Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	253	4459	1020	4.4	36	8	262	186	352	1933	7	28	5.0	99	634	2526	19	4.0	136	101	958	27
Opp. Stats	274	4680	1044	4.5	33	16	282	239	436	2506	16	17	5.3	134	568	2174	15	3.8	128	101	801	20
Lg Rank Offense	20	22			9	1	21		28	26	27	21	21		4	4	5	14
Lg Rank Defense	9	12			26	18	13		15	15	12	24	11		14	12	11	14

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		St. Louis Cardinals	17	10	19	243	49	194		16	236	137	99	2	-1.53	3.03	5.28
2	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	San Francisco 49ers	16	13	11	212	101	111	1	19	307	112	195	4	-16.01	15.39	3.83
3	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Detroit Lions	19	0	15	326	141	185	2	15	237	94	143	2	-2.48	16.17	7.24
4	Mon	September 25	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-1		Minnesota Vikings	20	24	23	278	188	90	3	17	295	142	153	2	-10.81	4.35	-0.71
5	Sun	October 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	3-2		Oakland Raiders	19	25	17	278	122	156	2	26	411	255	156		-11.38	-7.26	10.98
6	Sun	October 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Green Bay Packers	14	24	21	357	210	147	5	8	166	68	98	2	-15.82	16.40	-9.15
7	Mon	October 16	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4	@	Denver Broncos	7	16	15	347	137	210	3	18	308	173	135	3	-11.61	0.99	3.14
8	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	19	33	15	323	203	120	3	21	319	173	146	1	-10.74	-5.39	1.63
9	Sun	October 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6		Detroit Lions	17	21	21	358	191	167	2	23	315	181	134	1	-2.57	0.19	-2.49
10	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7		Seattle Seahawks	29	31	26	401	227	174	3	23	389	165	224	1	2.80	-7.02	-1.96
11	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8	@	Minnesota Vikings	14	17	15	233	47	186	4	18	313	223	90	3	-13.79	9.66	-3.93
12	Sun	November 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-8		Atlanta Falcons	13	7	13	183	72	111		21	344	195	149	2	-11.99	12.05	0.76
13	Sun	November 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-8		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	3	17	301	50	251	1	6	92	-7	99	1	-3.33	22.49	-6.62
14	Mon	December 4	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9	@	San Diego Chargers	7	40	7	112	32	80	3	24	481	331	150	3	-26.38	-10.76	3.14
15	Sun	December 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-9		Green Bay Packers	14	0	17	293	119	174	1	11	161	83	78	3	-8.27	22.74	-0.15
16	Sat	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-9	@	Washington Redskins	14	10	10	214	44	170	3	16	305	181	124	3	-16.43	23.04	-2.50

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Bob Avellini	25	QB	13	12	4-8-0	141	264	53.4	1718	5	1.9	16	6.1	78	35.9	61	6.5	4.2	12.2	132.2	54.8	26	208	8.97	5.21	3.1	1	2
2	Mike Phipps	31	QB	6	4	3-1-0	44	83	53.0	465	2	2.4	10	12.0	20	37.1	35	5.6	0.7	10.6	77.5	38.1	6	55	6.74	4.61	0.0	0	0
3	Vince Evans	23	QB	3	0		1	3	33.3	38	0	0.0	1	33.3	1	20.0	38	12.7	-2.3	38.0	12.7	42.4	2	25	40.00	2.60	-6.4	0	0
4	Roland Harper	25	FB	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0			0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0	0
5	Bob Parsons	28	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	7-9-0	186	352	52.8	1933	7	2.0	28	8.0	99	35.8	61	6.3	3.1	11.9	120.8	45.9	34	288	8.81	5.01	2.11	1	2

