1997 St. Louis Rams Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-11-0, 5th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dick Vermeil (5-11-0)

Points For: 299 (18.7/g) 23rd of 30

Points Against: 359 (22.4/g) 19th of 30

Expected W-L: 6.3-9.7

SRS: -4.00 (22nd of 30), SOS: -0.25

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Rhome

Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson

Other Notable Asst.: Dick Coury (Wide Receivers), Frank Gansz (Special Teams), Peter Giunta (Defensive Backs), Jim Hanifan (Offensive Line), Brian Schottenheimer (Assistant) and Mike White (Offensive Assistant)

Stadium: TWA Dome

Majority Owner/Chairman: Georgia Frontiere

Head Coach/General Manager: Dick Vermeil

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +7000; O/U: 6.5

Training Camp: Western Illinois University (Macomb, Illinois)

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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	299	4761	1013	4.7	30	15	271	271	526	3198	14	15	5.6	161	443	1563	15	3.5	85	142	1065	25
Opp. Stats	359	5066	1021	5.0	39	14	296	288	543	3379	26	25	5.8	177	440	1687	10	3.8	84	133	1064	35
Lg Rank Offense	23	21			19	22	24		17	17	26	14	16		17	24	9	25
Lg Rank Defense	19	17			3	10	19		21	17	26	2	17		12	9	6	12

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		New Orleans Saints	38	24	20	403	214	189	1	13	241	159	82	5	10.65	13.57	-12.95
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		San Francisco 49ers	12	15	11	203	104	99	4	12	228	93	135	4	-24.98	22.05	2.23
3	Sun	September 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Denver Broncos	14	35	18	314	184	130	2	19	377	233	144	2	-6.08	-6.94	-9.73
4	Sun	September 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		New York Giants	13	3	15	225	133	92	1	11	194	147	47	2	-20.37	26.63	6.89
5	Sun	September 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Oakland Raiders	17	35	20	374	255	119	3	20	383	213	170	2	-12.12	-4.91	0.22
6									Bye Week
7	Sun	October 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	10	30	7	113	83	30	3	21	345	189	156	1	-19.55	5.25	-7.34
8	Sun	October 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		Seattle Seahawks	9	17	10	192	155	37	1	27	357	251	106	2	-9.13	-2.94	5.09
9	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6		Kansas City Chiefs	20	28	20	360	261	99	4	19	255	168	87		-0.47	1.17	-5.70
10	Sun	November 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-7	@	Atlanta Falcons	31	34	24	507	399	108	1	28	462	265	197	1	22.09	-24.49	-0.60
11	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-8	@	Green Bay Packers	7	17	16	269	203	66	1	18	387	291	96	3	-12.59	1.43	0.65
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-9		Atlanta Falcons	21	27	22	330	242	88		22	314	214	100	2	5.56	-5.44	-6.37
13	Sun	November 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-10		Carolina Panthers	10	16	12	268	187	81	1	17	302	254	48	1	-11.38	11.49	-3.88
14	Sun	November 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-10	@	Washington Redskins	23	20	19	398	284	114		19	301	240	61	2	4.91	6.00	-7.85
15	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-10	@	New Orleans Saints	34	27	23	343	229	114	3	16	284	240	44	4	-7.70	19.24	-5.48
16	Sun	December 14	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-11		Chicago Bears	10	13	11	165	116	49	5	13	309	189	120	5	-29.90	12.86	14.66
17	Sat	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-11	@	Carolina Panthers	30	18	23	297	149	148		21	327	233	94	3	2.92	6.13	-3.14

