1997 Washington Redskins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-7-1, 2nd in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norv Turner (8-7-1)

Points For: 327 (20.4/g) 15th of 30

Points Against: 289 (18.1/g) 8th of 30

Expected W-L: 9.2-6.8

SRS: 1.28 (14th of 30), SOS: -1.09

Defensive Coordinator: Mike Nolan

Other Notable Asst.: Bobby Jackson (Running Backs), Dale Lindsey (Linebackers), Mike Martz (Quarterbacks), Mike Pope (Tight Ends) and Terry Robiskie (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Jack Kent Cooke Stadium

General Manager: Charley Casserly

Executor of the Estate of Jack Kent Cooke: John Kent Cooke

Executor of the Estate of Jack Kent Cooke: Ralph Kent Cooke

Executor of the Estate of Jack Kent Cooke: Stuart Haney

Executor of the Estate of Jack Kent Cooke: James Lacher

Executor of the Estate of Jack Kent Cooke: Vincent Salazar

Executor of the Estate of Jack Kent Cooke: Howard Sodoway

Executor of the Estate of Jack Kent Cooke: Wanda Wiser

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +3500; O/U: 8.0

Training Camp: Frostburg State (Frostburg, Maryland)

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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	327	4998	1033	4.8	29	7	300	283	547	3383	22	22	5.8	192	453	1615	12	3.6	86	78	639	22
Opp. Stats	289	5030	1058	4.8	30	14	292	267	513	2818	14	16	5.1	149	508	2212	15	4.4	129	96	849	14
Lg Rank Offense	15	16			18	2	13		10	11	9	25	12		12	21	16	23
Lg Rank Defense	8	16			11	10	17		13	3	4	13	6		26	28	19	26

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	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Carolina Panthers	24	10	23	323	125	198		16	262	104	158	4	10.74	9.08	-2.88
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	14	19	354	285	69	3	23	295	73	222	1	1.99	-9.23	4.24
3	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	2-1		Arizona Cardinals	19	13	17	328	252	76	1	14	234	116	118	2	-7.25	25.40	-5.32
4									Bye Week
5	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Jacksonville Jaguars	24	12	20	336	223	113	3	11	204	134	70	2	1.64	23.72	-8.72
6	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	10	24	12	228	198	30	1	26	449	246	203	1	-11.48	-12.02	5.87
7	Mon	October 13	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Dallas Cowboys	21	16	16	255	139	116	1	16	290	175	115	1	-6.10	7.52	3.80
8	Sun	October 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3	@	Tennessee Oilers	14	28	18	312	220	92	3	23	389	185	204		1.74	-16.81	0.42
9	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4		Baltimore Ravens	17	20	16	249	182	67	1	20	332	133	199	1	-7.90	-5.19	8.02
10	Sun	November 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4	@	Chicago Bears	31	8	24	388	185	203	1	23	336	274	62	4	13.50	0.66	3.98
11	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		Detroit Lions	30	7	25	388	247	141		11	268	163	105	4	3.99	27.14	-9.15
12	Sun	November 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5	@	Dallas Cowboys	14	17	16	259	155	104		20	312	207	105		-0.86	2.47	-5.16
13	Sun	November 23	8:00PM ET	boxscore	T	OT	6-5-1		New York Giants	7	7	23	374	291	83	4	18	262	105	157	2	-21.61	23.70	-1.21
14	Sun	November 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6-1		St. Louis Rams	20	23	19	301	240	61	2	19	398	284	114		-6.00	-4.91	7.85
15	Sun	December 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6-1	@	Arizona Cardinals	38	28	17	362	223	139	1	14	358	301	57	3	-3.29	12.71	0.69
16	Sat	December 13	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7-1	@	New York Giants	10	30	18	320	275	45	6	14	240	110	130	2	-19.34	11.56	-8.58
17	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-7-1		Philadelphia Eagles	35	32	17	221	143	78	2	24	401	208	193	3	4.39	1.84	-3.27

