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1997 Oakland Raiders
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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 4th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 324 points (20.2/g), 17th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 419 points (26.2/g), 28th.
Differential of -95 points (-5.9/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 5.6-10.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 18th.
Coached by Joe Bugel (4-12-0)
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1997 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Jeff George | 30 | 7 | 16 | 290 for 521, 3,917 yards, 29 td, 9 int, & 17 rushes for 44 yards and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1990 |
| RB | Napoleon Kaufman | 24 | 2 | 16 | 272 rushes for 1,294 yards, 6 td, & 40 catches for 403 yards and 2 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 18th pick / 1995 |
| FB | Derrick Fenner | 30 | 8 | 7 | 7 rushes for 24 yards, 0 td, & 14 catches for 92 yards and 0 td | Seattle Seahawks / 10th / 268th pick / 1989 |
| FB | Harvey Williams | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 rushes for 70 yards, 3 td, & 16 catches for 147 yards and 2 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 21st pick / 1991 |
| WR | Tim Brown* | 31 | 9 | 16 | 104 catches for 1,408 yards, 5 td, & 5 rushes for 19 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 6th pick / 1988 |
| WR | James Jett | 27 | 4 | 16 | 46 catches for 804 yards, 12 td | |
| TE | Rickey Dudley | 25 | 1 | 16 | 48 catches for 787 yards, 7 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 9th pick / 1996 |
| LT | Pat Harlow | 28 | 6 | 16 | New England Patriots / 1st / 11th pick / 1991 |
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| LG | Steve Wisniewski* | 30 | 8 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 29th pick / 1989 |
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| C | Barret Robbins | 24 | 2 | 16 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 49th pick / 1995 |
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| RG | Lester Holmes | 28 | 4 | 15 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 19th pick / 1993 |
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| RT | Lincoln Kennedy | 26 | 4 | 16 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 9th pick / 1993 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Darrell Russell | 21 | Rook | 10 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 2nd pick / 1997 |
| LDE | Lance Johnstone | 24 | 1 | 6 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 57th pick / 1996 |
| LDT | Russell Maryland | 28 | 6 | 16 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1991 |
| RDT | Chester McGlockton* | 28 | 5 | 16 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 16th pick / 1992 |
| RDE | Anthony Smith | 30 | 6 | 13 | 6.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 11th pick / 1990 |
| LLB | Rob Fredrickson | 26 | 3 | 14 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 22nd pick / 1994 |
| MLB | Greg Biekert | 28 | 4 | 16 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 181st pick / 1993 |
| RLB | Mike Morton | 25 | 2 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 118th pick / 1995 |
| RLB | James Folston | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1994 |
| LCB | Terry McDaniel | 32 | 9 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 9th pick / 1988 |
| RCB | Albert Lewis | 37 | 14 | 11 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Perry Carter | 26 | 2 | 7 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 107th pick / 1994 |
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| SS | James Trapp | 28 | 4 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1993 |
| FS | Eric Turner | 29 | 6 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 2nd pick / 1991 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Cole Ford | 25 | 2 | 0 | 13 of 22 field goals & 33 of 35 extra points | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 247th pick / 1995 |
| P | Leo Araguz | 27 | 1 | 0 | 93 punts for a 45.0 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Desmond Howard | 27 | 5 | 0 | 27 punt returns for a 7.8 average and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 4th pick / 1992 |
| KR | Desmond Howard | 27 | 5 | 0 | 61 kick returns for a 21.6 average and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 4th pick / 1992 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Eddie Anderson | 34 | DB | 11 | 1 | 210 | 6-1 | Fort Valley State | 7/22/1963 | 11 | Seattle Seahawks / 6th / 153rd pick / 1986 |
| Leo Araguz | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Stephen F. Austin | 1/18/1970 | 1 | |
| Joe Aska | 25 | RB | 7 | 0 | 236 | 5-11 | Central Oklahoma | 7/14/1972 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 86th pick / 1995 |
| Greg Biekert | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-2 | Colorado | 3/14/1969 | 4 | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 181st pick / 1993 |
| Calvin Branch | 23 | DB | 6 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Colorado State,Iowa State | 5/8/1974 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 172nd pick / 1997 |
| Larry Brown | 28 | DB | 4 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | TCU | 11/30/1969 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 320th pick / 1991 |
| Tim Brown* | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 195 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 7/22/1966 | 9 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 6th pick / 1988 |
| Aundray Bruce | 31 | LB-TE-DE | 10 | 3 | 265 | 6-5 | Auburn | 4/30/1966 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1988 |
| Perry Carter | 26 | DB | 16 | 7 | 194 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 8/5/1971 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 107th pick / 1994 |
| Rick Cunningham | 30 | T | 7 | 0 | 311 | 6-7 | Oregon State,Texas A&M | 1/4/1967 | 7 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 106th pick / 1990 |
| Jerone Davison | 27 | RB | 8 | 1 | 235 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 9/16/1970 | 1 | |
| Rickey Dudley | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-6 | Ohio State | 7/15/1972 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 9th pick / 1996 |
