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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 365 points (22.8/g), 9th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 362 points (22.6/g), 22nd.
Differential of 3 points (0.2/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 8.1-7.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 19th.
Coached by Dennis Erickson (8-8-0)
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1997 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | 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 Jets | 3 | 41 | 16 | 247 | 163 | 84 | 2 | 28 | 434 | 270 | 164 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 7 | box | L | 0-2 | Denver Broncos | 14 | 35 | 16 | 289 | 220 | 69 | 1 | 22 | 331 | 188 | 143 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | 1-2 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 31 | 3 | 27 | 423 | 270 | 153 | 1 | 11 | 118 | 23 | 95 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | 2-2 | San Diego Chargers | 26 | 22 | 21 | 343 | 251 | 92 | 3 | 20 | 309 | 230 | 79 | 3 | |
| 5 | Sun | September 28 | box | L | 2-3 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 20 | 16 | 376 | 220 | 156 | 1 | 29 | 466 | 263 | 203 | 3 |
| 6 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | 3-3 | Tennessee Oilers | 16 | 13 | 20 | 405 | 238 | 167 | 2 | 18 | 253 | 97 | 156 | 2 | |
| 7 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | 4-3 | @ | St. Louis Rams | 17 | 9 | 27 | 357 | 251 | 106 | 2 | 10 | 192 | 155 | 37 | 1 |
| 9 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | 5-3 | Oakland Raiders | 45 | 34 | 26 | 554 | 409 | 145 | 2 | 19 | 354 | 235 | 119 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 2 | box | L | 5-4 | @ | Denver Broncos | 27 | 30 | 22 | 349 | 245 | 104 | 2 | 19 | 385 | 245 | 140 | 2 |
| 11 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | 6-4 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 37 | 31 | 24 | 373 | 281 | 92 | 2 | 13 | 260 | 179 | 81 | 2 |
| 12 | Sun | November 16 | box | L | 6-5 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 17 | 20 | 19 | 340 | 229 | 111 | 4 | 14 | 177 | 102 | 75 | 5 |
| 13 | Sun | November 23 | box | L | 6-6 | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 19 | 18 | 291 | 223 | 68 | 3 | 22 | 324 | 204 | 120 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | November 30 | box | L | 6-7 | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 24 | 19 | 351 | 228 | 123 | 1 | 14 | 273 | 201 | 72 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 7 | box | L | 6-8 | @ | Baltimore Ravens | 24 | 31 | 14 | 273 | 170 | 103 | 4 | 15 | 374 | 286 | 88 | 3 |
| 16 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | 7-8 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 22 | 21 | 22 | 381 | 278 | 103 | 2 | 15 | 275 | 241 | 34 | 2 |
| 17 | Sun | December 21 | box | W | 8-8 | San Francisco 49ers | 38 | 9 | 24 | 407 | 283 | 124 | 17 | 324 | 199 | 125 | 2 | ||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 365 | 5759 | 1049 | 5.5 | 331 | 359 | 609 | 3959 | 26 | 21 | 6.1 | 207 | 404 | 1800 | 13 | 4.5 | 98 | 32 | 11 | 26 |
| Team Defense | 362 | 4849 | 959 | 5.1 | 476 | 276 | 462 | 3118 | 19 | 13 | 6.2 | 166 | 455 | 1731 | 10 | 3.8 | 286 | 29 | 16 | 24 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 8 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 9 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 22 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Moon* | 41 | QB | 15 | 14 | 313 | 528 | 59.3 | 3678 | 25 | 4.7 | 16 | 3.0 | 60 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 11.8 | 245.2 | 83.7 | 30 | 192 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Jon Kitna | 25 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 45 | 68.9 | 371 | 1 | 2.2 | 2 | 4.4 | 61 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 12.0 | 123.7 | 82.7 | 3 | 10 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 | |
| John Friesz | 30 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 36 | 41.7 | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 8.3 | 22 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 9.2 | 69.0 | 18.1 | 2 | 11 | 3.3 | -0.2 | 5.3 | |
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 359 | 609 | 58.9 | 4187 | 26 | 4.3 | 21 | 3.4 | 61 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 11.7 | 261.7 | 79.7 | 36 | 228 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 276 | 462 | 59.7 | 3118 | 19 | 4.1 | 13 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 11.3 | 194.9 | 82.0 | 42 | 238 | 6.2 | 4.9 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Chris Warren | 29 | RB | 15 | 13 | 200 | 847 | 4 | 36 | 4.2 | 56.5 | 13.3 | 45 | 257 | 5.7 | 0 | 20 | 3.0 | 17.1 | 1104 | 4 | 2 |
| Lamar Smith | 27 | 12 | 2 | 91 | 392 | 2 | 35 | 4.3 | 32.7 | 7.6 | 23 | 183 | 8.0 | 0 | 22 | 1.9 | 15.3 | 575 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Broussard | 30 | RET | 16 | 1 | 70 | 418 | 5 | 77 | 6.0 | 26.1 | 4.4 | 24 | 143 | 6.0 | 1 | 20 | 1.5 | 8.9 | 561 | 6 | 0 |
| Warren Moon* | 41 | QB | 15 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 17 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 40 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Jon Kitna | 25 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Joey Galloway | 26 | WR | 15 | 15 | 9 | 72 | 0 | 44 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 72 | 1049 | 14.6 | 12 | 53 | 4.8 | 69.9 | 1121 | 12 | 1 |
| Mack Strong | 26 | FB | 16 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 13 | 91 | 7.0 | 2 | 20 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 99 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Pritchard | 28 | WR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 64 | 843 | 13.2 | 2 | 61 | 4.0 | 52.7 | 857 | 2 | 2 |
| John Friesz | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kyle Richardson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| James McKnight | 25 | wr | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | 637 | 18.7 | 6 | 60 | 2.8 | 53.1 | 637 | 6 | 1 | |
| Carlester Crumpler | 26 | TE | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31 | 361 | 11.6 | 1 | 30 | 2.1 | 24.1 | 361 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brian Blades | 32 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30 | 319 | 10.6 | 2 | 27 | 2.7 | 29.0 | 319 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Christian Fauria | 26 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 110 | 11.0 | 0 | 25 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 110 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daryl Hobbs | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | 21 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 44 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronnie Harris | 27 | RET | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | 34 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 81 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tyree Davis | 27 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 37 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 48 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Deems May | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 11 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 404 | 1800 | 13 | 77 | 4.5 | 112.5 | 25.3 | 359 | 4187 | 11.7 | 26 | 61 | 22.4 | 261.7 | 5987 | 39 | 26 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 455 | 1731 | 10 | 3.8 | 108.2 | 28.4 | 276 | 3118 | 11.3 | 19 | 17.3 | 194.9 | 4849 | 29 | 33 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Steve Broussard | 30 | RET | 16 | 1 | 50 | 1076 | 0 | 43 | 21.5 | 1637 | |||||
