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

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Record: 9-7-0, 3rd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bill Parcells (9-7-0)

Points For: 348 (21.8/g) 12th of 30

Points Against: 287 (17.9/g) 6th of 30

Expected W-L: 9.8-6.2

SRS: 2.94 (9th of 30), SOS: -0.88

Offensive Coordinator: Charlie Weis

Defensive Coordinator: Bill Belichick

Other Notable Asst.: Maurice Carthon (Running Backs), Romeo Crennel (Defensive Line), Al Groh (Linebackers), Todd Haley (Offensive Assistant/Quality Control), Eric Mangini (Defensive Assistant/Quality Control) and Bill Muir (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Giants Stadium

Sole Owner: Leon Hess

Director of Player Personnel: Dick Haley

Head Coach/General Manager: Bill Parcells

Offensive Scheme: Erhardt-Perkins

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +8000; O/U: 6.0

Training Camp: Hofstra University (Hempstead, 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	348	4727	1043	4.5	22	12	291	319	564	3242	20	10	5.3	173	431	1485	10	3.4	97	83	678	21
Opp. Stats	287	5320	1057	5.0	25	7	301	304	558	3421	23	18	5.8	177	470	1899	9	4.0	103	99	832	21
Lg Rank Offense	12	22			7	15	18		8	16	14	3	23		20	25	20	28
Lg Rank Defense	6	24			22	28	22		26	19	18	8	18		19	21	4	18

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	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Seattle Seahawks	41	3	28	434	270	164		16	247	163	84	2	23.90	14.83	-1.98
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Buffalo Bills	22	28	12	202	163	39	2	15	269	193	76	3	-16.88	8.77	3.34
3	Sun	September 14	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	1-2	@	New England Patriots	24	27	22	355	225	130	3	23	375	162	213	3	-3.54	1.39	-2.06
4	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		Oakland Raiders	23	22	16	303	220	83	1	26	468	339	129		4.62	-17.36	15.81
5	Sun	September 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	31	14	28	402	212	190	1	10	215	149	66	1	17.40	4.95	-3.21
6	Sun	October 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	Indianapolis Colts	16	12	13	206	128	78	1	20	310	265	45	3	-12.92	12.11	2.84
7	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		Miami Dolphins	20	31	20	369	288	81	1	25	465	372	93		9.42	-14.16	2.56
8	Sun	October 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		New England Patriots	24	19	22	330	254	76		19	372	267	105	1	14.34	-0.56	-4.66
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10	Sun	November 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-3		Baltimore Ravens	19	16	15	225	160	65		23	447	288	159	2	-11.93	7.51	6.33
11	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4	@	Miami Dolphins	17	24	20	382	303	79	2	21	296	176	120		-2.42	-2.34	-3.33
12	Sun	November 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4	@	Chicago Bears	23	15	11	193	116	77	1	27	356	307	49	5	-18.34	18.94	6.89
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		Minnesota Vikings	23	21	22	357	227	130	3	19	386	312	74	1	-2.86	-1.09	5.35
14	Sun	November 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5	@	Buffalo Bills	10	20	16	294	264	30	2	19	336	139	197	1	-17.63	2.33	1.49
15	Sun	December 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6		Indianapolis Colts	14	22	12	126	93	33	1	19	366	173	193		-12.43	-1.70	5.75
16	Sun	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-6		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	31	0	14	234	112	122	1	6	111	21	90	3	-9.98	40.72	4.01
17	Sun	December 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-7	@	Detroit Lions	10	13	20	315	207	108	3	13	301	95	206		-9.30	3.02	0.31

