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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.

Coached by Bill Parcells (9-7-0)

1997 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 5.0 499 304 558 3421 23 18 5.8 177 470 1899 9 4.0 301 25 7 21
Lg Rank Offense 12 22 18 8 16 14 3 21 20 25 20 28 7 15
Lg Rank Defense 6 24 20 26 19 18 8 19 19 21 4 18 22 28

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Neil O'Donnell 31 QB 15 14 259 460 56.3 2796 17 3.7 7 1.5 70 6.1 5.8 10.8 186.4 80.3 45 289 5.0 4.7 8.9
Glenn Foley 27 6 2 56 97 57.7 705 3 3.1 1 1.0 35 7.3 7.1 12.6 117.5 86.5 3 24 6.8 6.7 3.0
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 7.0 -4.3 0.0
Leon Johnson 23 RET 16 1 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0
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 26.0 26.0 0.0
Team Total 26.2 16 319 564 56.6 3555 20 3.5 10 1.8 70 6.3 5.9 11.1 222.2 79.9 48 313 5.3 4.9 7.8
Opp Total 16 304 558 54.5 3421 23 4.1 18 3.2 6.1 5.1 11.3 213.8 73.3 29 242 5.8 4.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
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
Leon Johnson 23 RET 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
Neil O'Donnell 31 QB 15 14 32 36 1 19 1.1 2.4 2.1 36 1 9
Richie Anderson 26 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
Lorenzo Neal 27 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
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
Ray Lucas 25 5 0 6 55 0 17 9.2 11.0 1.2 55 0 0
Glenn Foley 27 6 2 3 -5 0 -1 -1.7 -0.8 0.5 -5 0 1
Dedric Ward 23 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
Chuck Clements 24 1 0 2 -3 0 -1 -1.5 -3.0 2.0 -3 0 0
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
Wayne Chrebet 24 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 58 799 13.8 3 70 3.6 49.9 799 3 0
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
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
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
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
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Leon Johnson 23 RET 16 1 51 619 1 66 12.1 12 319 1 101 26.6 1238
Aaron Glenn* 25 LCB 16 16 28 741 1 96 26.5 741
Dedric Ward 23 11 1 8 55 0 12 6.9 2 10 0 11 5.0 302
Alex Van Dyke 23 5 0 6 138 0 30 23.0 191
Lorenzo Neal 27 16 3 2 22 0 22 11.0 90
Fred Baxter 26 TE 16 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 276
Wayne Chrebet 24 16 1 1 5 0 5 5.0 804
Jason Ferguson 23 13 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
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
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Neil O'Donnell 31 QB 15 14 9 2 -1 0
Leon Johnson 23 RET 16 1 5 5 0 0
Mo Lewis 28 LOLB 16 16 8.0 1 43 1 43 2 0 1 26 0 45 27
Otis Smith 32 RCB 16 16 6 158 3 51 1 0 2 40 0 57 13
Adrian Murrell 27 RB 16 15 4 2 0 0
Ray Mickens 24 16 0 1.0 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 25 1
Hugh Douglas 26 RDE 15 15 4.0 3 0 0 0 0 31 8
Victor Green 28 SS 16 16 1.0 3 89 0 39 2 0 0 0 0 89 34
Marvin Jones 25 RILB 16 16 3.0 2 0 1 0 0 87 40
Rick Lyle 26 LDE 16 16 3.0 0 0 1 2 0 30 12
Jason Ferguson 23 13 1 3.5 23 8
Richie Anderson 26 16 3 2 1 0 0
Roger Duffy 30 C 15 15 2 1 -22 0
Marcus Coleman 23 16 2 1 24 0 24 0 0 1 0 0 8 2
Aaron Glenn* 25 LCB 16 16 1 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 54 11
Rick Terry 23 14 0 2.0 16 6
James Farrior 22 ROLB 16 15 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 53 18
Fred Baxter 26 TE 16 9 1 0 0 0
Kyle Brady 25 TE 16 14 1 0 0 0
Chad Cascadden 25 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 1
Glenn Foley 27 6 2 1 0 0 0
Dwayne Gordon 28 LILB 16 8 1.0 42 23
Jeff Graham 28 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0
Bobby Hamilton 26 16 0 1.0 13 11
Jerome Henderson 28 FS 16 14 1 45 0 45 57 19
Pepper Johnson 33 lilb 8 8 1 13 0 13 26 13
Lonnie Palelei 27 LG 15 14 0 1 0 0
Dedric Ward 23 11 1 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 29.0 18 379 4 51 14 27 20 45 0 729 268
Opp Total 16 48 27 20 2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
John Hall 23 K 16 0 36 28 120
Adrian Murrell 27 RB 16 15 7 42
Keyshawn Johnson 25 WR 16 16 5 30
Leon Johnson 23 RET 16 1 2 1 1 24
Fred Baxter 26 TE 16 9 3 18
Wayne Chrebet 24 16 1 3 18
Otis Smith 32 RCB 16 16 3 18
Kyle Brady 25 TE 16 14 2 12
Jeff Graham 28 WR 16 16 2 12
Alex Van Dyke 23 5 0 2 12
Richie Anderson 26 16 3 1 6
Aaron Glenn* 25 LCB 16 16 1 6
Mo Lewis 28 LOLB 16 16 1 6
Ray Mickens 24 16 0 1 6
Lorenzo Neal 27 16 3 1 6
Neil O'Donnell 31 QB 15 14 1 6
Dedric Ward 23 11 1 1 6
Team Total 26.2 16 10 20 1 2 4 1 36 28 348
Opp Total 16 9 23 2 27 18 2 287