Barry David Sanders
Position: RB
Height: 5-8 Weight: 203 lbs.
Born: July 16, 1968 in Wichita, KS
College: Oklahoma St. (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 122 (35th overall since 1950)
10-time Pro Bowler & 6-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2004
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1997 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1997-08-31 | 29-046 | DET | ATL | W 28-17 | 15 | 33 | 2.20 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1997-09-07 | 29-053 | DET | TAM | L 17-24 | 10 | 20 | 2.00 | 0 | 8 | 102 | 12.75 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1997-09-14 | 29-060 | DET | @ | CHI | W 32-7 | 19 | 161 | 8.47 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 1997-09-21 | 29-067 | DET | @ | NOR | L 17-35 | 18 | 113 | 6.28 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | 1997-09-28 | 29-074 | DET | GNB | W 26-15 | 28 | 139 | 4.96 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1997-10-05 | 29-081 | DET | @ | BUF | L 13-22 | 25 | 107 | 4.28 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 1997-10-12 | 29-088 | DET | @ | TAM | W 27-9 | 24 | 215 | 8.96 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | 8 | 1997-10-19 | 29-095 | DET | NYG | L 20-26 | 24 | 105 | 4.38 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 9 | 9 | 1997-11-02 | 29-109 | DET | @ | GNB | L 10-20 | 23 | 105 | 4.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 10 | 1997-11-09 | 29-116 | DET | @ | WAS | L 7-30 | 15 | 105 | 7.00 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | 1997-11-16 | 29-123 | DET | MIN | W 38-15 | 19 | 108 | 5.68 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 12 | 1997-11-23 | 29-130 | DET | IND | W 32-10 | 24 | 216 | 9.00 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
| 13 | 13 | 1997-11-27 | 29-134 | DET | CHI | W 55-20 | 19 | 167 | 8.79 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |
| 14 | 14 | 1997-12-07 | 29-144 | DET | @ | MIA | L 30-33 | 30 | 137 | 4.57 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | 15 | 1997-12-14 | 29-151 | DET | @ | MIN | W 14-13 | 19 | 138 | 7.26 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 1997-12-21 | 29-158 | DET | NYJ | W 13-10 | 23 | 184 | 8.00 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 16 Games | 335 | 2053 | 6.13 | 11 | 33 | 305 | 9.24 | 3 | 14 | 84 | |||||||
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |||
| 1 | 17 | 1997-12-28 | 29-165 | DET | @ | TAM | L 10-20 | 18 | 65 | 3.61 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 8.60 | 0 |