1997 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 6-9-1, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 317 points (19.8/g), 19th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 372 points (23.2/g), 24th.
Differential of -55 points (-3.4/g), 22nd.
Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 24th.

Coached by Ray Rhodes (6-9-1)

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

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	August 31	box	L	0-1	@	New York Giants	17	31	24	447	327	120	2	12	290	189	101
2	Sun	September 7	box	W	1-1		Green Bay Packers	10	9	16	258	158	100	1	21	380	273	107	2
3	Mon	September 15	box	L	1-2	@	Dallas Cowboys	20	21	16	333	176	157		18	279	187	92	2
4							Bye Week
5	Sun	September 28	box	L	1-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	19	28	25	372	272	100	3	17	365	221	144	1
6	Sun	October 5	box	W	2-3		Washington Redskins	24	10	26	449	246	203	1	12	228	198	30	1
7	Sun	October 12	box	L	2-4	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	21	38	23	393	303	90	2	21	306	157	149	1
8	Sun	October 19	box	W	3-4		Arizona Cardinals	13	10	25	407	277	130	4	15	235	143	92	1
9	Sun	October 26	box	W	4-4		Dallas Cowboys	13	12	17	274	120	154		14	244	93	151
10	Sun	November 2	box	L	4-5	@	Arizona Cardinals	21	31	18	360	265	95	4	17	231	141	90	2
11	Mon	November 10	box	L	4-6		San Francisco 49ers	12	24	18	257	188	69	3	13	213	96	117	1
12	Sun	November 16	box	T	4-6-1	@	Baltimore Ravens	10	10	18	273	210	63	1	19	329	125	204	2
13	Sun	November 23	box	W	5-6-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	23	20	19	326	229	97		22	383	272	111	5
14	Sun	November 30	box	W	6-6-1		Cincinnati Bengals	44	42	27	507	311	196	2	29	497	373	124	3
15	Sun	December 7	box	L	6-7-1		New York Giants	21	31	15	256	186	70	5	18	345	137	208	2
16	Sun	December 14	box	L	6-8-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	17	20	15	277	171	106	1	21	386	175	211	1
17	Sun	December 21	box	L	6-9-1	@	Washington Redskins	32	35	24	401	208	193	3	17	221	143	78	2

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	317	5590	1116	5.0	326	330	587	3647	22	16	5.6	203	465	1943	11	4.2	105	32	16	18
Team Defense	372	4932	1009	4.9	286	259	490	2923	20	14	5.5	150	476	2009	16	4.2	115	26	12	21
Lg Rank Offense	19	5			3		4	6	9	16	17		9	10	18	10		20	24
Lg Rank Defense	24	13			13		5	7	11	18	9		22	25	22	22		19	18

