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1997 Indianapolis Colts
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Record: 3-13-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 313 points (19.6/g), 20th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 401 points (25.1/g), 26th.
Differential of -88 points (-5.5/g), 24th.
Expected W-L: 5.7-10.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 19th.
Simple Rating System: Total -4.3, Offense: -0.6, Defense: -3.8, SoS: 1.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Lindy Infante (3-13-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Jim Johnson
Training Camp: Anderson University (Anderson, Indiana)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Jim Harbaugh | 34 | 10 | 11 | 189 for 309, 2,060 yards, 10 td, 4 int, & 36 rushes for 206 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 26th pick / 1987 |
| RB | Marshall Faulk | 24 | 3 | 16 | 264 rushes for 1,054 yards, 7 td, & 47 catches for 471 yards and 1 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1994 |
| FB | Zack Crockett | 25 | 2 | 11 | 95 rushes for 300 yards, 1 td, & 15 catches for 112 yards and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 79th pick / 1995 |
| WR | Sean Dawkins | 26 | 4 | 12 | 68 catches for 804 yards, 2 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 16th pick / 1993 |
| WR | Marvin Harrison | 25 | 1 | 15 | 73 catches for 866 yards, 6 td, & 2 rushes for -7 yards and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 19th pick / 1996 |
| TE | Ken Dilger | 26 | 2 | 14 | 27 catches for 380 yards, 3 td | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1995 |
| TE | Marcus Pollard | 25 | 2 | 6 | 10 catches for 116 yards, 0 td | |
| LT | Adam Meadows | 23 | Rook | 16 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1997 | |
| LG | Doug Widell | 31 | 8 | 16 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 41st pick / 1989 | |
| C | Jay Leeuwenburg | 28 | 5 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 244th pick / 1992 | |
| RG | Tarik Glenn | 21 | Rook | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 19th pick / 1997 |
| RT | Tony Mandarich | 31 | 8 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1989 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Albert Fontenot | 27 | 4 | 16 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 112th pick / 1993 |
| LDT | Tony McCoy | 28 | 5 | 11 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 105th pick / 1992 |
| LDT | Bernard Whittington | 26 | 3 | 6 | ||
| RDT | Ellis Johnson | 24 | 2 | 15 | 4.5 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 15th pick / 1995 |
| RDE | Dan Footman | 28 | 4 | 10 | 10.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1993 |
| RDE | Tony Bennett | 30 | 7 | 6 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 18th pick / 1990 |
| LLB | Elijah Alexander | 27 | 5 | 11 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 10th / 254th pick / 1992 |
| LLB | Steve Morrison | 26 | 2 | 9 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Steve Grant | 28 | 5 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 10th / 253rd pick / 1992 |
| RLB | Quentin Coryatt | 27 | 5 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1992 |
| LCB | Carlton Gray | 26 | 4 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 30th pick / 1993 |
| RCB | Damon Watts | 25 | 3 | 6 | ||
| SS | Robert Blackmon | 30 | 7 | 14 | 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 34th pick / 1990 |
| FS | Jason Belser | 27 | 5 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 8th / 197th pick / 1992 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Cary Blanchard | 29 | 5 | 0 | 32 of 41 field goals & 21 of 21 extra points | |
| P | Chris Gardocki | 27 | 6 | 0 | 67 punts for a 45.3 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 78th pick / 1991 |
| PR | Brian Stablein | 27 | 2 | 0 | 17 punt returns for a 7.8 average and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 8th / 210th pick / 1993 |
| KR | Aaron Bailey | 26 | 3 | 4 | 55 kick returns for a 21.9 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Elijah Alexander | 27 | LB | 13 | 11 | 233 | 6-2 | Kansas St. | 8/2/1970 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 10th / 254th pick / 1992 |
