John Thornton

DT · TEN/CIN · 1999–2008

Born October 2, 1976 · College West Virginia · Drafted 1999, round 2, pick 52 (TEN) · 6-3, 297 lb

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 for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
1999	TEN	11	20	4.5	–	–	0	–	1
1999 playoffs	TEN	3	4	0.0	–	–	0	–	0
2000	TEN	12	28	4.0	–	–	0	–	0
2002	TEN	11	20	2.0	–	–	0	–	0
2003	CIN	15	31	6.0	–	–	0	–	1
2004	CIN	16	57	3.0	–	–	0	–	0
2005	CIN	14	42	2.0	–	–	1	–	1
2006	CIN	14	43	2.0	2	–	0	–	1
2007	CIN	14	32	1.0	5	–	0	–	0
2008	CIN	13	30	3.0	8	–	0	–	0
Career	CIN	121	303	27.5	26	20	1	20	4

2008 game log (13 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2008-09-07	@ BAL	L 10–17	5	0.0	0
2	2008-09-14	vs TEN	L 7–24	3	0.0	0
3	2008-09-21	@ NYG	L 23–26 OT	4	0.0	0
4	2008-09-28	vs CLE	L 12–20	2	0.0	0
5	2008-10-05	@ DAL	L 22–31	1	0.0	0
8	2008-10-26	@ HOU	L 6–35	2	1.0	1
9	2008-11-02	vs JAX	W 21–19	1	0.0	0
11	2008-11-16	vs PHI	T 13–13 OT	1	0.0	1
12	2008-11-20	@ PIT	L 10–27	2	0.0	0
13	2008-11-30	vs BAL	L 3–34	2	0.0	0
14	2008-12-07	@ IND	L 3–35	1	0.0	0
15	2008-12-14	vs WAS	W 20–13	2	0.0	0
16	2008-12-21	@ CLE	W 14–0	4	2.0	0

2007 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2007-09-10	vs BAL	W 27–20	1	0.0	0
2	2007-09-16	@ CLE	L 45–51	5	0.0	0
3	2007-09-23	@ SEA	L 21–24	6	0.0	0
4	2007-10-01	vs NE	L 13–34	2	0.0	0
6	2007-10-14	@ KC	L 20–27	1	0.0	0
7	2007-10-21	vs NYJ	W 38–31	1	1.0	0
8	2007-10-28	vs PIT	L 13–24	4	0.0	0
11	2007-11-18	vs ARI	L 27–35	1	0.0	0
12	2007-11-25	vs TEN	W 35–6	1	0.0	1
13	2007-12-02	@ PIT	L 10–24	1	0.0	0
14	2007-12-09	vs LA	W 19–10	3	0.0	0
15	2007-12-15	@ SF	L 13–20	3	0.0	0
16	2007-12-23	vs CLE	W 19–14	1	0.0	0
17	2007-12-30	@ MIA	W 38–25	2	0.0	0

2006 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2006-09-10	@ KC	W 23–10	3	1.0	1
2	2006-09-17	vs CLE	W 34–17	3	0.0	1
3	2006-09-24	@ PIT	W 28–20	3	0.0	0
4	2006-10-01	vs NE	L 13–38	3	0.0	0
6	2006-10-15	@ TB	L 13–14	3	0.0	0
7	2006-10-22	vs CAR	W 17–14	1	0.0	0
8	2006-10-29	vs ATL	L 27–29	3	0.0	0
9	2006-11-05	@ BAL	L 20–26	3	0.0	0
10	2006-11-12	vs LAC	L 41–49	1	1.0	0
11	2006-11-19	@ NO	W 31–16	4	0.0	0
14	2006-12-10	vs LV	W 27–10	2	0.0	1
15	2006-12-18	@ IND	L 16–34	6	0.0	0
16	2006-12-24	@ DEN	L 23–24	3	0.0	0
17	2006-12-31	vs PIT	L 17–23 OT	5	0.0	0

2005 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2005-09-11	@ CLE	W 27–13	6	0.0	0	0
2	2005-09-18	vs MIN	W 37–8	1	0.0	0	0
3	2005-09-25	@ CHI	W 24–7	5	0.0	0	0
4	2005-10-02	vs HOU	W 16–10	1	0.0	0	0
6	2005-10-16	@ TEN	W 31–23	5	0.0	0	0
7	2005-10-23	vs PIT	L 13–27	1	0.0	0	0
8	2005-10-30	vs GB	W 21–14	5	0.0	0	0
9	2005-11-06	@ BAL	W 21–9	1	1.0	0	0
11	2005-11-20	vs IND	L 37–45	1	0.0	0	0
12	2005-11-27	vs BAL	W 42–29	2	0.0	0	0
13	2005-12-04	@ PIT	W 38–31	2	0.0	0	0
14	2005-12-11	vs CLE	W 23–20	5	0.0	0	0
15	2005-12-18	@ DET	W 41–17	2	0.0	1	1
16	2005-12-24	vs BUF	L 27–37	5	1.0	0	0