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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	Neil O'Donnell	31	QB	15	14	8-6-0	259	460	56.3	2796	17	3.7	7	1.5	133	38.2	70	6.1	6.1	10.8	186.4	80.3	45	289	8.91	4.96	5.0	0	0
2	Glenn Foley	27	QB	6	2	1-1-0	56	97	57.7	705	3	3.1	1	1.0	37	49.0	35	7.3	7.4	12.6	117.5	86.5	3	24	3.00	6.81	7.0	1	2
3	Ray Lucas	25	QB	5	0		3	4	75.0	28	0	0.0	1	25.0	2	75.0	19	7.0	-4.3	9.3	5.6	54.2	0	0	0.00	7.00	-4.3	0	0
4	Brian Hansen	37	P	15	0		1	1	100.0	26	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	26	26.0	26.0	26.0	1.7	118.7	0	0	0.00	26.00	26.0	0	0
5	Leon Johnson	23	RB	16	1		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0			0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-22.5	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	319	564	56.6	3242	20	3.5	10	1.8	173	40.2	70	6.3	6.2	11.1	202.6	79.9	48	313	7.84	5.30	5.22	1	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	Adrian Murrell	27	RB	16	15	300	1086	7	61	41.0	43	3.6	67.9	18.8	42	27	106	3.9	0	4	26.2	23	1.7	6.6	64.3	2.5	327	3.6	1192	7	4
2	Keyshawn Johnson	25	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	135	70	963	13.8	5	50	48.1	39	4.4	60.2	51.9	7.1	70	13.8	963	5	0
3	Wayne Chrebet	24	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	102	58	799	13.8	3	34	45.1	70	3.6	49.9	56.9	7.8	58	13.8	799	3	0
4	Jeff Graham	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	93	42	542	12.9	2	26	40.9	47	2.6	33.9	45.2	5.8	42	12.9	542	2	0
5	Leon Johnson	23	RB	16	1	48	158	2	13	35.4	20	3.3	9.9	3.0	21	16	142	8.9	0	9	47.6	20	1.0	8.9	76.2	6.8	64	4.7	300	2	5
6	Fred Baxter	26	TE	16	9	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	35	27	276	10.2	3	14	54.3	37	1.7	17.3	77.1	7.9	27	10.2	276	3	1
7	Kyle Brady	25	TE	16	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	35	22	238	10.8	2	12	54.3	24	1.4	14.9	62.9	6.8	22	10.8	238	2	1
8	Dedric Ward	23	WR	11	1	2	25	0	1	100.0	21	12.5	2.3	0.2	24	18	212	11.8	1	10	58.3	33	1.6	19.3	75.0	8.8	20	11.9	237	1	1
9	Richie Anderson	26	FB	16	3	21	70	0	4	28.6	19	3.3	4.4	1.3	34	26	150	5.8	1	6	44.1	19	1.6	9.4	76.5	4.4	47	4.7	220	1	2
10	Lorenzo Neal	27	FB	16	3	10	28	0	2	50.0	8	2.8	1.8	0.6	13	8	40	5.0	1	3	30.8	14	0.5	2.5	61.5	3.1	18	3.8	68	1	0
11	Ray Lucas	25	QB	5	0	6	55	0	5	83.3	17	9.2	11.0	1.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	9.2	55	0	0
12	Alex Van Dyke	23	WR	5	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	53	17.7	2	3	75.0	18	0.6	10.6	75.0	13.3	3	17.7	53	2	0
13	Jerald Sowell	23	FB	9	0	7	35	0	3	85.7	10	5.0	3.9	0.8	2	1	8	8.0	0	1	50.0	8	0.1	0.9	50.0	4.0	8	5.4	43	0	0
14	Neil O'Donnell	31	QB	15	14	32	36	1	8	28.1	19	1.1	2.4	2.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			32	1.1	36	1	9
15	Corwin Brown	27	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	26	26.0	0	1	100.0	26	0.1	1.6	100.0	26.0	1	26.0	26	0	0
16	John Burke	26	TE	7	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
17	Chuck Clements	24	QB	1	0	2	-3	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.5	-3.0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	-1.5	-3	0	0
18	Glenn Foley	27	QB	6	2	3	-5	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.7	-0.8	0.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	-1.7	-5	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	431	1485	10	97	40.1	43	3.4	92.8	26.9	543	319	3555	11.1	20	173	45.3	70	19.9	222.2	58.7	6.5	750	6.7	5040	30	24

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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	Aaron Glenn	25	LCB	16	16	1	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	65	54	11	0	PB
2	Jeff Graham	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Victor Green	28	SS	16	16	3	89	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	123	89	34	0
4	Marvin Jones	25	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3.0	127	87	40	0
5	Mo Lewis	28	LOLB	16	16	1	43	1	43	2	0	1	26	0	8.0	72	45	27	0
6	Rick Lyle	26	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3.0	42	30	12	0
7	Otis Smith	32	RCB	16	16	6	158	3	51	1	0	2	40	0	0.0	70	57	13	0
8	Hugh Douglas	26	RDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	39	31	8	0
9	Roger Duffy	30	C	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-22	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	James Farrior	22	ROLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.5	71	53	18	0
11	Adrian Murrell	27	RB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Kyle Brady	25	TE	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Jerome Henderson	28	FS	16	14	1	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	76	57	19	0
14	Ernie Logan	29	NT	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	45	35	10	0
15	Neil O'Donnell	31	QB	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Lonnie Palelei	27	LG	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Fred Baxter	26	TE	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Dwayne Gordon	28	LILB	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	65	42	23	0
19	Pepper Johnson	33	LILB	8	8	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	39	26	13	0
20	Richie Anderson	26	FB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Ronnie Dixon	26	DT	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	4	3	0
22	Marcus Coleman	23	DB	16	2	1	24	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	10	8	2	0
23	Glenn Foley	27	QB	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Jason Ferguson	23	DT	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	31	23	8	0
25	Leon Johnson	23	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Dedric Ward	23	WR	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Raymond Austin	23	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	8	4	0
28	Corwin Brown	27	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	18	14	4	0
29	Chad Cascadden	25	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	13	12	1	0
30	Bobby Hamilton	26	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	24	13	11	0
31	Ray Mickens	24	DB	16	0	4	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	26	25	1	0
32	Rick Terry	23	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	22	16	6	0
	Team Totals			16	16	18	379	4	51	16	27	20	45	0	29.0	997	729	268	0

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