Cougar Football Archive

Shawn Knight

Shawn Matthew Knight

Defensive Tackle

6-6, 288 lbs

Sparks, Nevada

Born: June 4, 1964 in Provo, Utah (61-338)

High School: Edward C. Reed HS

Draft: New Orleans Saints in Round 1 of the 1987 NFL Draft

1x All-WAC BYU Athletic Hall of Fame

Season	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	FF
1983	13	7	6	2.0	0.0	0	0
1984	7	3	4	0.0	0.0	0	0
1985	72	34	38	6.5	5.0	1	1
1986	79	42	37	15.0	5.0	3	0
Total	171	86	85	23.5	10.0	4	1

Season	Class	No	Pos	Games	Starts
1983	FR	77	DT	7	0
1984	SO	77	DT	3	0
1985	JR	77	DT	14	13
1986	SR	77	DT	13	0
Total				37	13

Season	Class	No	Pos
1982	RS	77	OL
1983	FR	77	DT
1984	SO	77	DT
1985	JR	77	DT
1986	SR	77	DT

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Tkl	Sk	TFL	QBH	PBU	FF
Sep 10, 1983	A	BAY	L 36-40	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 17, 1983	H	BGSU	W 63-28	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Oct 8, 1983	A	WYO	W 41-10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 15, 1983	H	UNM	W 66-21	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 5, 1983	A	UTEP	W 31-9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 12, 1983	H	CSU	W 24-6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 19, 1983	H	UTAH	W 55-7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 6, 1984	A	CSU	W 52-9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 3, 1984	H	UTEP	W 42-9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 10, 1984	H	SDSU	W 34-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug 29, 1985	N	BC	W 28-14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 7, 1985	H	UCLA	L 24-27	1	7	0	0	3	0	1
Sep 14, 1985	H	UW	W 31-3	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 21, 1985	A	TEM	W 26-24	1	6	0	0	0	1	0
Oct 5, 1985	A	CSU	W 42-7	1	3	1	2	0	0	0
Oct 12, 1985	H	SDSU	W 28-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Oct 19, 1985	A	UNM	W 45-23	1	7	0	1	0	0	0
Oct 26, 1985	A	UTEP	L 16-23	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 2, 1985	H	WYO	W 59-0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0
Nov 9, 1985	A	USU	W 44-0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 16, 1985	H	AFA	W 28-21	1	12	2.5	1	0	0	0
Nov 23, 1985	H	UTAH	W 38-28	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 7, 1985	A	HAW	W 26-6	1	5	2	0	0	0	0
Dec 28, 1985	B	OSU	L 7-10	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 6, 1986	H	USU	W 52-0	0	7	3.5	1	0	0	0
Sep 13, 1986	H	UNM	W 31-30	0	7	2.5	0	1	0	0
Sep 20, 1986	A	UW	L 21-52	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 27, 1986	H	TEM	W 27-17	0	10	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 3, 1986	H	CSU	L 20-24	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
Oct 18, 1986	A	WYO	W 34-22	0	7	2	1	0	2	0
Oct 25, 1986	H	UTEP	W 37-13	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 8, 1986	A	HAW	W 10-3	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 15, 1986	H	ORST	L 7-10	0	8	2	1	2	0	0
Nov 22, 1986	A	UTAH	W 35-21	0	2	1	1	0	1	0
Nov 29, 1986	A	SDSU	L 3-10	0	8	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 6, 1986	A	AFA	W 23-3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 30, 1986	B	UCLA	L 10-31	0	6	1	0	0	0	0

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS
Sep 10, 1983	A	BAY	L 36-40	0
Sep 17, 1983	H	BGSU	W 63-28	0
Oct 8, 1983	A	WYO	W 41-10	0
Oct 15, 1983	H	UNM	W 66-21	0
Nov 5, 1983	A	UTEP	W 31-9	0
Nov 12, 1983	H	CSU	W 24-6	0
Nov 19, 1983	H	UTAH	W 55-7	0
Oct 6, 1984	A	CSU	W 52-9	0
Nov 3, 1984	H	UTEP	W 42-9	0
Nov 10, 1984	H	SDSU	W 34-3	0
Aug 29, 1985	N	BC	W 28-14	0
Sep 7, 1985	H	UCLA	L 24-27	1
Sep 14, 1985	H	UW	W 31-3	1
Sep 21, 1985	A	TEM	W 26-24	1
Oct 5, 1985	A	CSU	W 42-7	1
Oct 12, 1985	H	SDSU	W 28-0	1
Oct 19, 1985	A	UNM	W 45-23	1
Oct 26, 1985	A	UTEP	L 16-23	1
Nov 2, 1985	H	WYO	W 59-0	1
Nov 9, 1985	A	USU	W 44-0	1
Nov 16, 1985	H	AFA	W 28-21	1
Nov 23, 1985	H	UTAH	W 38-28	1
Dec 7, 1985	A	HAW	W 26-6	1
Dec 28, 1985	B	OSU	L 7-10	1
Sep 6, 1986	H	USU	W 52-0	0
Sep 13, 1986	H	UNM	W 31-30	0
Sep 20, 1986	A	UW	L 21-52	0
Sep 27, 1986	H	TEM	W 27-17	0
Oct 3, 1986	H	CSU	L 20-24	0
Oct 18, 1986	A	WYO	W 34-22	0
Oct 25, 1986	H	UTEP	W 37-13	0
Nov 8, 1986	A	HAW	W 10-3	0
Nov 15, 1986	H	ORST	L 7-10	0
Nov 22, 1986	A	UTAH	W 35-21	0
Nov 29, 1986	A	SDSU	L 3-10	0
Dec 6, 1986	A	AFA	W 23-3	0
Dec 30, 1986	B	UCLA	L 10-31	0

Season	Team	Lg	Tkl	Sack	FR
1988	Denver Broncos	NFL	15	0	0
1989	Phoenix Cardinals	NFL	7	0	1
1991	Sacramento Surge	WLAF	27	2	3
		NFL	22	0	1
		WLAF	27	2	3

Date	Team	League	Transaction
Sep 2, 1987	New Orleans Saints	NFL	Activated
Aug 29, 1988	Denver Broncos	NFL	Traded from NOR to DEN
Aug 28, 1989	Denver Broncos	NFL	Waived
Sep 15, 1989	Phoenix Cardinals	NFL	Signed contract
Oct 10, 1989	Phoenix Cardinals	NFL	Injured reserve
Nov 25, 1989	Phoenix Cardinals	NFL	Activated from injured reserve
Mar 30, 1990	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	Signed contract
Sep 3, 1990	Minnesota Vikings	NFL	Waived
Aug 12, 1991	Kansas City Chiefs	NFL	Waived

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