1997 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-12-0, 5th in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dave Wannstedt (4-12-0)

Points For: 263 (16.4/g) 28th of 30

Points Against: 421 (26.3/g) 29th of 30

Expected W-L: 4.0-12.0

SRS: -8.46 (29th of 30), SOS: 1.42

Offensive Coordinator: Matt Cavanaugh

Defensive Coordinator: Bob Slowik

Other Notable Asst.: Ron Rivera (Defensive Quality Control), Tom Rossley (Wide Receivers/TE), Greg Schiano (Defensive Assistant) and Eric Studesville (Offensive Quality Control)

Stadium: Soldier Field

VP of Personnel/de facto General Manager: Mark Hatley

Secretary of the Board of Directors: Virginia Halas McCaskey

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +5000; O/U: 7.5

Training Camp: UW Platteville (Platteville, Wisconsin)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	263	4990	1128	4.4	41	19	305	336	595	3244	14	22	5.1	188	490	1746	14	3.6	94	107	867	23
Opp. Stats	421	4888	935	5.2	30	17	281	273	476	3030	25	13	5.9	156	421	1858	18	4.4	97	93	763	28
Lg Rank Offense	28	17			27	28	10		3	15	26	25	26		7	16	12	24
Lg Rank Defense	29	12			11	2	10		4	11	25	21	20		8	19	27	27

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Mon	September 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Green Bay Packers	24	38	19	336	172	164	3	18	315	208	107	2	-10.38	2.10	-2.02
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Minnesota Vikings	24	27	16	305	158	147	2	23	378	261	117	1	-6.64	-8.18	7.85
3	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3		Detroit Lions	7	32	19	284	190	94	2	27	404	202	202	1	-13.21	-14.81	4.21
4	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4	@	New England Patriots	3	31	9	199	120	79	3	23	402	315	87	3	-27.19	-6.86	10.29
5	Sun	September 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5	@	Dallas Cowboys	3	27	17	243	102	141	2	13	180	124	56	1	-20.60	4.89	-7.03
6	Sun	October 5	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-6		New Orleans Saints	17	20	19	266	165	101		11	322	185	137	3	-14.86	17.38	-1.15
7	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-7		Green Bay Packers	23	24	26	353	232	121	2	22	277	177	100	1	5.54	-6.22	1.99
8									Bye Week
9	Mon	October 27	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	1-7	@	Miami Dolphins	36	33	26	464	336	128	2	18	365	246	119	3	2.25	0.52	0.23
10	Sun	November 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-8		Washington Redskins	8	31	23	336	274	62	4	24	388	185	203	1	-0.66	-13.50	-3.98
11	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-9	@	Minnesota Vikings	22	29	20	341	251	90	2	19	302	193	109	2	-1.52	-7.46	-0.91
12	Sun	November 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-10		New York Jets	15	23	27	356	307	49	5	11	193	116	77	1	-18.94	18.34	-6.89
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-10		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	7	17	279	110	169		14	272	237	35	3	-2.74	6.45	4.48
14	Thu	November 27	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		2-11	@	Detroit Lions	20	55	16	333	262	71	4	25	496	274	222	1	-9.05	-21.08	-3.85
15	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-11		Buffalo Bills	20	3	23	392	272	120	2	10	160	105	55	1	0.53	21.11	0.12
16	Sun	December 14	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-11	@	St. Louis Rams	13	10	13	309	189	120	5	11	165	116	49	5	-12.86	29.90	-14.66
17	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-12	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	15	31	15	194	104	90	3	12	269	86	183	1	-14.64	-1.54	-3.85