| 80 | Aaron Bailey | 26 | WR | 13 | 4 | 185 | 5-10 | Louisville | 10/24/1971 | 3 | |
| 83 | Bradford Banta | 27 | TE-C | 15 | 0 | 253 | 6-6 | USC | 12/14/1970 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 106th pick / 1994 |
| 29 | Jason Belser | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 188 | 5-9 | Oklahoma | 5/28/1970 | 5 | Indianapolis Colts / 8th / 197th pick / 1992 |
| 56 | Tony Bennett | 30 | DE-LB | 6 | 6 | 250 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 7/1/1967 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 18th pick / 1990 |
| 57 | Bertrand Berry | 22 | DE | 10 | 1 | 275 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 8/15/1975 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 86th pick / 1997 |
| 25 | Robert Blackmon | 30 | DB | 14 | 14 | 208 | 6-0 | Baylor | 5/12/1967 | 7 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 34th pick / 1990 |
| 14 | Cary Blanchard | 29 | K | 16 | 0 | 227 | 6-1 | Oklahoma St. | 11/5/1968 | 5 | |
| 53 | Sammie Burroughs | 24 | LB | 16 | 1 | 227 | 6-0 | Portland St. | 6/21/1973 | 1 | |
| 66 | Eugene Chung | 28 | G-T | 10 | 0 | 301 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 6/14/1969 | 5 | New England Patriots / 1st / 13th pick / 1992 |
| 27 | Rico Clark | 23 | DB | 4 | 2 | 181 | 5-10 | Louisville | 6/6/1974 | Rook | |
| 55 | Quentin Coryatt | 27 | LB | 15 | 15 | 250 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 8/1/1970 | 5 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1992 |
| 32 | Zack Crockett | 25 | FB | 16 | 11 | 240 | 6-2 | Florida St. | 12/2/1972 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 79th pick / 1995 |
| 87 | Sean Dawkins | 26 | WR | 14 | 12 | 215 | 6-4 | California | 2/3/1971 | 4 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 16th pick / 1993 |
| 85 | Ken Dilger | 26 | TE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/2/1971 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1995 |
| 15 | Chris Doering | 24 | WR | 2 | 0 | 202 | 6-4 | Florida | 5/19/1973 | 1 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 6th / 185th pick / 1996 |
| 28 | Marshall Faulk | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 211 | 5-10 | San Diego St. | 2/26/1973 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1994 |
| 99 | Albert Fontenot | 27 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 287 | 6-4 | Baylor | 9/17/1970 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 112th pick / 1993 |
| 98 | Dan Footman | 28 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 10 | 290 | 6-5 | Florida St. | 1/13/1969 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1993 |
| 17 | Chris Gardocki | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Clemson | 2/7/1970 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 78th pick / 1991 |
| 78 | Tarik Glenn | 21 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 332 | 6-5 | California | 5/25/1976 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 19th pick / 1997 |
| 59 | Steve Grant | 28 | LB | 9 | 9 | 240 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 12/23/1969 | 5 | Indianapolis Colts / 10th / 253rd pick / 1992 |
| 26 | Carlton Gray | 26 | DB | 15 | 13 | 198 | 6-0 | UCLA | 6/26/1971 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 30th pick / 1993 |
| 30 | Derwin Gray | 26 | DB | 11 | 0 | 198 | 5-11 | BYU | 4/9/1971 | 4 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 92nd pick / 1993 |
| 33 | Clif Groce | 25 | RB | 7 | 0 | 245 | 5-11 | Texas A&M | 7/30/1972 | 2 | |
| 4 | Jim Harbaugh | 34 | QB | 12 | 11 | 215 | 6-3 | Michigan | 12/23/1963 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 26th pick / 1987 |
| 88 | Marvin Harrison | 25 | WR | 16 | 15 | 175 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 8/25/1972 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 19th pick / 1996 |
| 44 | Chris Hetherington | 25 | FB | 16 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Yale | 11/27/1972 | 1 | |
| 13 | Kelly Holcomb | 24 | QB | 5 | 1 | 212 | 6-2 | Middle Tenn. St. | 7/9/1973 | Rook | |
