 17–29 1 0.0 0 0 9 2003-11-02 vs GB L 27–30 4 0.0 0 0 10 2003-11-09 @ LAC L 28–42 4 0.5 0 1 11 2003-11-16 @ LV L 18–28 3 0.0 0 0 12 2003-11-23 vs DET W 24–14 2 0.0 0 2 13 2003-11-30 @ LA L 17–48 0 0.0 0 1 15 2003-12-14 @ CHI L 10–13 2 0.0 0 0 16 2003-12-20 vs KC W 45–20 1 0.0 0 0 17 2003-12-28 @ ARI L 17–18 3 1.5 0 0
2002 game log (15 games) 2002 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2002-09-08 @ CHI L 23–27 3 1.0 0 0 3 2002-09-22 vs CAR L 14–21 4 0.0 0 0 4 2002-09-29 @ SEA L 23–48 1 0.0 0 0 6 2002-10-13 vs DET W 31–24 4 0.0 0 1 7 2002-10-20 @ NYJ L 7–20 2 0.0 0 0 8 2002-10-27 vs CHI W 25–7 3 0.5 0 0 9 2002-11-03 @ TB L 24–38 4 0.0 0 0 10 2002-11-10 vs NYG L 20–27 6 1.0 0 0 11 2002-11-17 vs GB W 31–21 3 0.0 0 2 12 2002-11-24 @ NE L 17–24 8 2.0 0 0 13 2002-12-01 vs ATL L 24–30 OT 1 0.0 0 0 14 2002-12-08 @ GB L 22–26 5 0.0 0 0 15 2002-12-15 @ NO W 32–31 3 1.0 0 0 16 2002-12-21 vs MIA W 20–17 4 0.0 0 0 17 2002-12-29 @ DET W 38–36 1 0.0 0 1
2001 game log (13 games) 2001 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2001-09-09 vs CAR L 13–24 6 0.5 0 0 3 2001-09-30 vs TB W 20–16 2 0.0 0 0 4 2001-10-07 @ NO L 15–28 5 0.0 0 1 5 2001-10-14 vs DET W 31–26 4 2.5 0 0 6 2001-10-21 vs GB W 35–13 1 0.0 0 0 7 2001-10-28 @ TB L 14–41 3 0.5 0 0 9 2001-11-11 @ PHI L 17–48 1 0.0 0 0 10 2001-11-19 vs NYG W 28–16 2 0.5 0 0 11 2001-11-25 vs CHI L 6–13 2 0.0 0 0 12 2001-12-02 @ PIT L 16–21 4 0.0 0 0 14 2001-12-16 @ DET L 24–27 7 1.0 0 0 15 2001-12-23 vs JAX L 3–33 3 0.0 0 0 17 2002-01-07 @ BAL L 3–19 5 1.0 0 0
2000 game log (16 games) 2000 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
2 2000-09-10 vs MIA W 13–7 1 0.0 0 1 3 2000-09-17 @ NE W 21–13 5 1.0 0 0 6 2000-10-09 vs TB W 30–23 6 0.0 0 0 7 2000-10-15 @ CHI W 28–16 2 0.0 0 0 8 2000-10-22 vs BUF W 31–27 4 0.0 0 0 9 2000-10-29 @ TB L 13–41 1 0.0 0 0 10 2000-11-06 @ GB L 20–26 OT 5 0.0 0 0 11 2000-11-12 vs ARI W 31–14 2 0.0 0 0 12 2000-11-19 vs CAR W 31–17 6 0.0 0 0 13 2000-11-23 @ DAL W 27–15 3 0.0 0 0 14 2000-11-30 vs DET W 24–17 3 1.0 0 0 15 2000-12-10 @ LA L 29–40 4 0.0 0 0 16 2000-12-17 vs GB L 28–33 2 0.0 0 0 17 2000-12-24 @ IND L 10–31 4 0.0 0 0 P19 2001-01-06 vs NO W 34–16 1 0.0 0 0 P20 2001-01-14 @ NYG L 0–41 6 0.0 0 2
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