Darren Bennett

P · LAC/MIN · 1999–2005

Born January 9, 1965 · Undrafted · 6-5, 235 lb

Pro Bowl (2000)

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	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
1999	LAC	1	1	–	–	–
2000	LAC	1	1	–	–	–
2002	LAC	2	2	–	–	–
2003	LAC	2	2	–	–	–
Career	LAC	6	6	0	0	0

Punting

Over expected: against the season’s average punter from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen punt model).

Season	Team	G	Punts	Net yards over expected / punt	Stabilised	Gross yards over expected / punt	Inside 20 %	Touchback %
1999	LAC	15	83	+2.96	+1.42−0.02 to +2.86	+1.99	38.6	7.2
2000	LAC	15	86	−0.52	−0.20−1.64 to +1.24	+2.42	27.9	11.6
2001	LAC	16	78	+0.23	+0.10−1.37 to +1.57	+1.14	29.5	5.1
2002	LAC	16	89	+1.30	+0.67−0.76 to +2.09	+1.42	39.3	6.7
2003	LAC	16	82	+1.97	+0.89−0.56 to +2.35	+0.48	37.8	3.7
2004	MIN	15	57	−1.70	−0.64−2.20 to +0.92	−1.77	29.8	5.3
2004 playoffs	MIN	2	8	−0.05		−3.35	25.0	0.0
2005	MIN	1	8	−6.85	−0.56−2.47 to +1.36	−6.83	12.5	0.0

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
2000	Pro Bowl

Game logs

2005 game log (1 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
14	2005-12-11	vs LA	W 27–13	8	−54.8	1

2004 game log (17 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2004-09-12	vs DAL	W 35–17	3	−16.3	1
2	2004-09-20	@ PHI	L 16–27	1	−4.0	0
3	2004-09-26	vs CHI	W 27–22	1	+4.7	1
5	2004-10-10	@ HOU	W 34–28 OT	8	−32.2	2
7	2004-10-24	vs TEN	W 20–3	5	−19.0	1
8	2004-10-31	vs NYG	L 13–34	5	−46.4	0
9	2004-11-08	@ IND	L 28–31	3	−5.8	1
10	2004-11-14	@ GB	L 31–34	5	−21.1	1
11	2004-11-21	vs DET	W 22–19	4	−4.2	1
12	2004-11-28	vs JAX	W 27–16	2	+4.0	0
13	2004-12-05	@ CHI	L 14–24	1	−6.2	0
14	2004-12-12	vs SEA	L 23–27	4	+27.4	3
15	2004-12-19	@ DET	W 28–27	5	+11.1	2
16	2004-12-24	vs GB	L 31–34	4	+17.0	3
17	2005-01-02	@ WAS	L 18–21	6	−5.9	1
P18	2005-01-09	@ GB	W 31–17	4	+3.9	1
P19	2005-01-16	@ PHI	L 14–27	4	−4.3	1

2003 game log (16 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2003-09-07	@ KC	L 14–27	–	–	–	–	7	+15.5	2
2	2003-09-14	vs DEN	L 13–37	–	–	–	–	5	+14.3	2
3	2003-09-21	vs BAL	L 10–24	–	–	–	–	4	+30.9	0
4	2003-09-28	@ LV	L 31–34 OT	–	–	–	–	7	+27.1	3
5	2003-10-05	@ JAX	L 21–27	2	0.0	0	0	6	−17.1	2
7	2003-10-19	@ CLE	W 26–20	0	0.0	0	0	4	−1.7	1
8	2003-10-27	vs MIA	L 10–26	–	–	–	–	3	+12.9	2
9	2003-11-02	@ CHI	L 7–20	–	–	–	–	6	−15.5	2
10	2003-11-09	vs MIN	W 42–28	–	–	–	–	3	+7.8	1
11	2003-11-16	@ DEN	L 8–37	–	–	–	–	7	+12.5	3
12	2003-11-23	vs CIN	L 27–34	–	–	–	–	4	+26.9	3
13	2003-11-30	vs KC	L 24–28	–	–	–	–	3	−25.7	0
14	2003-12-07	@ DET	W 14–7	–	–	–	–	7	+21.9	4
15	2003-12-14	vs GB	L 21–38	–	–	–	–	3	+5.6	1
16	2003-12-21	@ PIT	L 24–40	–	–	–	–	3	+21.1	2
17	2003-12-28	vs LV	W 21–14	–	–	–	–	10	+19.0	3

