During Houston's 28-22 loss on the road to the Tennessee Titans last Sunday, Carr was benched early in the third quarter after his third turnover.

Alcorn's starting quarterback, Donald Carrie, a sophomore Division I-AA all-American contender, was benched early in the second half.

Belfour was not even lukewarm before he was benched early in the third period after surrendering six goals.

Robinson finished with a game-high 17 points despite being benched early because of foul trouble.

Eason was benched early by Coach Raymond Berry after misfiring on six passes; Grogan finished up.

Williams was held to 9 completions for 89 yards on 28 pass attempts, and was benched early to protect him from injury from the Bears' pass rush, according to coach McKay.

Jamal Crawford led the Knicks with 29 points, but he and Marbury were benched early in the third quarter.

In the Vikings' week 14 game in Detroit, starting quarterback Christian Ponder was benched early in the 3rd quarter after throwing 3 interceptions and fumbling once.

Terry Bradshaw was benched for poor performance early in the season and replaced as starter by Joe Gilliam, but eventually was reinstated after Gilliam did no better.

He gave up 5 goals on 14 shots, a save percentage of .643, before being benched early in the second period.