| Derrick Fenner | 30 | RB | 9 | 7 | 240 | 5-11 | Gardner-Webb,North Carolina | 4/6/1967 | 8 | Seattle Seahawks / 10th / 268th pick / 1989 |
| James Folston | 26 | LB | 16 | 7 | 236 | 6-3 | La-Monroe | 8/14/1971 | 3 | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1994 |
| Cole Ford | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | USC | 12/31/1972 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 247th pick / 1995 |
| Rob Fredrickson | 26 | LB | 16 | 14 | 240 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 5/13/1971 | 3 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 22nd pick / 1994 |
| Jeff George | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 218 | 6-4 | Illinois,Purdue | 12/8/1967 | 7 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1990 |
| Tim Hall | 23 | RB | 16 | 0 | 218 | 5-11 | Robert Morris | 2/17/1974 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 183rd pick / 1996 |
| Pat Harlow | 28 | T | 16 | 16 | 295 | 6-6 | USC | 3/16/1969 | 6 | New England Patriots / 1st / 11th pick / 1991 |
| Rob Holmberg | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Navy,Penn State | 5/6/1971 | 3 | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 217th pick / 1994 |
| Lester Holmes | 28 | G | 15 | 15 | 315 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 9/27/1969 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 19th pick / 1993 |
| Desmond Howard | 27 | WR | 15 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Michigan | 5/15/1970 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 4th pick / 1992 |
| Grady Jackson | 24 | DT | 5 | 0 | 345 | 6-2 | Knoxville | 1/21/1973 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 193rd pick / 1997 |
| James Jett | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 165 | 5-10 | West Virginia | 12/28/1970 | 4 | |
| Kevin L. Johnson | 27 | DT | 15 | 0 | 305 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 10/30/1970 | 2 | New England Patriots / 4th / 86th pick / 1993 |
| Lance Johnstone | 24 | DE | 14 | 6 | 250 | 6-4 | Temple | 6/11/1973 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 57th pick / 1996 |
| Napoleon Kaufman | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 5-9 | Washington | 6/7/1973 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 18th pick / 1995 |
| Lincoln Kennedy | 26 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 335 | 6-6 | Washington | 2/12/1971 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 9th pick / 1993 |
| David Klingler | 28 | QB | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Houston | 2/17/1969 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 6th pick / 1992 |
| Dan Land | 32 | DB-RB | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Albany State (GA) | 7/3/1965 | 10 | |
| Chad Levitt | 22 | RB | 10 | 2 | 231 | 6-1 | Cornell | 11/21/1975 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 123rd pick / 1997 |
| Albert Lewis | 37 | DB | 14 | 11 | 196 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 10/6/1960 | 14 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1983 |
| Lorenzo Lynch | 34 | DB | 15 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Sacramento State | 4/6/1963 | 10 | |
| Russell Maryland | 28 | DT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 3/22/1969 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1991 |
| Terry McDaniel | 32 | DB | 13 | 12 | 180 | 5-10 | Tennessee | 2/8/1965 | 9 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 9th pick / 1988 |
| Chester McGlockton* | 28 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 334 | 6-3 | Clemson | 9/16/1969 | 5 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 16th pick / 1992 |
| John Henry Mills | 28 | LB | 16 | 0 | 226 | 6-0 | Wake Forest | 10/31/1969 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 131st pick / 1993 |
| Mike Morton | 25 | LB | 11 | 11 | 325 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 3/28/1972 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 118th pick / 1995 |
| Barret Robbins | 24 | C | 16 | 16 | 320 | 6-3 | TCU | 8/26/1973 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 49th pick / 1995 |
| Bob Rosenstiel | 23 | TE | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Eastern Illinois | 2/7/1974 | Rook | |
| Darrell Russell | 21 | DT-DE | 16 | 10 | 325 | 6-5 | USC | 5/27/1976 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 2nd pick / 1997 |
| Kenny Shedd | 26 | WR | 16 | 0 | 168 | 5-10 | Northern Iowa | 2/14/1971 | 1 | New York Jets / 5th / 129th pick / 1993 |
| Anthony Smith | 30 | DE | 13 | 13 | 265 | 6-3 | Alabama,Arizona | 6/28/1967 | 6 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 11th pick / 1990 |
| Greg Townsend | 36 | DE-LB-DT-NT | 4 | 0 | 264 | 6-3 | TCU | 11/3/1961 | 14 | Los Angeles Raiders / 4th / 110th pick / 1983 |
| James Trapp | 28 | DB-WR | 16 | 16 | 195 | 6-0 | Clemson | 12/28/1969 | 4 | Los Angeles Raiders / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1993 |
| Adam Treu | 23 | C | 16 | 0 | 300 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 6/24/1974 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1997 |
| Olanda Truitt | 26 | WR | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-0 | Mississippi State,Pittsburgh | 1/4/1971 | 4 | Los Angeles Raiders / 5th / 125th pick / 1993 |
| Eric Turner | 29 | DB | 16 | 15 | 208 | 6-1 | UCLA | 9/20/1968 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 2nd pick / 1991 |
| Aaron Wallace | 30 | LB | 5 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 4/17/1967 | 7 | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 37th pick / 1990 |
| Lionel Washington | 37 | DB | 9 | 3 | 185 | 6-0 | Tulane | 10/21/1960 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1983 |
| Curtis Whitley | 28 | C | 15 | 1 | 295 | 6-1 | Chowan,Clemson | 5/10/1969 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 117th pick / 1992 |
| Harvey Williams | 30 | RB | 14 | 6 | 226 | 6-2 | LSU | 4/22/1967 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 21st pick / 1991 |
| Steve Wisniewski* | 30 | G | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-4 | Penn State | 4/7/1967 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 29th pick / 1989 |
| Team Total | 27.8 | 16 | 241.8 | 6-1.7 | 4.7 |