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	321	5426	1061	5.1	39	18	306	289	485	3531	27	21	6.5	181	515	1895	12	3.7	91	99	833	34
Opp. Stats	289	4878	1000	4.9	46	23	268	267	497	2873	13	23	5.4	142	467	2005	17	4.3	103	104	949	23
Lg Rank Offense	17	14			11	14	16		16	8	4	11	10		15	21	20	23
Lg Rank Defense	9	6			7	3	2		11	5	3	11	5		5	13	17	22

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	Sun	September 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Oakland Raiders	9	7	21	358	182	176	1	12	165	84	81	3	0.08	24.48	-18.48
2	Sun	September 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Seattle Seahawks	10	13	16	252	142	110	2	18	267	156	111	2	-7.25	6.21	-3.61
3	Sun	September 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Baltimore Colts	28	10	27	442	315	127	4	10	209	48	161	3	8.86	10.53	0.83
4	Sun	September 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		San Diego Chargers	42	24	20	453	350	103	3	23	349	267	82	5	14.11	-2.40	2.97
5	Sun	October 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Oakland Raiders	17	0	17	252	90	162		12	168	90	78	6	-11.76	22.44	4.35
6	Sun	October 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Detroit Lions	27	21	20	401	266	135	3	18	325	63	262	1	7.89	3.43	-3.59
7	Sun	October 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-2	@	Kansas City Chiefs	14	28	20	396	319	77	5	13	324	100	224	5	-17.75	6.31	-3.88
8	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	Buffalo Bills	7	9	10	161	97	64		17	323	204	119	2	-18.42	15.20	1.22
9	Mon	November 2	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Minnesota Vikings	19	17	17	329	182	147	2	19	325	223	102	2	-5.55	5.10	-0.60
10	Sun	November 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	7-3		Cleveland Browns	23	20	22	362	246	116	2	20	362	280	82	4	-0.79	9.91	-6.93
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	7	22	281	128	153	1	10	209	168	41	2	-1.71	16.64	-1.03
12	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4	@	Cincinnati Bengals	21	38	17	337	269	68	4	25	571	387	184	1	-1.39	-26.85	8.58
13	Sun	November 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5	@	San Diego Chargers	17	34	19	389	322	67	5	20	408	260	148	2	-13.72	-3.58	2.53
14	Sun	December 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5		Kansas City Chiefs	16	13	16	342	265	77	1	18	307	233	74	1	7.80	-3.61	-3.76
15	Sun	December 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5		Seattle Seahawks	23	13	23	373	136	237	3	18	285	199	86	5	-1.32	12.18	-1.50
16	Sun	December 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6	@	Chicago Bears	24	35	19	298	222	76	3	15	281	111	170	2	-28.51	11.71	11.35

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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	Awards
1	Craig Morton	38	QB	15	15	10-5-0	225	376	59.8	3195	21	5.6	14	3.7	145	44.0	95	8.5	7.9	14.2	213.0	90.5	54	394	12.56	6.51	6.0	2	2	AP MVP-4
2	Steve DeBerg	27	QB	14	1	0-1-0	64	108	59.3	797	6	5.6	6	5.6	36	43.5	44	7.4	6.0	12.5	56.9	77.6	7	67	6.09	6.35	5.0	0	0
3	Tony Reed	26	RB	15	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0			0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	289	485	59.6	3531	27	5.6	21	4.3	181	43.8	95	8.2	7.4	13.8	220.7	86.6	61	461	11.17	6.47	5.73	2	2

