1997 New York Giants Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-5-1, 1st in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jim Fassel (10-5-1)

Points For: 307 (19.2/g) 21st of 30

Points Against: 265 (16.6/g) 3rd of 30

Expected W-L: 9.4-6.6

SRS: 1.50 (12th of 30), SOS: -1.13

Playoffs:
Lost Wild Card 22-23 vs. Minnesota Vikings

Offensive Coordinator: Jim Skipper

Defensive Coordinator: John Fox

Other Notable Asst.: Dave Brazil (Defensive Quality Control/LB), Rod Dowhower (Quarterbacks), Milt Jackson (Wide Receivers), Johnny Lynn (Defensive Backs) and Jim Skipper (Running Backs)

Stadium: Giants Stadium

Co-Owner: Wellington Mara

Co-Owner: Bob Tisch

General Manager: George Young

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +7500; O/U: 7.0

Training Camp: SUNY Albany (Albany, New York)

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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	307	4513	1027	4.4	19	7	273	249	474	2525	16	12	5.0	124	521	1988	14	3.8	113	116	1005	36
Opp. Stats	265	5067	1082	4.7	44	17	310	325	596	3616	10	27	5.6	195	432	1451	17	3.4	82	122	1056	33
Lg Rank Offense	21	27			1	2	23		25	28	22	9	28		5	7	12	17
Lg Rank Defense	3	18			1	2	25		29	26	1	1	10		9	3	25	2

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		Philadelphia Eagles	31	17	12	290	189	101		24	447	327	120	2	-1.75	10.03	2.71
2	Sun	September 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	13	40	13	206	167	39	3	22	375	252	123	1	-18.89	-2.15	-1.77
3	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Baltimore Ravens	23	24	29	390	269	121		19	273	210	63	1	12.65	-4.37	-9.62
4	Sun	September 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	St. Louis Rams	3	13	11	194	147	47	2	15	225	133	92	1	-26.63	20.37	-6.89
5	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3		New Orleans Saints	14	9	18	264	159	105	2	14	266	193	73	2	-5.06	16.51	-7.55
6	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		Dallas Cowboys	20	17	13	166	109	57		27	428	310	118	2	-3.94	1.28	2.98
7	Sun	October 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	Arizona Cardinals	27	13	23	426	187	239	1	19	235	208	27	5	3.17	22.04	-6.85
8	Sun	October 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	5-3	@	Detroit Lions	26	20	15	331	210	121	1	20	337	226	111	2	1.87	-1.65	7.21
9	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Cincinnati Bengals	29	27	28	323	214	109		22	323	225	98	2	9.30	-2.20	-8.76
10									Bye Week
11	Sun	November 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4	@	Tennessee Oilers	6	10	10	218	111	107	1	19	326	173	153	2	-14.49	2.83	2.73
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		Arizona Cardinals	19	10	21	373	172	201		21	399	350	49	3	4.45	5.79	-0.81
13	Sun	November 23	8:00PM ET	boxscore	T	OT	7-4-1	@	Washington Redskins	7	7	18	262	105	157	2	23	374	291	83	4	-23.70	21.61	1.21
14	Sun	November 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5-1		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	8	20	13	202	103	99	2	21	299	152	147	3	-18.26	0.81	3.72
15	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	31	21	18	345	137	208	2	15	256	186	70	5	-3.65	17.27	-5.60
16	Sat	December 13	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5-1		Washington Redskins	30	10	14	240	110	130	2	18	320	275	45	6	-11.56	19.34	8.58
17	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	20	7	17	283	136	147	1	11	184	105	79	3	-10.21	28.11	-1.08
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sat	December 27	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6-1		Minnesota Vikings	22	23	13	266	190	76	2	16	293	187	106	3	-12.96	9.63	0.78

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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	Danny Kanell	24	QB	16	10	7-2-1	156	294	53.1	1740	11	3.7	9	3.1	77	35.1	68	5.9	5.3	11.2	108.8	70.7	19	171	6.07	5.01	4.4	1	3
2	Dave Brown	27	QB	7	6	3-3-0	93	180	51.7	1023	5	2.8	3	1.7	47	35.8	62	5.7	5.5	11.0	146.1	71.1	13	67	6.74	4.95	4.8	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-5-1	249	474	52.5	2525	16	3.4	12	2.5	124	35.4	68	5.3	4.86	10.1	157.8	68.8	32	238	6.32	4.99	4.56	1	3

