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	379	5798	1028	5.6	28	11	304	304	540	3334	19	17	5.7	166	447	2464	19	5.5	120	94	866	18
Opp. Stats	306	4947	1021	4.8	25	8	268	281	507	3114	15	17	5.7	152	471	1833	15	3.9	98	112	841	18
Lg Rank Offense	4	2			16	9	11		12	12	18	20	14		16	2	3	1
Lg Rank Defense	10	14			22	27	5		10	13	6	11	13		21	18	19	14

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	August 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Atlanta Falcons	28	17	10	221	175	46	3	13	323	268	55	4	-19.35	26.83	5.66
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	24	13	346	322	24	1	20	272	99	173		-1.66	-6.29	1.69
3	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Chicago Bears	32	7	27	404	202	202	1	19	284	190	94	2	14.81	13.21	-4.21
4	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	New Orleans Saints	17	35	22	355	237	118	4	21	385	213	172		-3.76	-20.07	10.77
5	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		Green Bay Packers	26	15	18	376	203	173		23	396	289	107	4	1.48	6.35	3.26
6	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Buffalo Bills	13	22	17	309	189	120	1	10	266	102	164		-1.55	-2.64	-4.92
7	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27	9	17	447	188	259	1	13	289	217	72	2	10.95	9.21	0.46
8	Sun	October 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	4-4		New York Giants	20	26	20	337	226	111	2	15	331	210	121	1	1.65	-1.87	-7.21
9									Bye Week
10	Sun	November 2	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Green Bay Packers	10	20	18	256	131	125	4	11	244	163	81	2	-27.19	10.46	9.40
11	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6	@	Washington Redskins	7	30	11	268	163	105	4	25	388	247	141		-27.14	-3.99	9.15
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-6		Minnesota Vikings	38	15	27	477	266	211		18	300	174	126	1	21.99	7.92	-1.21
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6		Indianapolis Colts	32	10	21	391	142	249		12	173	120	53	1	11.71	17.79	-1.28
14	Thu	November 27	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6		Chicago Bears	55	20	25	496	274	222	1	16	333	262	71	4	21.08	9.05	3.85
15	Sun	December 7	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	Miami Dolphins	30	33	24	424	279	145	5	19	391	310	81	1	8.34	-2.31	-10.03
16	Sun	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-7	@	Minnesota Vikings	14	13	21	390	242	148	1	13	257	43	214		-0.45	6.01	-1.62
17	Sun	December 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-7		New York Jets	13	10	13	301	95	206		20	315	207	108	3	-3.02	9.30	-0.31
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-8	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	20	18	307	198	109	1	15	316	175	141	2	-11.49	-1.74	0.43

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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	Scott Mitchell	29	QB	16	16	9-7-0	293	509	57.6	3484	19	3.7	14	2.8	160	41.8	79	6.8	6.4	11.9	217.8	79.6	41	271	7.45	5.84	5.4	3	3
2	Frank Reich	36	QB	6	0		11	30	36.7	121	0	0.0	2	6.7	6	33.3	27	4.0	1.0	11.0	20.2	21.7	0	0	0.00	4.03	1.0	0	0
3	Matt Blundin	28	QB	1	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	9-7-0	304	540	56.3	3334	19	3.5	17	3.1	166	41.3	79	6.2	5.46	11.0	208.4	73.3	41	271	7.06	5.74	5.08	3	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Frank Reich	36	QB	1	0		11	15	73.3	129	0	0.0	8	52.9	21	8.6	8.6	11.7	129.0	99.0	2	9	11.76	7.06	7.1
2	Scott Mitchell	29	QB	1	1	0-1-0	10	25	40.0	78	1	4.0	4	28.0	15	3.1	1.3	7.8	78.0	31.7	0	0	0.00	3.12	1.3
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	21	40	52.5	198	1	2.5	12	38.1	21	5.0	3.83	9.4	198.0	56.0	2	9	4.76	4.71	3.64

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						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	Barry Sanders	29	RB	16	16	335	2053	11	85	45.4	82	6.1	128.3	20.9	50	33	305	9.2	3	11	42.0	66	2.1	19.1	66.0	6.1	368	6.4	2358	14	3	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
2	Herman Moore	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	171	104	1293	12.4	8	66	53.8	79	6.5	80.8	60.8	7.6	104	12.4	1293	8	0	PB,AP-1
3	Johnnie Morton	26	WR	16	16	3	33	0	1	66.7	20	11.0	2.1	0.2	148	80	1057	13.2	6	51	43.9	73	5.0	66.1	54.1	7.1	83	13.1	1090	6	2
4	Tommy Vardell	28	FB	16	10	32	122	6	15	59.4	41	3.8	7.6	2.0	31	16	218	13.6	0	10	35.5	37	1.0	13.6	51.6	7.0	48	7.1	340	6	1
5	David Sloan	25	TE	14	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	49	29	264	9.1	0	7	38.8	25	2.1	18.9	59.2	5.4	29	9.1	264	0	0
6	Ron Rivers	26	RB	16	0	29	166	1	6	48.3	31	5.7	10.4	1.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			29	5.7	166	1	0
7	Pete Metzelaars	37	TE	16	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	22	17	144	8.5	0	6	59.1	22	1.1	9.0	77.3	6.5	17	8.5	144	0	0
8	Tommie Boyd	26	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	25	10	142	14.2	0	6	36.0	32	0.6	8.9	40.0	5.7	10	14.2	142	0	0
9	Scott Mitchell	29	QB	16	16	37	83	1	13	37.8	13	2.2	5.2	2.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			37	2.2	83	1	15
10	Cory Schlesinger	25	FB	16	2	7	11	0	0	14.3	4	1.6	0.7	0.4	7	5	69	13.8	1	3	42.9	33	0.3	4.3	71.4	9.9	12	6.7	80	1	0
11	Glyn Milburn	26	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	5	77	15.4	0	2	30.0	43	0.3	4.8	50.0	7.7	5	15.4	77	0	3
12	Pete Chryplewicz	23	TE	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	3	27	9.0	1	3	100.0	12	0.3	2.7	100.0	9.0	3	9.0	27	1	0
13	Kez McCorvey	25	WR	7	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	2	9	4.5	0	1	50.0	6	0.3	1.3	100.0	4.5	2	4.5	9	0	0
14	Frank Reich	36	QB	6	0	4	-4	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.7	0.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	-1.0	-4	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	447	2464	19	120	45.2	82	5.5	154.0	27.9	518	304	3605	11.9	19	166	46.3	79	19.0	225.3	58.7	7.0	751	8.1	6069	38	24