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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	Tony Banks	24	QB	16	16	5-11-0	252	487	51.7	3254	14	2.9	13	2.7	153	38.1	76	6.7	6.1	12.9	203.4	71.5	43	317	8.11	5.54	5.0	1	2
2	Mark Rypien	35	QB	5	0		19	39	48.7	270	0	0.0	2	5.1	8	35.0	62	6.9	4.6	14.2	54.0	50.2	1	9	2.50	6.53	4.3	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	5-11-0	271	526	51.5	3198	14	2.7	15	2.9	161	37.9	76	6.7	5.9	13.0	199.9	69.9	44	326	7.72	5.61	4.92	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	Amp Lee	26	RB	16	1	28	104	0	3	28.6	14	3.7	6.5	1.8	93	61	825	13.5	3	33	45.2	62	3.8	51.6	65.6	8.9	89	10.4	929	3	0
2	Isaac Bruce	25	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	119	56	815	14.6	5	38	38.7	59	4.7	67.9	47.1	6.8	56	14.6	815	5	1
3	Lawrence Phillips	22	RB	10	9	183	633	8	38	41.0	28	3.5	63.3	18.3	16	10	33	3.3	0	2	18.8	17	1.0	3.3	62.5	2.1	193	3.5	666	8	3
4	Torrance Small	27	WR	13	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	65	32	488	15.3	1	22	44.6	46	2.5	37.5	49.2	7.5	32	15.3	488	1	0
5	Jerald Moore	23	RB	9	5	104	380	3	21	42.3	26	3.7	42.2	11.6	12	8	69	8.6	0	2	50.0	19	0.9	7.7	66.7	5.8	112	4.0	449	3	4
6	Eddie Kennison	24	WR	14	9	3	13	0	0	66.7	6	4.3	0.9	0.2	64	25	404	16.2	0	18	37.5	76	1.8	28.9	39.1	6.3	28	14.9	417	0	2
7	Ernie Conwell	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	60	38	404	10.6	4	20	50.0	46	2.4	25.3	63.3	6.7	38	10.6	404	4	0
8	Keith Crawford	27	WR	15	2	2	32	0	1	100.0	23	16.0	2.1	0.1	19	11	232	21.1	0	9	57.9	69	0.7	15.5	57.9	12.2	13	20.3	264	0	0
9	Tony Banks	24	QB	16	16	47	186	1	9	38.3	23	4.0	11.6	2.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			47	4.0	186	1	15
10	Craig Heyward	31	FB	16	12	34	84	1	5	47.1	8	2.5	5.3	2.1	13	8	77	9.6	0	4	46.2	25	0.5	4.8	61.5	5.9	42	3.8	161	1	1
11	Ronald Moore	27	RB	7	2	24	103	1	5	33.3	27	4.3	14.7	3.4	5	4	34	8.5	0	2	80.0	13	0.6	4.9	80.0	6.8	28	4.9	137	1	0
12	Malcolm Floyd	25	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	4	39	9.8	0	3	36.4	14	1.0	9.8	36.4	3.5	4	9.8	39	0	0
13	Jermaine Ross	26	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	3	37	12.3	0	3	25.0	14	0.8	9.3	25.0	3.1	3	12.3	37	0	0
14	Aaron Laing	26	TE	15	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	5	31	6.2	1	2	36.4	11	0.3	2.1	45.5	2.8	5	6.2	31	1	0
15	David Thompson	22	RB	11	0	16	30	1	2	25.0	9	1.9	2.7	1.5	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16	1.9	30	1	2
16	J.T. Thomas	26	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	2	25	12.5	0	1	25.0	16	0.5	6.3	25.0	3.1	2	12.5	25	0	0
17	Mitch Jacoby	24	TE	14	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	10	5.0	0	1	33.3	10	0.1	0.7	66.7	3.3	2	5.0	10	0	0
18	Mark Rypien	35	QB	5	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.2	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	1.0	1	0	0
19	Zach Wiegert	25	RG	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	1	1.0	0	1	100.0	1	0.1	0.1	100.0	1.0	1	1.0	1	0	0
20	Mike Gruttadauria	25	C	14	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0		0.1	0.0	100.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
21	Dexter McCleon	24	DB	16	1	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
22	Mike Horan	38	P	10	0	1	-3	0	0	0.0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-3.0	-3	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	443	1563	15	84	40.0	28	3.5	97.7	27.7	516	271	3524	13.0	14	161	41.9	76	16.9	220.3	52.5	6.8	714	7.1	5087	29	28

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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	Tony Banks	24	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	15	3	-27	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Kevin Carter	24	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	5	0	7.5	42	32	10	0
3	Ernie Conwell	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	D'Marco Farr	26	RDT	16	16	1	22	0	22	1	0	2	0	0	3.0	36	26	10	0
5	Bill Johnson	29	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4.0	53	44	9	0
6	Mike Jones	28	LLB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	89	70	19	0
7	Todd Lyght	28	LCB	16	16	4	25	0	13	2	0	2	0	0	1.0	85	72	13	0
8	Keith Lyle	25	FS	16	16	8	102	0	39	3	0	0	0	0	2.0	84	70	14	0
9	Ryan McNeil	27	RCB	16	16	9	127	1	75	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	71	62	9	0
10	Robert Jones	28	MLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	78	61	17	0
11	Roman Phifer	29	RLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	75	57	18	0
12	Zach Wiegert	25	RG	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Leslie O'Neal	33	RDE	15	14	1	5	0	5	1	0	2	66	1	10.0	43	35	8	0
14	Isaac Bruce	25	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Craig Heyward	31	FB	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Toby Wright	27	SS	11	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	34	0	0.0	75	60	15	0
17	Eddie Kennison	24	WR	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Orlando Pace	22	LT	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Lawrence Phillips	22	RB	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Jerald Moore	23	RB	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Gerald McBurrows	24	DB	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	19	16	3	0
22	Keith Crawford	27	WR	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Billy Jenkins	23	DB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	18	13	5	0
24	Jay Williams	26	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	4	3	0
25	Taje Allen	24	DB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	19	18	1	0
26	Dexter McCleon	24	DB	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	13	13	0	0
27	Nate Dingle	26	LB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
28	Bryan Robinson	23	DE	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	10	10	0	0
29	Jeff Robinson	27	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
30	David Thompson	22	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Marquis Walker	25	DB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
32	Jeff Zgonina	27	DT	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	21	19	2	0
	Team Totals			16	16	25	281	1	75	14	29	25	78	2	38.0	840	684	156	0

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