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Walter Payton	25	RB	16	16	333	1395	11	64	41.1	76	4.2	87.2	20.8	72	50	480	9.6	0	17	41.7	61	3.1	30.0	69.4	6.7	383	4.9	1875	11	5	PB,AP-2
2	Roland Harper	25	FB	16	16	240	992	6	52	47.9	31	4.1	62.0	15.0	57	43	340	7.9	2	14	42.1	33	2.7	21.3	75.4	6.0	283	4.7	1332	8	2
3	James Scott	26	WR	15	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	93	42	759	18.1	5	36	44.1	59	2.8	50.6	45.2	8.2	42	18.1	759	5	1
4	Golden Richards	28	WR	15	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	59	27	379	14.0	0	18	42.4	52	1.8	25.3	45.8	6.4	27	14.0	379	0	1
5	Greg Latta	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	31	15	159	10.6	0	8	35.5	21	0.9	9.9	48.4	5.1	15	10.6	159	0	0
6	Bob Avellini	25	QB	13	12	34	54	2	15	50.0	10	1.6	4.2	2.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			34	1.6	54	2	5
7	Steve Schubert	27	WR	13	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	4	51	12.8	0	3	33.3	19	0.3	3.9	44.4	5.7	4	12.8	51	0	0
8	Mike Phipps	31	QB	6	4	13	34	0	3	30.8	10	2.6	5.7	2.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			13	2.6	34	0	0
9	Brian Baschnagel	24	WR	16	1	2	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	3	2	29	14.5	0	2	66.7	22	0.1	1.8	66.7	9.7	4	7.3	29	0	1
10	Vince Evans	23	QB	3	0	6	23	0	1	50.0	13	3.8	7.7	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	3.8	23	0	0
11	Robin Earl	23	RB	16	0	3	17	0	1	66.7	9	5.7	1.1	0.2	3	1	1	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0.1	0.1	33.3	0.3	4	4.5	18	0	0
12	Bo Rather	28	WR	6	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	1	16	16.0	0	1	12.5	16	0.2	2.7	12.5	2.0	1	16.0	16	0	0
13	Art Best	25	RB	16	0	2	11	0	0	0.0	6	5.5	0.7	0.1	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	5.5	11	0	0
14	Mike Cobb	23	TE	13	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	7	7.0	0	0	0.0	7	0.1	0.5	33.3	2.3	1	7.0	7	0	0
15	Bob Parsons	28	P	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	2
	Team Totals			16	16	634	2526	19	136	43.8	76	4.0	157.9	39.6	339	186	2221	11.9	7	99	40.4	61	11.6	138.8	54.9	6.6	820	5.8	4747	26	17

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Gary Campbell	26	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
2	Gary Fencik	24	SS	16	16	4	77	0	59	1	0	2	13	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Roland Harper	25	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Tommy Hart	34	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7.5	0	0	0	1
5	Noah Jackson	27	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Walter Payton	25	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
7	Terry Schmidt	26	LCB	16	16	2	23	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Revie Sorey	25	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Ted Albrecht	24	LT	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Doug Buffone	34	LLB	15	15	3	22	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
11	Mike Hartenstine	25	RDE	16	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	10	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
12	Jim Osborne	29	LDT	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
13	Golden Richards	28	WR	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	James Scott	26	WR	15	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Virgil Livers	26	RCB	13	13	3	86	1	60	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Doug Plank	25	FS	14	13	1	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Bob Avellini	25	QB	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	-11	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Alan Page	33	RDT	10	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11.5	0	0	0	0
19	Tom Hicks	26	MLB	9	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Don Rives	27	MLB	16	7	2	8	0	8	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Ron Rydalch	26	RDT	12	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
22	Mike Spivey	24	DB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Len Walterscheid	24	DB	14	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Brad Shearer	23	DT	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
25	Brian Baschnagel	24	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Bruce Herron	24	LB	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
27	Wentford Gaines	25	DB	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Jerry Meyers	24	DT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
29	Jon Morris	36	C	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-50	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Bob Parsons	28	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	-17	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	John Skibinski	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	17	216	1	60	21	22	27	-52	0	40.0	0	0	0	1

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