| 18 | Nate Jacquet | 22 | WR | 5 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | San Diego St. | 9/2/1975 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 5th / 150th pick / 1997 |
| 62 | Ellis Johnson | 24 | DT-DE | 15 | 15 | 288 | 6-2 | Florida | 10/30/1973 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 15th pick / 1995 |
| 11 | Paul Justin | 29 | QB | 8 | 4 | 211 | 6-4 | Arizona St. | 5/19/1968 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 190th pick / 1991 |
| 58 | Jay Leeuwenburg | 28 | G-C-T | 16 | 16 | 294 | 6-3 | Colorado | 6/18/1969 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 244th pick / 1992 |
| 79 | Tony Mandarich | 31 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 311 | 6-5 | Michigan St. | 9/23/1966 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1989 |
| 90 | Steve Martin | 23 | DT-NT | 12 | 0 | 320 | 6-4 | Missouri | 5/31/1974 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 5th / 151st pick / 1996 |
| 67 | Jason Mathews | 26 | T | 16 | 0 | 285 | 6-5 | BYU,Texas A&M | 2/9/1971 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1994 |
| 23 | Dedric Mathis | 24 | DB | 13 | 4 | 188 | 5-10 | Houston | 9/26/1973 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 51st pick / 1996 |
| 61 | Tony McCoy | 28 | DT-NT | 16 | 11 | 289 | 6-1 | Florida | 6/10/1969 | 5 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 105th pick / 1992 |
| 39 | Emmanuel McDaniel | 25 | DB | 3 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | East Carolina | 7/27/1972 | 1 | Carolina Panthers / 4th / 111th pick / 1996 |
| 40 | Ray McElroy | 25 | DB | 16 | 4 | 196 | 5-11 | East. Illinois | 7/31/1972 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 114th pick / 1995 |
| 10 | Kaipo McGuire | 23 | WR | 3 | 0 | 182 | 5-10 | BYU | 1/16/1974 | Rook | |
| 73 | Adam Meadows | 23 | T | 16 | 16 | 290 | 6-5 | Georgia | 1/25/1974 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1997 |
| 34 | Monty Montgomery | 24 | DB | 16 | 3 | 197 | 5-11 | Houston | 12/8/1973 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 117th pick / 1997 |
| 52 | Steve Morrison | 26 | LB | 16 | 9 | 246 | 6-3 | Michigan | 12/28/1971 | 2 | |
| 20 | Leon Neal | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Washington | 9/11/1972 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 196th pick / 1996 |
| 81 | Marcus Pollard | 25 | TE | 16 | 6 | 247 | 6-3 | Bradley | 2/8/1972 | 2 | |
| 35 | Roosevelt Potts | 26 | RB | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | La-Monroe | 1/8/1971 | 4 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 49th pick / 1993 |
| 92 | Carl Powell | 23 | DE | 11 | 0 | 285 | 6-2 | Louisville | 1/4/1974 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 5th / 156th pick / 1997 |
| 97 | Kendel Shello | 24 | DE | 6 | 0 | 301 | 6-3 | Southern | 11/24/1973 | 1 | |
| 84 | Scott Slutzker | 25 | TE | 12 | 2 | 250 | 6-4 | Iowa | 12/20/1972 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1996 |
| 86 | Brian Stablein | 27 | WR | 16 | 0 | 193 | 6-1 | Ohio St. | 4/14/1970 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 8th / 210th pick / 1993 |
| 49 | David Tate | 33 | DB | 8 | 2 | 197 | 6-1 | Colorado | 11/22/1964 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 208th pick / 1988 |
| 71 | Kipp Vickers | 28 | T-G | 9 | 0 | 300 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 8/27/1969 | 2 | |
| 51 | Scott Von der Ahe | 22 | LB | 9 | 2 | 242 | 5-11 | Iowa,Arizona St. | 10/12/1975 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 182nd pick / 1997 |
| 21 | Lamont Warren | 24 | RB | 13 | 0 | 202 | 5-11 | Colorado | 1/4/1973 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 164th pick / 1994 |
| 36 | Damon Watts | 25 | DB | 8 | 6 | 180 | 5-10 | Indiana | 4/8/1972 | 3 | |
| 72 | Derek West | 25 | T | 1 | 0 | 309 | 6-8 | Colorado | 3/28/1972 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 5th / 149th pick / 1995 |
| 95 | Bernard Whittington | 26 | DE-DT | 15 | 6 | 290 | 6-5 | Indiana | 8/20/1971 | 3 | |
| 64 | Doug Widell | 31 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 289 | 6-4 | Boston Col. | 9/23/1966 | 8 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 41st pick / 1989 |
| Team Total | 25.9 | 16 | 239.1 | 6-1.6 | 2.9 |