| Ronnie Harris | 27 | RET | 13 | 0 | 21 | 144 | 0 | 19 | 6.9 | 14 | 318 | 0 | 34 | 22.7 | 543 |
| Tyree Davis | 27 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 104 | 0 | 28 | 6.5 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 12.5 | 177 | |
| Andre Coleman | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 29 | 21.7 | 65 | ||||||
| Frank Beede | 24 | rg | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Reggie D Brown | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||||||
| Phillip Daniels | 24 | RDE | 13 | 10 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | |||||
| Deems May | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 29 | ||||||
| James McKnight | 25 | wr | 12 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 651 | |||||
| Lamar Smith | 27 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 589 | ||||||
| Mack Strong | 26 | FB | 16 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 115 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 37 | 248 | 0 | 28 | 6.7 | 76 | 1550 | 0 | 43 | 20.4 | 7785 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 38 | 2 | 77 | 1779 | 1 | 23.1 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Todd Peterson | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 22 | 78.6% | 37 | 37 | 100.0% | |||||||
| Rick Tuten | 32 | P | 11 | 0 | 48 | 2007 | 65 | 0 | 41.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rohn Stark | 38 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 813 | 52 | 0 | 40.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kyle Richardson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 324 | 52 | 2 | 40.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 22 | 78.6% | 37 | 37 | 100.0% | 76 | 3144 | 65 | 2 | 41.4 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 31 | 91.2% | 35 | 35 | 100.0% | 74 | 3108 | 42.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Michael Sinclair* | 29 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 12.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 10 | ||||||
| Chad Brown | 27 | RLB | 15 | 15 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 2 | 75 | 29 | ||||||
| Darryl Williams* | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 8 | 172 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 25 | |||
| Warren Moon* | 41 | QB | 15 | 14 | 7 | 1 | -2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sam Adams | 24 | LDT | 16 | 15 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 15 | ||||||
| Ronnie Harris | 27 | RET | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Phillip Daniels | 24 | RDE | 13 | 10 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | ||||||
| Dan Saleaumua | 33 | RDT | 16 | 9 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 1 | |||||
| Jay Bellamy | 25 | ss | 16 | 7 | 2.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 42 | 10 | |||||||
| Bennie Blades | 31 | SS | 10 | 9 | 1.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 58 | 12 | |||||||
| Matt LaBounty | 28 | rde | 15 | 6 | 3.0 | 16 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Tyree Davis | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Friesz | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joey Galloway | 26 | WR | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cortez Kennedy | 29 | rdt | 8 | 8 | 2.0 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Jon Kitna | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kevin Mawae | 26 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Pritchard | 28 | WR | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chris Warren | 29 | RB | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dean Wells | 27 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 18 | ||||||
| Grant Williams | 23 | rt/lt | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Atkins | 27 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Barber | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||||||||
| Frank Beede | 24 | rg | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brian Blades | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Cain | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Andre Coleman | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Martin Harrison | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tim Hauck | 31 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||
| Daryl Hobbs | 29 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jeremy Lincoln | 28 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||||||||
| James Logan | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| James McKnight | 25 | wr | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Winston Moss | 32 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 13 | |||||||
| Kyle Richardson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -13 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Shawn Springs | 22 | LCB | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 5 | |||
| Mack Strong | 26 | FB | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie J. Williams | 27 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 9 | |||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 42.0 | 13 | 196 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 26 | 28 | 57 | 3 | 729 | 194 | 1 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 36 | 33 | 17 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Peterson | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 37 | 22 | 103 | |||||||||
| Joey Galloway | 26 | WR | 15 | 15 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Steve Broussard | 30 | RET | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 36 | |||||||||
| James McKnight | 25 | wr | 12 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Chris Warren | 29 | RB | 15 | 13 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Lamar Smith | 27 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Brian Blades | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Chad Brown | 27 | RLB | 15 | 15 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike Pritchard | 28 | WR | 16 | 15 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mack Strong | 26 | FB | 16 | 9 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Carlester Crumpler | 26 | TE | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jon Kitna | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Warren Moon* | 41 | QB | 15 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Michael Sinclair* | 29 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Darryl Williams* | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dan Saleaumua | 33 | RDT | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 22 | 1 | 365 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 362 |