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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	GWD
1	Gus Frerotte	26	QB	13	13	6-6-1	204	402	50.7	2682	17	4.2	12	3.0	142	40.2	52	6.7	6.2	13.1	206.3	73.8	23	146	5.41	5.97	5.5	2
2	Jeff Hostetler	36	QB	6	3	2-1-0	79	144	54.9	899	5	3.5	10	6.9	50	41.6	69	6.2	3.8	11.4	149.8	56.5	10	52	6.49	5.50	3.2	0
3	Trent Green	27	QB	1	0		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
	Team Totals			16	16	8-7-1	283	547	51.7	3383	22	4.0	22	4.0	192	40.5	69	6.5	5.5	12.7	211.4	69.1	33	198	5.69	5.83	4.88	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	Terry Allen	29	RB	10	10	210	724	4	32	39.0	34	3.4	72.4	21.0	29	20	172	8.6	1	7	51.7	38	2.0	17.2	69.0	5.9	230	3.9	896	5	2
2	Stephen Davis	23	RB	14	6	141	567	3	31	51.8	18	4.0	40.5	10.1	24	18	134	7.4	0	8	45.8	19	1.3	9.6	75.0	5.6	159	4.4	701	3	1
3	Leslie Shepherd	28	WR	11	9	4	27	0	1	50.0	17	6.8	2.5	0.4	69	29	562	19.4	5	27	40.6	48	2.6	51.1	42.0	8.1	33	17.8	589	5	0
4	Michael Westbrook	25	WR	13	9	3	-11	0	0	33.3	7	-3.7	-0.8	0.2	92	34	559	16.4	3	30	33.7	40	2.6	43.0	37.0	6.1	37	14.8	548	3	0
5	Brian Mitchell	29	RB	16	1	23	107	1	4	30.4	26	4.7	6.7	1.4	50	36	438	12.2	1	20	58.0	69	2.3	27.4	72.0	8.8	59	9.2	545	2	3
6	Larry Bowie	24	FB	15	12	28	100	2	8	53.6	18	3.6	6.7	1.9	40	34	388	11.4	2	19	62.5	39	2.3	25.9	85.0	9.7	62	7.9	488	4	2
7	Henry Ellard	36	WR	16	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	65	32	485	15.2	4	29	46.2	27	2.0	30.3	49.2	7.5	32	15.2	485	4	0
8	Jamie Asher	25	TE	16	13	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	99	49	474	9.7	1	28	36.4	24	3.1	29.6	49.5	4.8	49	9.7	474	1	0
9	Albert Connell	23	WR	5	1	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.6	0.2	17	9	138	15.3	2	8	52.9	41	1.8	27.6	52.9	8.1	10	14.1	141	2	0
10	Chris Thomas	26	WR	13	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	15	11	93	8.5	0	8	73.3	17	0.8	7.2	73.3	6.2	11	8.5	93	0	0
11	Gus Frerotte	26	QB	13	13	25	65	2	8	36.0	26	2.6	5.0	1.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			25	2.6	65	2	8
12	Alvin Harper	29	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	2	65	32.5	0	2	10.0	52	0.2	5.4	10.0	3.3	2	32.5	65	0	0
13	James Jenkins	30	TE	16	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	4	43	10.8	3	4	66.7	20	0.3	2.7	66.7	7.2	4	10.8	43	3	0
14	Jeff Hostetler	36	QB	6	3	14	28	0	2	21.4	11	2.0	4.7	2.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			14	2.0	28	0	3
15	James Thrash	22	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	24	12.0	0	2	66.7	17	0.5	6.0	66.7	8.0	2	12.0	24	0	0
16	Marc Logan	32	RB	15	1	4	5	0	0	0.0	4	1.3	0.3	0.3	6	3	6	2.0	0	0	0.0	5	0.2	0.4	50.0	1.0	7	1.6	11	0	1
17	Matt Turk	29	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	1	PB,AP-2
	Team Totals			16	16	454	1615	12	86	42.3	34	3.6	100.9	28.3	535	283	3581	12.7	22	192	43.6	69	17.7	223.8	52.9	6.7	737	7.1	5196	34	21

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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	Jesse Campbell	28	SS	16	16	1	7	0	7	0	0	2	-1	0	0.0	103	88	15	0
2	Darrell Green	37	RCB	16	16	1	83	1	83	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	54	41	13	0	PB
3	Joe Patton	25	LG/LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Marvcus Patton	30	MLB	16	16	2	5	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	4.5	135	98	37	0
5	Stanley Richard	30	FS	16	16	4	28	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	126	98	28	0
6	Derek Smith	22	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	2.0	87	59	28	0
7	Cris Dishman	32	LCB	16	15	4	47	1	29	2	0	1	0	0	1.5	64	56	8	0	PB,AP-2
8	Rich Owens	25	RDE	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	40	28	12	0
9	Marc Boutte	28	RDT	16	14	1	10	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	2.0	33	29	4	0
10	Ken Harvey	32	LLB	15	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	9.5	71	55	16	0	PB
11	Jamie Asher	25	TE	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Gus Frerotte	26	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	-16	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Larry Bowie	24	FB	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Kenard Lang	22	LDE	11	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.5	35	26	9	0
15	Terry Allen	29	RB	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Bob Dahl	29	RG	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Chris Mims	27	LDT	11	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	22	16	6	0
18	Stephen Davis	23	RB	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	William Gaines	26	LDT	13	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	16	12	4	0
20	Jamal Duff	25	LDE	13	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	14	11	3	0
21	Ryan Kuehl	25	LDT	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	9	3	0
22	Jeff Hostetler	36	QB	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Greg Jones	23	LB	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.5	16	12	4	0
24	Kelvin Kinney	25	DE	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	7	5	0
25	Marc Logan	32	RB	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Brian Mitchell	29	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Patrise Alexander	25	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0
28	Scott Blanton	24	K	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Steve Emtman	27	DT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0
30	Leomont Evans	23	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	14	10	4	0
31	Darryl Pounds	25	DB	16	0	3	42	1	22	1	0	3	18	1	2.0	30	29	1	0
32	Keith Rucker	29	DT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	1	3	0
33	Twan Russell	23	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
34	Keith Thibodeaux	23	DB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	11	11	0	0
35	Matt Turk	29	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-16	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
36	Jamel Williams	24	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13	10	3	0
37	Chris Zorich	28	DT	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	4	1	0
	Team Totals			16	16	16	222	3	83	22	21	26	-10	1	36.0	928	719	209	0

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