2002 game log (16 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2002-09-08	@ CIN	W 34–6	–	–	–	–	2	+6.3	1
2	2002-09-15	vs HOU	W 24–3	–	–	–	–	10	−24.5	2
3	2002-09-22	@ ARI	W 23–15	–	–	–	–	6	+8.1	3
4	2002-09-29	vs NE	W 21–14	–	–	–	–	3	+15.9	2
5	2002-10-06	@ DEN	L 9–26	–	–	–	–	5	+6.9	1
6	2002-10-13	vs KC	W 35–34	1	0.0	0	0	3	−57.5	2
7	2002-10-20	@ LV	W 27–21 OT	–	–	–	–	7	+35.8	4
9	2002-11-03	vs NYJ	L 13–44	1	0.0	0	0	7	−50.6	1
10	2002-11-10	@ LA	L 24–28	–	–	–	–	5	+42.0	3
11	2002-11-17	vs SF	W 20–17 OT	–	–	–	–	7	+23.1	3
12	2002-11-24	@ MIA	L 3–30	–	–	–	–	5	+16.5	3
13	2002-12-01	vs DEN	W 30–27 OT	–	–	–	–	5	+7.1	1
14	2002-12-08	vs LV	L 7–27	–	–	–	–	4	+10.0	1
15	2002-12-15	@ BUF	L 13–20	–	–	–	–	8	+9.1	1
16	2002-12-22	@ KC	L 22–24	–	–	–	–	6	+54.0	3
17	2002-12-29	vs SEA	L 28–31 OT	–	–	–	–	6	+9.2	4

2001 game log (16 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2001-09-09	vs WAS	W 30–3	3	+6.0	1
2	2001-09-23	@ DAL	W 32–21	3	+2.0	1
3	2001-09-30	vs CIN	W 28–14	6	−6.2	0
4	2001-10-07	@ CLE	L 16–20	7	−0.8	3
5	2001-10-14	@ NE	L 26–29 OT	4	+0.8	2
6	2001-10-21	vs DEN	W 27–10	5	+10.5	2
7	2001-10-28	vs BUF	W 27–24	4	−17.6	0
8	2001-11-04	vs KC	L 20–25	5	−8.2	0
9	2001-11-11	@ DEN	L 16–26	5	+16.9	1
10	2001-11-18	@ LV	L 24–34	7	−1.3	3
11	2001-11-25	vs ARI	L 17–20	3	+15.0	2
12	2001-12-02	@ SEA	L 10–13 OT	5	−5.5	2
13	2001-12-09	@ PHI	L 14–24	7	−27.4	1
14	2001-12-15	vs LV	L 6–13	5	−6.9	0
15	2001-12-23	@ KC	L 17–20	4	+10.2	2
16	2001-12-30	vs SEA	L 22–25	5	+29.9	3

2000 game log (15 games)

2000 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2000-09-03	@ LV	L 6–9	–	–	–	–	7	+44.0	2
2	2000-09-10	vs NO	L 27–28	–	–	–	–	4	−62.5	1
4	2000-09-24	vs SEA	L 12–20	–	–	–	–	6	+7.1	1
5	2000-10-01	@ LA	L 31–57	–	–	–	–	3	−19.6	0
6	2000-10-08	vs DEN	L 7–21	–	–	–	–	8	−3.3	3
7	2000-10-15	@ BUF	L 24–27 OT	–	–	–	–	7	+31.2	2
9	2000-10-29	vs LV	L 13–15	–	–	–	–	5	−27.5	1
10	2000-11-05	@ SEA	L 15–17	–	–	–	–	2	−11.6	1
11	2000-11-12	vs MIA	L 7–17	–	–	–	–	6	+24.6	2
12	2000-11-19	@ DEN	L 37–38	–	–	–	–	3	+1.1	2
13	2000-11-26	vs KC	W 17–16	–	–	–	–	8	+31.0	4
14	2000-12-03	vs SF	L 17–45	–	–	–	–	6	−4.5	2
15	2000-12-10	@ BAL	L 3–24	1	0.0	0	0	4	−20.8	0
16	2000-12-17	@ CAR	L 22–30	–	–	–	–	9	−27.2	2
17	2000-12-24	vs PIT	L 21–34	–	–	–	–	8	−5.0	1

1999 game log (15 games)

1999 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
2	1999-09-19	@ CIN	W 34–7	–	–	–	–	7	+12.7	1
3	1999-09-26	vs IND	L 19–27	–	–	–	–	8	+3.8	3
4	1999-10-03	vs KC	W 21–14	1	0.0	0	0	9	−68.7	2
5	1999-10-10	@ DET	W 20–10	–	–	–	–	5	+28.0	2
6	1999-10-17	vs SEA	W 13–10	–	–	–	–	5	+35.6	2
7	1999-10-24	vs GB	L 3–31	–	–	–	–	3	+7.6	2
8	1999-10-31	@ KC	L 0–34	–	–	–	–	8	+19.7	2
9	1999-11-07	vs DEN	L 17–33	–	–	–	–	3	+14.3	1
10	1999-11-14	@ LV	L 9–28	–	–	–	–	5	+35.5	3
12	1999-11-28	@ MIN	L 27–35	–	–	–	–	4	+41.1	3
13	1999-12-05	vs CLE	W 23–10	–	–	–	–	3	−16.3	1
14	1999-12-12	@ SEA	W 19–16	–	–	–	–	5	+6.7	1
15	1999-12-19	@ MIA	L 9–12	–	–	–	–	9	+55.8	4
16	1999-12-26	vs LV	W 23–20	–	–	–	–	4	+22.1	2
17	2000-01-02	@ DEN	W 12–6	–	–	–	–	5	+47.4	3