Passing Table
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	Danny Kanell	24	QB	1	1	0-1-0	16	32	50.0	199	1	3.1	0	0.0	11	48.5	37	6.2	6.8	12.4	199.0	80.1	1	9	3.03	5.76	6.4	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	16	32	50.0	190	1	3.1	0	0.0	11	48.5	37	5.9	6.56	11.9	190.0	78.9	1	9	3.03	5.76	6.36	0	0

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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	Charles Way	25	FB	16	16	151	698	4	37	51.0	42	4.6	43.6	9.4	51	37	304	8.2	1	12	45.1	62	2.3	19.0	72.5	6.0	188	5.3	1002	5	3	AP-2
2	Chris Calloway	29	WR	16	16	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	99	58	849	14.6	8	42	51.5	68	3.6	53.1	58.6	8.6	59	14.4	848	8	0
3	Tiki Barber	22	RB	12	6	136	511	3	31	43.4	42	3.8	42.6	11.3	54	34	299	8.8	1	13	42.6	29	2.8	24.9	63.0	5.5	170	4.8	810	4	3	AP ORoY-4
4	Tyrone Wheatley	25	RB	14	7	152	583	4	32	42.1	38	3.8	41.6	10.9	25	16	140	8.8	0	5	40.0	27	1.1	10.0	64.0	5.6	168	4.3	723	4	3
5	Kevin Alexander	22	WR	14	8	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	49	18	276	15.3	1	14	28.6	40	1.3	19.7	36.7	5.6	18	15.3	276	1	0
6	Amani Toomer	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	37	16	263	16.4	1	13	35.1	56	1.0	16.4	43.2	7.1	16	16.4	263	1	0
7	David Patten	23	WR	16	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	34	13	226	17.4	2	9	35.3	40	0.8	14.1	38.2	6.6	14	16.3	228	2	2
8	Erric Pegram	28	RB	11	0	19	72	1	4	36.8	18	3.8	6.5	1.7	27	19	83	4.4	0	4	22.2	14	1.7	7.5	70.4	3.1	38	4.1	155	1	1
9	Howard Cross	30	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	38	21	150	7.1	2	7	39.5	26	1.3	9.4	55.3	3.9	21	7.1	150	2	1
10	Thomas Lewis	25	WR	4	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	5	84	16.8	0	3	25.0	34	1.3	21.0	25.0	4.2	5	16.8	84	0	0
11	Rodney Hampton	28	RB	2	0	23	81	1	5	47.8	22	3.5	40.5	11.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			23	3.5	81	1	0
12	Aaron Pierce	28	TE	16	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	19	10	47	4.7	0	0	0.0	14	0.6	2.9	52.6	2.5	10	4.7	47	0	0
13	Ike Hilliard	21	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	2	42	21.0	0	2	40.0	23	1.0	21.0	40.0	8.4	2	21.0	42	0	0
14	Dave Brown	27	QB	7	6	17	29	1	2	35.3	7	1.7	4.1	2.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			17	1.7	29	1	1
15	Eric Lane	23	RB	15	0	5	13	0	0	0.0	6	2.6	0.9	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			5	2.6	13	0	0
16	Danny Kanell	24	QB	16	10	15	2	0	2	20.0	8	0.1	0.1	0.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			15	0.1	2	0	6
17	Mike Cherry	24	QB	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0.0	-2	-2.0	-2.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	521	1988	14	113	43.6	42	3.8	124.3	32.6	458	249	2763	11.1	16	124	38.0	68	15.6	172.7	54.4	6.0	770	6.2	4751	30	20

