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1997 New York Jets

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 348 points (21.8/g), 12th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 287 points (17.9/g), 6th.
 Differential of 61 points (3.8/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 9.8-6.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 12th.

Simple Rating System: Total 2.9, Offense: 0.1, Defense: 2.8, SoS: -0.9, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Bill Parcells

 Offensive Coordinator: Charlie Weis
 Defensive Coordinator: Bill Belichick

 Other Notable Asst.: Romeo Crennel (Defensive Line), Al Groh (Linebackers), Todd Haley (Offensive Assistant/Quality Control) and Eric Mangini (Defensive Assistant/Quality Control)

Training Camp: Hofstra University (Hempstead, New York)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 348 4727 1043 4.5 291 319 564 3242 20 10 5.3 173 431 1485 10 3.4 97 22 12 21
Team Defense 287 5320 1057 5.0 301 304 558 3421 23 18 5.8 177 470 1899 9 4.0 103 25 7 21
Lg Rank Offense 12 22 18 8 16 14 3 23 20 25 20 28 7 15
Lg Rank Defense 6 24 22 26 19 18 8 18 19 21 4 18 22 28

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 31 boxscore W 1-0 @ Seattle Seahawks 41 3 28 434 270 164 16 247 163 84 2
2 Sun September 7 boxscore L 1-1 Buffalo Bills 22 28 12 202 163 39 2 15 269 193 76 3
3 Sun September 14 boxscore L OT 1-2 @ New England Patriots 24 27 22 355 225 130 3 23 375 162 213 3
4 Sun September 21 boxscore W 2-2 Oakland Raiders 23 22 16 303 220 83 1 26 468 339 129
5 Sun September 28 boxscore W 3-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 31 14 28 402 212 190 1 10 215 149 66 1
6 Sun October 5 boxscore W 4-2 @ Indianapolis Colts 16 12 13 206 128 78 1 20 310 265 45 3
7 Sun October 12 boxscore L 4-3 Miami Dolphins 20 31 20 369 288 81 1 25 465 372 93
8 Sun October 19 boxscore W 5-3 New England Patriots 24 19 22 330 254 76 19 372 267 105 1
9 Bye Week
10 Sun November 2 boxscore W OT 6-3 Baltimore Ravens 19 16 15 225 160 65 23 447 288 159 2
11 Sun November 9 boxscore L 6-4 @ Miami Dolphins 17 24 20 382 303 79 2 21 296 176 120
12 Sun November 16 boxscore W 7-4 @ Chicago Bears 23 15 11 193 116 77 1 27 356 307 49 5
13 Sun November 23 boxscore W 8-4 Minnesota Vikings 23 21 22 357 227 130 3 19 386 312 74 1
14 Sun November 30 boxscore L 8-5 @ Buffalo Bills 10 20 16 294 264 30 2 19 336 139 197 1
15 Sun December 7 boxscore L 8-6 Indianapolis Colts 14 22 12 126 93 33 1 19 366 173 193
16 Sun December 14 boxscore W 9-6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 0 14 234 112 122 1 6 111 21 90 3
17 Sun December 21 boxscore L 9-7 @ Detroit Lions 10 13 20 315 207 108 3 13 301 95 206

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
14 Neil O'Donnell 31 QB 15 14 8-6-0 259 460 56.3 2796 17 3.7 7 1.5 70 6.1 6.1 10.8 186.4 80.3 45 289 4.96 5.01 8.9 0 0
4 Glenn Foley 27 qb 6 2 1-1-0 56 97 57.7 705 3 3.1 1 1.0 35 7.3 7.4 12.6 117.5 86.5 3 24 6.81 6.96 3.0 1 2
18 Ray Lucas 25 5 0 3 4 75.0 28 0 0.0 1 25.0 19 7.0 -4.3 9.3 5.6 54.2 0 0 7.00 -4.25 0.0
32 Leon Johnson 23 PR 16 1 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -22.50 0.0
11 Brian Hansen 37 P 15 0 1 1 100.0 26 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 26.0 26.0 26.0 1.7 118.7 0 0 26.00 26.00 0.0
Team Total 26.2 16 9-7-0 319 564 56.6 3555 20 3.5 10 1.8 70 6.3 6.2 11.1 222.2 79.9 48 313 5.30 5.22 7.8 1 2
Opp Total 16 304 558 54.5 3663 23 4.1 18 3.2 6.6 5.94 12.0 228.9 75.1 29 242 5.8 5.2 4.9