Passing

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Erik Kramer	33	QB	15	13	4-9-0	275	477	57.7	3011	14	2.9	14	2.9	158	42.8	78	6.3	5.6	10.9	200.7	74.0	25	149	4.98	5.70	5.0	1	1
2	Rick Mirer	27	QB	7	3	0-3-0	53	103	51.5	420	0	0.0	6	5.8	26	31.9	34	4.1	1.5	7.9	60.0	37.7	16	89	13.45	2.78	0.5	1	1
3	Steve Stenstrom	26	QB	3	0		8	14	57.1	70	0	0.0	2	14.3	4	37.5	18	5.0	-1.4	8.8	23.3	31.0	2	19	12.50	3.19	-2.4	0	0
4	Curtis Conway	26	WR	7	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	4-12-0	336	595	56.5	3244	14	2.4	22	3.7	188	40.6	78	5.5	4.26	9.7	202.8	64.3	43	257	6.74	5.08	3.97	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Raymont Harris	27	RB	13	13	275	1033	10	52	42.9	68	3.8	79.5	21.2	42	28	115	4.1	0	7	28.6	16	2.2	8.8	66.7	2.7	303	3.8	1148	10	1
2	Ricky Proehl	29	WR	15	10	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	105	58	753	13.0	7	39	47.6	78	3.9	50.2	55.2	7.2	58	13.0	753	7	2
3	Chris Penn	26	WR	14	4	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	110	47	576	12.3	3	39	39.1	33	3.4	41.1	42.7	5.2	48	12.0	575	3	1
4	Curtis Conway	26	WR	7	7	3	17	0	1	66.7	10	5.7	2.4	0.4	52	30	476	15.9	1	18	51.9	55	4.3	68.0	57.7	9.2	33	14.9	493	1	0
5	Ryan Wetnight	27	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	65	46	464	10.1	1	23	50.8	34	2.9	29.0	70.8	7.1	46	10.1	464	1	1
6	Bobby Engram	24	WR	11	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	75	45	399	8.9	2	22	45.3	23	4.1	36.3	60.0	5.3	45	8.9	399	2	1
7	Darnell Autry	21	RB	13	3	112	319	1	13	31.3	17	2.8	24.5	8.6	14	9	59	6.6	0	2	28.6	14	0.7	4.5	64.3	4.2	121	3.1	378	1	2
8	Tony Carter	25	FB	16	10	9	56	0	3	33.3	16	6.2	3.5	0.6	38	24	152	6.3	0	11	42.1	19	1.5	9.5	63.2	4.0	33	6.3	208	0	0
9	Keith Jennings	31	TE	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	19	14	164	11.7	0	8	57.9	23	1.2	13.7	73.7	8.6	14	11.7	164	0	0
10	Fabien Bownes	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	12	146	12.2	0	8	55.0	21	0.8	9.1	60.0	7.3	12	12.2	146	0	0
11	Rashaan Salaam	23	RB	3	3	31	112	0	4	32.3	17	3.6	37.3	10.3	3	2	20	10.0	0	1	33.3	18	0.7	6.7	66.7	6.7	33	4.0	132	0	2
12	Erik Kramer	33	QB	15	13	27	83	2	13	48.1	31	3.1	5.5	1.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			27	3.1	83	2	11
13	Rick Mirer	27	QB	7	3	20	78	1	5	35.0	20	3.9	11.1	2.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			20	3.9	78	1	4
14	Tyrone Hughes	27	DB	14	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	16	8	68	8.5	0	5	31.3	16	0.6	4.9	50.0	4.3	9	7.9	71	0	2
15	John Allred	23	TE	15	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	13	8	70	8.8	0	2	61.5	18	0.5	4.7	61.5	5.4	8	8.8	70	0	0
16	Eric Smith	26	WR	7	0	1	12	0	1	100.0	12	12.0	1.7	0.1	6	2	22	11.0	0	2	33.3	12	0.3	3.1	33.3	3.7	3	11.3	34	0	0
17	Ronnie Harmon	33	RB	1	0	2	6	0	1	50.0	4	3.0	6.0	2.0	2	2	8	4.0	0	1	50.0	6	2.0	8.0	100.0	4.0	4	3.5	14	0	0
18	Michael Hicks	24	RB	3	0	4	14	0	0	0.0	8	3.5	4.7	1.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	3.5	14	0	0
19	Tremayne Allen	23	TE	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	9	9.0	0	0	0.0	9	0.5	4.5	100.0	9.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
20	Todd Sauerbrun	24	P	16	0	2	8	0	1	50.0	8	4.0	0.5	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	4.0	8	0	1
21	Steve Stenstrom	26	QB	3	0	1	6	0	0	100.0	6	6.0	2.0	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	6.0	6	0	1
22	Mike Dulaney	27	RB	7	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	1
23	Harper LeBel	34	TE	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	490	1746	14	94	39.2	68	3.6	109.1	30.6	582	336	3501	10.4	14	188	44.3	78	21.0	218.8	57.7	6.0	826	6.4	5247	28	31

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Tom Carter	25	LCB	16	16	3	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	48	43	5	0
2	Jim Flanigan	26	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	6.0	50	38	12	0
3	Walt Harris	23	RCB	16	16	5	30	0	12	4	1	1	0	0	0.0	83	76	7	0
4	John Mangum	30	FS	16	16	2	4	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	1.0	89	68	21	0
5	Barry Minter	27	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	6.0	92	65	27	0
6	Carl Simpson	27	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	34	24	10	0
7	Todd Burger	27	RG	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Marty Carter	28	SS	15	15	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	96	70	26	0
9	Bryan Cox	29	MLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	101	68	33	0
10	Ron Cox	29	LLB	15	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	57	43	14	0
11	Raymont Harris	27	RB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Erik Kramer	33	QB	15	13	0	0	0	0	1	11	3	-14	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Bobby Engram	24	WR	11	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Tony Carter	25	FB	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Ricky Proehl	29	WR	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Carl Reeves	26	RDE	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	27	20	7	0
17	John Thierry	26	LDE	9	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	15	9	6	0
18	Mark Thomas	28	LDE	16	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4.5	32	25	7	0
19	Evan Pilgrim	25	LG	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Alonzo Spellman	26	RDE	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	12	8	4	0
21	Chris Penn	26	WR	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Darnell Autry	21	RB	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Rick Mirer	27	QB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Rashaan Salaam	23	RB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Ryan Wetnight	27	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	James Burton	26	DB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	10	2	0
27	Marlon Forbes	26	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	29	21	8	0
28	Paul Grasmanis	23	DT	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	14	9	5	0
29	Sean Harris	25	LB	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0
30	Van Hiles	22	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
31	Anthony Marshall	27	DB	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	10	0	3.0	32	26	6	0
32	Fabien Bownes	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Terry Cousin	22	DB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	2	0
34	Mike Dulaney	27	RB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	Tyrone Hughes	27	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Harper LeBel	34	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
37	Michael Lowery	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	2	3	0
38	Tony Peterson	25	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
39	Todd Sauerbrun	24	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
40	Steve Stenstrom	26	QB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
41	Tyrone Williams	25	DE	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0
42	Chris Zorich	28	DT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	13	60	0	14	15	33	29	-14	0	38.0	843	636	207	0

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