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	411	5470	1128	4.8	39	16	318	237	475	3218	30	23	6.1	159	604	2252	16	3.7	132	99	864	27
Opp. Stats	326	4323	1019	4.2	43	23	283	246	467	2553	13	20	4.9	139	495	1770	22	3.6	118	102	902	26
Lg Rank Offense	2	8			15	11	7		13	8	1	16	10		6	15	15	22
Lg Rank Defense	15	3			6	3	12		15	8	3	17	3		3	5	20	7

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 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	0-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	13	16	16	244	82	162	2	20	309	191	118	2	-14.38	5.79	6.86
2	Sun	September 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		New York Jets	56	3	30	597	365	232	3	12	134	45	89	6	31.78	40.42	-15.81
3	Sun	September 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	20	14	18	332	167	165		17	198	32	166	1	6.08	-0.47	-1.39
4	Sun	September 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		San Diego Chargers	27	21	20	291	140	151	2	15	232	193	39	2	-3.35	5.34	2.44
5	Mon	October 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Green Bay Packers	14	27	26	401	239	162	6	19	317	199	118	2	-11.49	3.62	-2.95
6	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Detroit Lions	24	17	22	251	111	140	2	9	211	156	55	3	-15.46	21.69	3.02
7	Sun	October 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2	@	Chicago Bears	27	7	25	360	218	142	2	5	169	96	73	2	1.25	23.32	-4.21
8	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2		Miami Dolphins	28	13	17	299	170	129	1	13	204	69	135	5	-6.03	27.63	-5.82
9	Sun	October 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-3	@	Baltimore Colts	26	31	19	408	298	110	2	23	396	256	140	4	-4.14	-3.96	4.89
10	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	Buffalo Bills	26	6	20	438	327	111	3	15	264	181	83	5	-5.70	28.44	-0.38
11	Sun	November 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4	@	Denver Broncos	10	45	8	92	34	58	3	21	289	182	107	3	-35.84	5.03	4.46
12	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		Baltimore Colts	50	21	22	417	169	248	1	24	263	174	89	3	16.64	0.15	7.10
13	Sun	November 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	8-5		Buffalo Bills	13	16	21	309	136	173	4	18	281	201	80	2	-23.20	11.21	7.72
14	Thu	November 29	8:30PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6	@	Miami Dolphins	24	39	21	420	327	93	6	22	322	152	170	2	-11.47	-4.24	1.98
15	Sun	December 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7	@	New York Jets	26	27	19	320	213	107	1	20	281	127	154		-3.56	1.52	-1.39
16	Sun	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-7		Minnesota Vikings	27	23	14	291	222	69	1	30	453	299	154	1	2.24	-7.95	5.03