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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	Steve Watson	24	WR	16	13	2	6	0	0	50.0	6	3.0	0.4	0.1	97	60	1244	20.7	13	49	57.7	95	3.8	77.8	61.9	12.8	62	20.2	1250	13	0	PB,AP-2
2	Dave Preston	26	RB	16	14	183	640	3	25	44.3	23	3.5	40.0	11.4	67	52	507	9.8	0	19	58.2	37	3.3	31.7	77.6	7.6	235	4.9	1147	3	4
3	Rick Parros	23	FB	16	16	176	749	2	33	47.7	25	4.3	46.8	11.0	37	25	216	8.6	1	10	43.2	26	1.6	13.5	67.6	5.8	201	4.8	965	3	6
4	Rick Upchurch	29	WR	13	10	5	56	0	1	60.0	37	11.2	4.3	0.4	70	32	550	17.2	3	18	38.6	63	2.5	42.3	45.7	7.9	37	16.4	606	3	0
5	Riley Odoms	31	TE	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	60	38	516	13.6	5	28	58.3	28	2.5	34.4	63.3	8.6	38	13.6	516	5	1
6	Tony Reed	26	RB	15	0	68	156	0	6	38.2	10	2.3	10.4	4.5	46	34	317	9.3	0	21	54.3	33	2.3	21.1	73.9	6.9	102	4.6	473	0	1
7	Haven Moses	35	WR	16	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	28	15	246	16.4	1	11	46.4	30	0.9	15.4	53.6	8.8	15	16.4	246	1	1
8	Ron Egloff	26	TE	16	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	26	17	231	13.6	1	14	65.4	40	1.1	14.4	65.4	8.9	17	13.6	231	1	2
9	Rob Lytle	27	RB	16	0	30	106	4	12	56.7	18	3.5	6.6	1.9	11	6	47	7.8	1	3	27.3	14	0.4	2.9	54.5	4.3	36	4.3	153	5	1
10	Larry Canada	27	RB	16	0	33	113	3	10	54.5	11	3.4	7.1	2.1	5	3	37	12.3	1	3	60.0	20	0.2	2.3	60.0	7.4	36	4.2	150	4	1
11	Wade Manning	26	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	3	49	16.3	0	1	14.3	34	0.2	3.1	42.9	7.0	3	16.3	49	0	3
12	Steve DeBerg	27	QB	14	1	9	40	0	3	55.6	11	4.4	2.9	0.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	4.4	40	0	2
13	James Wright	25	TE	16	0	1	11	0	1	100.0	11	11.0	0.7	0.1	5	3	22	7.3	1	3	60.0	14	0.2	1.4	60.0	4.4	4	8.3	33	1	0
14	Craig Morton	38	QB	15	15	8	18	0	0	12.5	5	2.3	1.2	0.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			8	2.3	18	0	2	AP MVP-4
15	Dave Studdard	26	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	10	10.0	0	1	100.0	10	0.1	0.6	100.0	10.0	1	10.0	10	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	515	1895	12	91	46.0	37	3.7	118.4	32.2	460	289	3992	13.8	27	181	52.0	95	18.1	249.5	62.8	8.7	804	7.3	5887	39	24

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						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	Rubin Carter	29	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
2	Barney Chavous	30	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
3	Larry Evans	28	LILB	16	16	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
4	Tom Glassic	27	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Randy Gradishar	29	RILB	16	16	4	38	0	16	4	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
6	Tom Jackson	30	ROLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Rulon Jones	23	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	9.5	0	0	0	0
8	Aaron Kyle	27	RCB	16	16	2	40	0	40	3	0	4	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Rick Parros	23	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Bob Swenson	28	LOLB	16	16	3	53	0	32	3	0	3	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
11	Bill Thompson	35	SS	16	16	4	14	0	14	1	0	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	PB
12	Craig Morton	38	QB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	AP MVP-4
13	Riley Odoms	31	TE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Bill Bryan	26	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Dave Preston	26	RB	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Steve Foley	28	FS	16	13	5	81	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Steve Watson	24	WR	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
18	Louis Wright	28	LCB	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
19	Ron Egloff	26	TE	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Haven Moses	35	WR	16	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Dennis Smith	22	DB	16	4	1	65	0	65	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	45	45	0	0
22	Mike Harden	22	DB	16	3	2	34	0	38	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Steve DeBerg	27	QB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Greg Boyd	29	DE	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
25	Steve Busick	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Larry Canada	27	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Don Latimer	26	NT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
28	Rob Lytle	27	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Wade Manning	26	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Brison Manor	29	DE	16	0	1	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
31	Luke Prestridge	25	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Tony Reed	26	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	James Wright	25	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	23	342	0	65	23	26	29	6	0	32.0	45	45	0	0

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