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—— RIVERS’ 2008 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATISTICS ——
DATE OPPONENT ST AT TT SKS-YDS INT-YDS PD FF FR-YDS
9-7 at Baltimore 7 4 11 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0
9-14 TENNESSEE 5 6 11 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0
9-21 at N.Y. Giants 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0
9-28 CLEVELAND 9 2 11 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0
10-5 at Dallas 5 3 8 0-0 1-39 1 1 0-0
10-12 at N.Y. Jets 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0
10-19 PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0
10-26 at Houston RESERVE / INJURED
11-2 JACKSONVILLE RESERVE / INJURED
11-9 —BYE—
11-16 PHILADELPHIA RESERVE / INJURED
11-20 at Pittsburgh RESERVE / INJURED
11-30 BALTIMORE RESERVE / INJURED
12-7 at Indianapolis RESERVE / INJURED
12-14 WASHINGTON RESERVE / INJURED
12-21 at Cleveland RESERVE / INJURED
12-28 KANSAS CITY RESERVE / INJURED
TOTALS 31 19 50 0-0 1-39 1 1 0-0
Roland spent most of last season on Bengals
practice squad, but played in the last two games …
Replaced injured Stacy Andrews as starting ROT in
season fi nale, which Bengals won vs. Kansas City with
204 rushing yards … The two games marked the fi rst
regular-season action for Roland, who fi rst entered NFL
as a college free agent in 2006.
2008 RECAP: Signed Jan. 8 to Tampa Bay’s
offseason roster … Played in all four Bucs preseason
games … Waived by Bucs on Aug. 30, and signed Sept.
3 to Bengals practice squad … Released from practice
squad on Sept. 11 … Not with Bengals for Game 2,
Sept. 14 vs. Tennessee, but re-signed to practice squad
on Sept. 16 … Signed to Bengals 53-player roster on
Nov. 19 … Was active-DNP for Games 11-14 … Made
his NFL debut on Dec. 21 at Cleveland, subbing in fourth
quarter for injured Stacy Andrews at ROT… Started in
place of Andrews on Dec. 28 vs. Kansas City, and in the
victory, he aided season-best totals of 204 rushing yards
and 37:39 possession time.
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2006—Signed by Dallas
as college free agent on May 4 … Waived on Sept. 2,
and signed Sept. 3 to Tampa Bay practice squad, where
he spent the full season. 2007—Opened training camp
with Tampa Bay … Waived on Sept. 1, and signed Sept.
2 to Bucs practice squad … Signed to Bucs’ 53-player
roster on Oct. 3, and was a game-day inactive on Oct.
DENNIS ROLAND
74
Offensive Tackle Ht: 6-9
Wt: 325
2nd year in NFL
College: Georgia
2008 Games-Starts: 2-1
Career Games-Starts: 2-1
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Acquired: FA’08
Born: 3-10-83
7 at Indianapolis and Oct. 14 vs. Tennessee … Waived
by Tampa Bay on Oct. 20, and re-signed on Oct. 24, to
Bucs practice squad, where he fi nished the season …
Released from Tampa Bay’s practice squad on Jan. 1.
COLLEGE: Played all 25 games and started 24 over
his final two seasons at Georgia … Named SEC Offensive
Lineman of the Week for his play as a senior vs. South
Carolina … Started the SEC Championship Game and
the Capital One Bowl as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Bolivar, Mo. …
Attended Bolivar High School, where he earned All-
Central Ozark Conference honors on offense and defense
… Also lettered in basketball as a junior … Married (wife
Kristy), with a son, Hayden … Earned sociology degree
from Georgia … Has worked with underprivileged youth
at Gatorade Junior Training Camp … Hobbies include
golfi ng, fi shing and reading.
DENNIS ROLAND’S STATISTICS
YEAR TEAM GAMES STARTS
2006 Tampa Bay ..................................................DID NOT PLAY*
2007 Tampa Bay ..................................................DID NOT PLAY*
2008 Cincinnati ..................................................2 1
CAREER 2 1
*NOTE: Roland was on the practice squad for 16 games with Tampa
Bay in 2006. In 2007, he was on the Bucs’ practice squad for 13
regular-season games and inactive for two regular-season games. He
was not with Tampa Bay for its 2007 Wild Card playoff game.
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