Passing

Glossary · 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	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
14	Ty Detmer	30	QB	8	7	2-5-0	134	244	54.9	1567	7	2.9	6	2.5	57	6.4	5.9	11.7	195.9	73.9	19	94	5.6	5.1	7.2
7	Bobby Hoying	25	qb	7	6	2-3-1	128	225	56.9	1573	11	4.9	6	2.7	72	7.0	6.8	12.3	224.7	83.8	28	183	5.5	5.3	11.1
9	Rodney Peete	31		5	3	2-1-0	68	118	57.6	869	4	3.4	4	3.4	38	7.4	6.5	12.8	173.8	78.0	17	85	5.8	5.1	12.6
	Team Total	26.6		16		6-9-1	330	587	56.2	4009	22	3.7	16	2.7	72	6.8	6.4	12.1	250.6	78.5	64	362	5.6	5.2	9.8
	Opp Total			16			259	490	52.9	3201	20	4.1	14	2.9		6.5	6.1	12.4	200.1	75.1	43	278	5.5	5.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · 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
32	Ricky Watters	28	RB	16	16	285	1110	7	28	3.9	69.4	17.8	48	440	9.2	0	37	3.0	27.5	1550	7	3
30	Charlie Garner	25		16	2	116	547	3	26	4.7	34.2	7.3	24	225	9.4	0	27	1.5	14.1	772	3	1
34	Kevin Turner	28	FB	16	10	18	96	0	29	5.3	6.0	1.1	48	443	9.2	3	36	3.0	27.7	539	3	1
7	Bobby Hoying	25	qb	7	6	16	78	0	30	4.9	11.1	2.3								78	0	7
14	Ty Detmer	30	QB	8	7	14	46	1	14	3.3	5.8	1.8								46	1	6
9	Rodney Peete	31		5	3	8	37	0	16	4.6	7.4	1.6								37	0	5
22	Duce Staley	22	RET	16	0	7	29	0	12	4.1	1.8	0.4	2	22	11.0	0	22	0.1	1.4	51	0	0
4	Tom Hutton	25	P	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1								0	0	1
80	Irving Fryar*	35	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	86	1316	15.3	6	72	5.4	82.3	1316	6	1
83	Michael Timpson	30	WR	15	10	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	42	484	11.5	2	26	2.8	32.3	484	2	1
84	Freddie Solomon	25	wr	15	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	29	455	15.7	3	56	1.9	30.3	455	3	3
88	Jimmie Johnson	31	TE	16	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	14	177	12.6	1	28	0.9	11.1	177	1	1
81	Mark Seay	30	RET	12	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13	187	14.4	1	38	1.1	15.6	187	1	3
89	Chad Lewis	26		16	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	12	94	7.8	4	17	0.8	5.9	94	4	0
87	Jason Dunn	24		15	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	93	13.3	2	31	0.5	6.2	93	2	0
82	Chris T. Jones	26		4	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	73	14.6	0	32	1.3	18.3	73	0	0
	Team Total	26.6		16		465	1943	11	30	4.2	121.4	29.1	330	4009	12.1	22	72	20.6	250.6	5952	33	35
	Opp Total			16		476	2009	16		4.2	125.6	29.8	259	2923	11.3	20		16.2	182.7	4932	36	25