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	Barry Sanders	29	RB	1	1	18	65	0	3	27.8	15	3.6	65.0	18.0	7	5	43	8.6	0	2	42.9	15	5.0	43.0	71.4	6.1	23	4.7	108	0	0
2	Johnnie Morton	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	8	88	11.0	0	5	42.9	21	8.0	88.0	57.1	6.3	8	11.0	88	0	0
3	Herman Moore	28	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	4	44	11.0	0	3	57.1	15	4.0	44.0	57.1	6.3	4	11.0	44	0	0
4	Scott Mitchell	29	QB	1	1	4	20	0	1	25.0	14	5.0	20.0	4.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	5.0	20	0	0
5	Ron Rivers	26	RB	1	0	1	17	0	1	100.0	17	17.0	17.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	17.0	17	0	0
6	Tommy Vardell	28	FB	1	1	2	1	1	1	50.0	1	0.5	1.0	2.0	1	1	12	12.0	0	1	100.0	12	1.0	12.0	100.0	12.0	3	4.3	13	1	0
7	Tommie Boyd	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	2	11	5.5	0	1	20.0	6	2.0	11.0	40.0	2.2	2	5.5	11	0	0
8	David Sloan	25	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	9	9.0	0	0	50.0	9	1.0	9.0	50.0	4.5	1	9.0	9	0	0
9	Frank Reich	36	QB	1	0	1	5	0	0	0.0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	5.0	5	0	0
10	John Jett	29	P	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	1.0	1	0	0
11	Pete Metzelaars	37	TE	1	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	0
	Team Totals			1	1	27	109	1	6	29.6	17	4.0	109.0	27.0	37	21	207	9.9	0	12	43.2	21	21.0	207.0	56.8	5.6	48	6.6	316	1	0

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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	Stephen Boyd	25	MLB	16	16	1	4	0	4	1	0	1	42	1	0.0	138	89	49	0
2	Reggie Brown	23	RLB	16	16	2	83	2	45	2	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
3	Mark Carrier	29	FS	16	16	5	94	0	66	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	75	54	21	0
4	Luther Elliss	24	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.5	63	35	28	0
5	Kevin Glover	34	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
6	Scott Mitchell	29	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	15	4	-15	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Johnnie Morton	26	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Barry Sanders	29	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
9	Mike Wells	26	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	66	30	36	0
10	Robert Porcher	28	LDE	16	15	1	5	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	12.5	72	40	32	0	PB
11	Ray Roberts	28	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Bryant Westbrook	23	LCB	15	14	2	64	1	64	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	45	41	4	0	AP DRoY-6
13	Corey Raymond	28	RCB	13	12	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	52	45	7	0
14	Kerwin Waldroup	23	RDE	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	33	19	14	0
15	George Jamison	35	LLB	16	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	35	26	9	0
16	Tommy Vardell	28	FB	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Ron Rice	25	SS	12	8	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	49	38	11	0
18	Antonio London	26	LLB	16	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	34	19	15	0
19	Tracy Scroggins	28	RDE	15	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	1	7.5	42	30	12	1
20	Kevin Abrams	23	DB	15	4	1	29	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	28	23	5	0
21	Harry Colon	28	DB	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	33	23	10	0
22	Van Malone	27	DB	8	4	1	-5	0	-5	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	20	11	9	0
23	Greg Jeffries	26	DB	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	9	6	3	0
24	Glyn Milburn	26	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Robert Bailey	29	DB	15	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2.0	14	13	1	0
26	Shane Bonham	27	DT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	9	4	5	0
27	Travis Kirschke	23	DT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0
28	Scott Kowalkowski	29	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	4	3	0
29	Ron Rivers	26	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Matt Russell	24	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	19	13	6	0
31	Marc Spindler	28	DT	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	0	4	0
	Team Totals			16	16	17	309	3	66	16	26	20	48	2	43.0	848	563	285	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Kevin Abrams	23	DB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0
2	Stephen Boyd	25	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	7	2	0
3	Mark Carrier	29	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	6	2	0
4	Luther Elliss	24	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	5	2	0
5	George Jamison	35	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
6	Antonio London	26	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	6	5	1	0
7	Robert Porcher	28	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	0
8	Ron Rice	25	SS	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	2	3	0
9	Tracy Scroggins	28	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0
10	Mike Wells	26	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
11	Bryant Westbrook	23	LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
12	Robert Bailey	29	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
13	Travis Kirschke	23	DT	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
14	Scott Kowalkowski	29	LB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1
15	Glyn Milburn	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
16	Marc Spindler	28	DT	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
17	Ryan Stewart	24	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	2.0	61	44	17	0

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