2004 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2004-09-12	@ NYJ	L 24–31	3	0.0	0
2	2004-09-19	vs MIA	W 16–13	1	0.0	0
3	2004-09-26	vs BAL	L 9–23	3	1.0	0
4	2004-10-03	@ PIT	L 17–28	5	0.0	0
6	2004-10-17	@ CLE	L 17–34	5	0.0	0
7	2004-10-25	vs DEN	W 23–10	4	0.0	2
8	2004-10-31	@ TEN	L 20–27	6	0.0	0
9	2004-11-07	vs DAL	W 26–3	2	0.0	0
10	2004-11-14	@ WAS	W 17–10	2	0.0	0
11	2004-11-21	vs PIT	L 14–19	2	0.0	0
12	2004-11-28	vs CLE	W 58–48	6	1.0	0
13	2004-12-05	@ BAL	W 27–26	2	0.0	0
14	2004-12-12	@ NE	L 28–35	5	0.0	0
15	2004-12-19	vs BUF	L 17–33	3	0.0	0
16	2004-12-26	vs NYG	W 23–22	4	0.0	1
17	2005-01-02	@ PHI	W 38–10	4	1.0	1

2003 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2003-09-07	vs DEN	L 10–30	1	0.0	0
2	2003-09-14	@ LV	L 20–23	3	0.0	0
3	2003-09-21	vs PIT	L 10–17	0	0.0	2
4	2003-09-28	@ CLE	W 21–14	1	0.0	0
5	2003-10-05	@ BUF	L 16–22 OT	4	1.0	0
7	2003-10-19	vs BAL	W 34–26	4	0.0	0
8	2003-10-26	vs SEA	W 27–24	2	1.0	0
9	2003-11-02	@ ARI	L 14–17	3	1.0	0
10	2003-11-09	vs HOU	W 34–27	1	0.0	0
11	2003-11-16	vs KC	W 24–19	2	0.0	0
13	2003-11-30	@ PIT	W 24–20	3	2.0	0
14	2003-12-07	@ BAL	L 13–31	2	1.0	0
15	2003-12-14	vs SF	W 41–38	1	0.0	0
16	2003-12-21	@ LA	L 10–27	2	0.0	1
17	2003-12-28	vs CLE	L 14–22	2	0.0	0

2002 game log (11 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2002-09-08	vs PHI	W 27–24	1	0.0	0
3	2002-09-22	vs CLE	L 28–31 OT	3	1.5	1
5	2002-10-06	vs WAS	L 14–31	2	0.0	0
6	2002-10-13	vs JAX	W 23–14	4	0.5	0
8	2002-10-27	@ CIN	W 30–24	2	0.0	0
9	2002-11-03	@ IND	W 23–15	1	0.0	0
10	2002-11-10	vs HOU	W 17–10	0	0.0	1
11	2002-11-17	vs PIT	W 31–23	2	0.0	1
12	2002-11-24	@ BAL	L 12–13	2	0.0	0
13	2002-12-01	@ NYG	W 32–29 OT	2	0.0	0
15	2002-12-16	vs NE	W 24–7	1	0.0	0

2001 game log (1 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
4	2001-10-07	@ BAL	L 7–26	0	0.0	0	1

2000 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2000-09-03	@ BUF	L 13–16	3	0.0	1
2	2000-09-10	vs KC	W 17–14 OT	5	1.0	0
4	2000-09-24	@ PIT	W 23–20	3	0.0	0
7	2000-10-16	vs JAX	W 27–13	1	1.0	0
8	2000-10-22	@ BAL	W 14–6	4	0.0	0
9	2000-10-30	@ WAS	W 27–21	1	1.0	0
10	2000-11-05	vs PIT	W 9–7	1	0.0	0
11	2000-11-12	vs BAL	L 23–24	4	1.0	0
12	2000-11-19	vs CLE	W 24–10	3	0.0	0
14	2000-12-03	@ PHI	W 15–13	1	0.0	0
15	2000-12-10	vs CIN	W 35–3	1	0.0	0
16	2000-12-17	@ CLE	W 24–0	1	0.0	0

1999 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	1999-09-19	vs CLE	W 26–9	2	1.5	0
4	1999-10-03	@ SF	L 22–24	4	0.0	1
5	1999-10-10	vs BAL	W 14–11	2	1.0	0
6	1999-10-17	@ NO	W 24–21	1	0.0	0
9	1999-11-07	@ MIA	L 0–17	1	0.0	0
10	1999-11-14	@ CIN	W 24–14	1	0.0	0
12	1999-11-28	@ CLE	W 33–21	1	0.0	0
14	1999-12-09	vs LV	W 21–14	1	0.0	0
15	1999-12-19	vs ATL	W 30–17	2	1.0	0
16	1999-12-26	vs JAX	W 41–14	1	0.0	0
17	2000-01-02	@ PIT	W 47–36	4	1.0	0
P18	2000-01-08	vs BUF	W 22–16	2	0.0	0
P19	2000-01-16	@ IND	W 19–16	1	0.0	0
P20	2000-01-23	@ JAX	W 33–14	1	0.0	0