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	David Patten	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	5	86	17.2	0	3	62.5	37	5.0	86.0	62.5	10.8	5	17.2	86	0	0
2	Tiki Barber	22	RB	1	0	17	29	0	1	35.3	14	1.7	29.0	17.0	10	3	31	10.3	0	3	30.0	16	3.0	31.0	30.0	3.1	20	3.0	60	0	1
3	Charles Way	25	FB	1	1	10	28	0	1	50.0	9	2.8	28.0	10.0	2	1	27	27.0	0	1	50.0	27	1.0	27.0	50.0	13.5	11	5.0	55	0	0
4	Chris Calloway	29	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	6	53	8.8	0	3	60.0	21	6.0	53.0	60.0	5.3	6	8.8	53	0	0
5	Rodney Hampton	28	RB	1	0	8	18	0	0	37.5	7	2.3	18.0	8.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			8	2.3	18	0	0
6	Aaron Pierce	28	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	2	2.0	1	1	100.0	2	1.0	2.0	100.0	2.0	1	2.0	2	1	0
7	Eric Lane	23	RB	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
	Team Totals			1	1	36	76	0	2	38.9	14	2.1	76.0	36.0	31	16	199	12.4	1	11	51.6	37	16.0	199.0	51.6	6.4	52	5.3	275	1	1

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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	Jessie Armstead	27	LLB	16	16	2	57	1	57	1	0	1	0	0	3.5	132	101	31	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-3
2	Greg Bishop	26	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Howard Cross	30	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Scott Gragg	25	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Keith Hamilton	26	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	8.0	57	40	17	0
6	Robert Harris	28	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	10.0	58	38	20	0
7	Jason Sehorn	26	RCB	16	16	6	74	1	41	2	0	1	2	0	1.5	86	75	11	0
8	Ron Stone	26	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Michael Strahan	26	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	68	49	19	0	PB,AP-1
10	Charles Way	25	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	AP-2
11	Tito Wooten	26	FS	16	16	5	146	1	61	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	89	60	29	0
12	Sam Garnes	23	SS	16	15	1	95	1	95	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	59	40	19	0
13	Corey Widmer	29	MLB	16	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	89	69	20	0
14	Corey Miller	29	RLB	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	23	14	9	0
15	Phillippi Sparks	28	LCB	13	13	5	72	0	68	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	74	64	10	0
16	Chad Bratzke	26	RDE	10	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	3.5	35	23	12	0
17	Danny Kanell	24	QB	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-10	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Tyrone Wheatley	25	RB	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Tiki Barber	22	RB	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	AP ORoY-4
20	Dave Brown	27	QB	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Derek Engler	23	C	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Bernard Holsey	24	DE	16	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.5	17	10	7	0
23	Thomas Randolph	27	DB	16	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	33	32	1	0
24	Marcus Buckley	26	LB	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	12	8	4	0
25	David Patten	23	WR	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Cedric Jones	23	DE	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	9	0	0
27	Percy Ellsworth	23	DB	16	1	4	40	0	25	1	0	2	24	0	0.0	27	20	7	0
28	Ray Agnew	30	DT	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	15	10	5	0
29	Doug Colman	24	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
30	Scott Galyon	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	37	31	6	0
31	Conrad Hamilton	23	DB	14	0	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Robert Massey	30	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	8	0	0
33	Pete Monty	23	LB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
34	Erric Pegram	28	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	Christian Peter	25	DT	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	2	1	1	0
36	Ryan Phillips	23	LB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0
37	Brandon Sanders	24	DB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
38	Bryan Stoltenberg	25	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
39	Rodney Young	24	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	27	503	4	95	17	23	29	14	0	54.0	944	716	228	0

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	Jessie Armstead	27	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0
2	Sam Garnes	23	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
3	Keith Hamilton	26	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	3	2	0
4	Robert Harris	28	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	2	0
5	Bernard Holsey	24	DE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Corey Miller	29	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
7	Jason Sehorn	26	RCB	1	1	1	36	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
8	Phillippi Sparks	28	LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0
9	Michael Strahan	26	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	7	4	3	0
10	Corey Widmer	29	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0
11	Tito Wooten	26	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
12	Tiki Barber	22	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
13	Antonio Edwards	27	DE	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1
14	Percy Ellsworth	23	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
15	Scott Galyon	23	LB	1	0						1	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
16	Conrad Hamilton	23	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1
17	Amani Toomer	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	36	0	36	0	1	2	2	0	0	2.0	55	42	13	0

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