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
29 Adrian Murrell 27 RB 16 15 300 1086 7 43 3.6 67.9 18.8 27 106 3.9 0 23 1.7 6.6 1192 7 4
32 Leon Johnson 23 PR 16 1 48 158 2 20 3.3 9.9 3.0 16 142 8.9 0 20 1.0 8.9 300 2 5
14 Neil O'Donnell 31 QB 15 14 32 36 1 19 1.1 2.4 2.1 36 1 9
20 Richie Anderson 26 fb 16 3 21 70 0 19 3.3 4.4 1.3 26 150 5.8 1 19 1.6 9.4 220 1 2
22 Lorenzo Neal 27 fb 16 3 10 28 0 8 2.8 1.8 0.6 8 40 5.0 1 14 0.5 2.5 68 1 0
27 Jerald Sowell 23 9 0 7 35 0 10 5.0 3.9 0.8 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.9 43 0 0
18 Ray Lucas 25 5 0 6 55 0 17 9.2 11.0 1.2 55 0 0
4 Glenn Foley 27 qb 6 2 3 -5 0 -1 -1.7 -0.8 0.5 -5 0 1
89 Dedric Ward 23 wr 11 1 2 25 0 21 12.5 2.3 0.2 18 212 11.8 1 33 1.6 19.3 237 1 1
7 Chuck Clements 24 1 0 2 -3 0 -1 -1.5 -3.0 2.0 -3 0 0
19 Keyshawn Johnson 25 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 70 963 13.8 5 39 4.4 60.2 963 5 0
80 Wayne Chrebet 24 wr 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 58 799 13.8 3 70 3.6 49.9 799 3 0
81 Jeff Graham 28 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 542 12.9 2 47 2.6 33.9 542 2 0
84 Fred Baxter 26 TE 16 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 276 10.2 3 37 1.7 17.3 276 3 1
88 Kyle Brady 25 TE 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 238 10.8 2 24 1.4 14.9 238 2 1
86 Alex Van Dyke 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 53 17.7 2 18 0.6 10.6 53 2 0
44 Corwin Brown 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 26 26.0 0 26 0.1 1.6 26 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 431 1485 10 43 3.4 92.8 26.9 319 3555 11.1 20 70 19.9 222.2 5040 30 27
Opp Total 16 470 1899 9 4.0 118.7 29.4 304 3421 11.3 23 19.0 213.8 5320 32 27

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
32 Leon Johnson 23 PR 16 1 51 619 1 66 12.1 12 319 1 101 26.6 1238
31 Aaron Glenn* 25 KR/LCB 16 16 28 741 1 96 26.5 741
89 Dedric Ward 23 wr 11 1 8 55 0 12 6.9 2 10 0 11 5.0 302
86 Alex Van Dyke 23 5 0 6 138 0 30 23.0 191
22 Lorenzo Neal 27 fb 16 3 2 22 0 22 11.0 90
84 Fred Baxter 26 TE 16 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 276
80 Wayne Chrebet 24 wr 16 1 1 5 0 5 5.0 804
72 Jason Ferguson 23 dt 13 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
92 Bobby Hamilton 26 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 59 674 1 66 11.4 54 1236 2 101 22.9 6950
Opp Total 16 47 0 54 1134 0 21.0

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
9 John Hall 23 K 16 0 1 1 11 10 17 11 6 2 6 4 41 28 68.3% 36 36 100.0% 3 144 57 0 48.0
11 Brian Hansen 37 P 15 0 71 3068 58 1 43.2
Team Total 26.2 16 1 1 11 10 17 11 6 2 6 4 41 28 68.3% 36 36 100.0% 74 3212 58 1 43.4
Opp Total 16 27 18 66.7% 28 27 96.4% 92 3864 42.0