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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	Steve Grogan	26	QB	16	16	9-7-0	206	423	48.7	3286	28	6.6	20	4.7	141	38.2	63	7.8	7.0	16.0	205.4	77.4	45	341	9.62	6.29	5.6	1	1
2	Tom Owen	27	QB	6	0		27	47	57.4	248	2	4.3	3	6.4	15	43.1	32	5.3	3.3	9.2	41.3	59.5	4	41	7.84	4.06	2.2	1	1
3	Don Westbrook	26	WR	16	0		2	2	100.0	52	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	100.0	28	26.0	26.0	26.0	3.3	118.7	0	0	0.00	26.00	26.0	0	0
4	Matt Cavanaugh	23	QB	13	0		1	1	100.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	10	10.0	10.0	10.0	0.8	108.3	0	0	0.00	10.00	10.0	0	0
5	Eddie Hare	22	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0		4	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.3	83.3	0	0	0.00	4.00	4.0	0	0
6	Harold Jackson	33	WR	16	16		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	9-7-0	237	475	49.9	3218	30	6.3	23	4.8	159	38.9	63	7.6	6.7	15.2	201.1	76.1	49	382	9.35	6.14	5.31	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	Stanley Morgan	24	WR	16	16	7	39	0	1	57.1	17	5.6	2.4	0.4	95	44	1002	22.8	12	37	43.2	63	2.8	62.6	46.3	10.5	51	20.4	1041	12	1	PB
2	Harold Jackson	33	WR	16	16	3	12	0	2	66.7	12	4.0	0.8	0.2	84	45	1013	22.5	7	40	52.4	59	2.8	63.3	53.6	12.1	48	21.4	1025	7	0
3	Sam Cunningham	29	FB	12	12	159	563	5	43	48.4	27	3.5	46.9	13.3	46	29	236	8.1	0	12	47.8	20	2.4	19.7	63.0	5.1	188	4.3	799	5	4
4	Horace Ivory	25	RB	11	9	143	522	1	21	38.5	52	3.7	47.5	13.0	36	23	216	9.4	2	12	47.2	24	2.1	19.6	63.9	6.0	166	4.4	738	3	4
5	Russ Francis	26	TE	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	83	39	557	14.3	5	29	42.2	44	3.3	46.4	47.0	6.7	39	14.3	557	5	0
6	Don Calhoun	27	FB	16	6	137	456	5	25	43.8	29	3.3	28.5	8.6	30	15	66	4.4	1	3	26.7	14	0.9	4.1	50.0	2.2	152	3.4	522	6	2
7	Steve Grogan	26	QB	16	16	64	368	2	26	57.8	26	5.8	23.0	4.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			64	5.8	368	2	12
8	Andy Johnson	27	RB	5	5	43	132	1	5	46.5	15	3.1	26.4	8.6	12	9	68	7.6	0	2	50.0	11	1.8	13.6	75.0	5.7	52	3.8	200	1	0
9	Don Westbrook	26	WR	16	0	2	8	0	0	50.0	4	4.0	0.5	0.1	20	9	173	19.2	1	9	45.0	38	0.6	10.8	45.0	8.7	11	16.5	181	1	0
10	Don Hasselbeck	24	TE	16	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	27	13	158	12.2	0	9	44.4	41	0.8	9.9	48.1	5.9	13	12.2	158	0	1
11	Allan Clark	22	RB	16	0	19	84	2	6	47.4	19	4.4	5.3	1.2	2	2	35	17.5	0	1	100.0	20	0.1	2.2	100.0	17.5	21	5.7	119	2	0
12	Mosi Tatupu	24	RB	16	0	23	71	0	3	34.8	12	3.1	4.4	1.4	2	2	9	4.5	0	0	50.0	5	0.1	0.6	100.0	4.5	25	3.2	80	0	0
13	Carlos Pennywell	23	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	4	35	8.8	1	2	40.0	13	0.7	5.8	40.0	3.5	4	8.8	35	1	0
14	Ray Jarvis	30	WR	7	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	2	30	15.0	1	2	33.3	15	0.3	4.3	33.3	5.0	2	15.0	30	1	0
15	Al Chandler	29	TE	7	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	2	2.0	0	1	50.0	2	0.1	0.3	50.0	1.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
16	Eddie Hare	22	P	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	0
17	Tom Owen	27	QB	6	0	2	-1	0	0	0.0		-0.5	-0.2	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	-0.5	-1	0	1
18	Matt Cavanaugh	23	QB	13	0	1	-2	0	0	0.0	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	604	2252	16	132	45.2	52	3.7	140.8	37.8	455	237	3600	15.2	30	159	44.8	63	14.8	225.0	52.1	7.9	841	7.0	5852	46	25

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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	Raymond Clayborn	24	LCB	16	16	5	56	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
2	Tim Fox	26	FS	16	16	2	38	0	25	3	0	1	4	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
3	Steve Grogan	26	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	12	4	-12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Ray Hamilton	28	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
5	John Hannah	28	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP OPoY-7
6	Bill Lenkaitis	33	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Mel Lunsford	29	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.0	0	0	0	0
8	Stanley Morgan	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
9	Mike Haynes	26	RCB	16	15	3	66	0	33	1	1	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
10	Sam Hunt	28	RILB	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Steve Nelson	28	LILB	15	15	1	18	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
12	Richard Bishop	29	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.5	0	0	0	0
13	Mike Hawkins	24	LOLB	16	14	2	35	1	35	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0
14	Rod Shoate	26	ROLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
15	Shelby Jordan	27	RT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Sam Cunningham	29	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Dwight Wheeler	24	LT	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-14	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Horace Ivory	25	RB	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Doug Beaudoin	25	SS	10	7	1	30	0	30	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Pete Brock	25	LT	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Don Calhoun	27	FB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Prentice McCray	28	SS	14	6	3	48	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
23	Don Hasselbeck	24	TE	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Rick Sanford	22	DB	16	4	1	39	0	27	0	0	2	10	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Julius Adams	31	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
26	Bob Cryder	23	G	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Tony McGee	30	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	0	0	0	0
28	Ray Costict	24	LB	16	1	1	22	0	22	0	0	2	16	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
29	Mark Buben	22	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Allan Clark	22	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Eddie Hare	22	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Tom Owen	27	QB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Don Westbrook	26	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	20	352	1	35	18	29	34	4	0	58.0	0	0	0	0

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