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · 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
22	Duce Staley	22	RET	16	0						47	1139	0	57	24.2	1190
81	Mark Seay	30	RET	12	2	16	172	0	42	10.8						359
84	Freddie Solomon	25	wr	15	5	10	55	0	14	5.5						510
31	Derrick Witherspoon	26		3	0						9	171	0	28	19.0	171
85	Antwuan Wyatt	22		1	0	2	-2	0	0	-1.0	2	50	0	30	25.0	48
28	Mel J. Gray	36		3	0	2	17	0	11	8.5	1	8	0	8	8.0	25
88	Jimmie Johnson	31	TE	16	11						3	22	0	15	7.3	199
34	Kevin Turner	28	FB	16	10						3	48	0	22	16.0	587
87	Jason Dunn	24		15	4						2	32	0	16	16.0	125
25	Willie Clark	25		16	2						1	39	1	39	39.0	39
89	Chad Lewis	26		16	3						1	11	0	11	11.0	105
23	Troy Vincent	26	LCB	16	16	1	-8	0	-8	-8.0						-8
	Team Total	26.6		16		31	234	0	42	7.5	69	1520	1	57	22.0	7706
	Opp Total			16		48		1			66	1548	0		23.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · 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
4	Tom Hutton	25	P	16	0																	87	3660	61	1	42.1
18	Chris Boniol	26	K	16	0			7	7	12	11	11	4	1		31	22	71.0%	33	33	100.0%
	Team Total	26.6		16				7	7	12	11	11	4	1		31	22	71.0%	33	33	100.0%	87	3660	61	1	42.1
	Opp Total			16												33	24	72.7%	42	42	100.0%	87	3602			41.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · 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
51	William Thomas	29	RLB	14	14	5.0	2	11	0	11		0	0	1	37	1	59	21
20	Brian Dawkins	24	FS	15	15		3	76	1	64							61	13
50	James Willis	25	MLB	15	15	2.0	1	0	0	0		1	0	2	0	0	51	31
36	Mike Zordich	34	SS	16	16	2.0	1	21	0	21		0	0	1	-1	0	51	29
97	Rhett Hall	29	RDT	15	15	8.0	1	39	0	39		1	0	0	0	0	48	16
23	Troy Vincent	26	LCB	16	16		3	14	0	14		1	1	2	5	0	50	15
38	Charles Dimry	31	RCB	15	9		2	25	0	25		0	1	2	34	0	48	9
78	Hollis Thomas	23	LDT	16	16	2.5						2	0	1	0	0	39	22
59	Mike Mamula	24	RDE	16	16	4.0						1	0	0	0	0	35	18
79	Greg Jefferson	26	LDE	12	11	3.0						0	0	1	0	0	35	10
25	Willie Clark	25		16	2							1	0	0	0	0	21	7
57	James Darling	23	llb	16	6												20	8
55	Ray Farmer	23	llb	14	5	1.0						0	0	1	0	0	18	3
21	Bobby Taylor	24	rcb	6	5	2.0						2	0	0	0	0	14	4
95	Richard Dent	37		15	0	4.5						1	0	0	0	0	10	3
90	Jon Harris	23		8	4	1.0											9	8
56	Darrin Smith	27	LLB	7	7	1.0						0	0	1	0	0	9	4
45	Matt Stevens	24		11	0		1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	10	0
74	Ed Jasper	24		10	1	1.0											5	3
98	Jimmie Jones	31		14	0	2.5											4	3
54	Jeff Herrod	31		10	2												6	1
93	Darion Conner	30		14	0	1.5											5	1
91	Andy Harmon	28		5	0												4	4
7	Bobby Hoying	25	qb	7	6								7	1	0	0
14	Ty Detmer	30	QB	8	7								6	1	-2	0
9	Rodney Peete	31		5	3								5	2	-2	0
33	Tim Watson	27		3	0												3	0
24	Tim McTyer	22		10	0												2	0
81	Mark Seay	30	RET	12	2								3	1	0	0
84	Freddie Solomon	25	wr	15	5								3	1	0	0
32	Ricky Watters	28	RB	16	16								3	1	0	0
62	Ian Beckles	30	RG	9	8								0	2	0	0
76	Barrett Brooks	25	RT	16	14								0	2	0	0
47	Charles Emanuel	24		5	1												1	0
4	Tom Hutton	25	P	16	0								1	1	-1	0
61	Steve Everitt	27	C	16	16								0	1	0	0
80	Irving Fryar*	35	WR	16	16								1	0	0	0
30	Charlie Garner	25		16	2								1	0	0	0
88	Jimmie Johnson	31	TE	16	11								1	0	0	0
53	N.D. Kalu	22		3	0												0	1
71	Jermane Mayberry	24	LT	16	16								0	1	0	0
72	Joe Panos	26	LG	13	13								0	1	0	0
22	Duce Staley	22	RET	16	0								0	1	0	0
83	Michael Timpson	30	WR	15	10								1	0	0	0
34	Kevin Turner	28	FB	16	10								1	0	0	0
	Team Total	26.6		16		41.0	14	186	1	64		10	35	29	70	1	618	234
	Opp Total			16		64							25	13

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Pts
18	Chris Boniol	26	K	16	0									33	22	99
32	Ricky Watters	28	RB	16	16	7						7				42
80	Irving Fryar*	35	WR	16	16		6					6				36
89	Chad Lewis	26		16	3		4					4				24
84	Freddie Solomon	25	wr	15	5		3					3	1			20
30	Charlie Garner	25		16	2	3						3				18
34	Kevin Turner	28	FB	16	10		3					3				18
87	Jason Dunn	24		15	4		2					2				12
83	Michael Timpson	30	WR	15	10		2					2				12
25	Willie Clark	25		16	2				1			1				6
20	Brian Dawkins	24	FS	15	15						1	1				6
14	Ty Detmer	30	QB	8	7	1						1				6
88	Jimmie Johnson	31	TE	16	11		1					1				6
81	Mark Seay	30	RET	12	2		1					1				6
51	William Thomas	29	RLB	14	14					1		1				6
	Team Total	26.6		16		11	22		1	1	1	36	1	33	22	317
	Opp Total			16		16	20	1						42	24	372

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