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
55 Marvin Jones 25 RILB 16 16 3.0 2 0 1 0 0 87 40
21 Victor Green 28 SS 16 16 1.0 3 89 0 39 0 2 0 0 0 0 89 34
45 Otis Smith 32 RCB 16 16 6 158 3 51 0 1 0 2 40 0 57 13
26 Jerome Henderson 28 FS 16 14 1 45 0 45 0 57 19
57 Mo Lewis 28 LOLB 16 16 8.0 1 43 1 43 0 2 0 1 26 0 45 27
58 James Farrior 22 ROLB 16 15 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 53 18
31 Aaron Glenn* 25 KR/LCB 16 16 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 54 11
54 Dwayne Gordon 28 LILB 16 8 1.0 42 23
93 Ernie Logan 29 NT 15 14 35 10
95 Rick Lyle 26 LDE 16 16 3.0 0 0 1 2 0 30 12
99 Hugh Douglas 26 RDE 15 15 4.0 3 0 0 0 0 31 8
52 Pepper Johnson 33 lilb 8 8 1 13 0 13 0 26 13
72 Jason Ferguson 23 dt 13 1 3.5 23 8
24 Ray Mickens 24 16 0 1.0 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 25 1
94 Rick Terry 23 14 0 2.0 16 6
92 Bobby Hamilton 26 16 0 1.0 13 11
44 Corwin Brown 27 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 4
53 Chad Cascadden 25 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 1
36 Raymond Austin 23 16 0 8 4
42 Marcus Coleman 23 db 16 2 1 24 0 24 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 2
98 Ronnie Dixon 26 dt 5 3 4 3
14 Neil O'Donnell 31 QB 15 14 0 9 2 -1 0
32 Leon Johnson 23 PR 16 1 0 5 5 0 0
29 Adrian Murrell 27 RB 16 15 0 4 2 0 0
20 Richie Anderson 26 fb 16 3 0 2 1 0 0
62 Roger Duffy 30 C 15 15 0 2 1 -22 0
84 Fred Baxter 26 TE 16 9 0 1 0 0 0
88 Kyle Brady 25 TE 16 14 0 1 0 0 0
4 Glenn Foley 27 qb 6 2 0 1 0 0 0
81 Jeff Graham 28 WR 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
66 Lonnie Palelei 27 LG 15 14 0 0 1 0 0
89 Dedric Ward 23 wr 11 1 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 29.0 18 379 4 51 0 14 27 20 45 0 729 268
Opp Total 16 48 27 20 2

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
9 John Hall 23 K 16 0 36 28 120
29 Adrian Murrell 27 RB 16 15 7 7 42
19 Keyshawn Johnson 25 WR 16 16 5 5 30
32 Leon Johnson 23 PR 16 1 2 1 1 4 24
84 Fred Baxter 26 TE 16 9 3 3 18
80 Wayne Chrebet 24 wr 16 1 3 3 18
45 Otis Smith 32 RCB 16 16 3 3 18
88 Kyle Brady 25 TE 16 14 2 2 12
81 Jeff Graham 28 WR 16 16 2 2 12
86 Alex Van Dyke 23 5 0 2 2 12
20 Richie Anderson 26 fb 16 3 1 1 6
31 Aaron Glenn* 25 KR/LCB 16 16 1 1 6
57 Mo Lewis 28 LOLB 16 16 1 1 6
24 Ray Mickens 24 16 0 1 1 6
22 Lorenzo Neal 27 fb 16 3 1 1 6
14 Neil O'Donnell 31 QB 15 14 1 1 6
89 Dedric Ward 23 wr 11 1 1 1 6
Team Total 26.2 16 10 20 1 2 4 1 38 36 28 348
Opp Total 16 9 23 2 27 18 2 287