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Record: 9 - 7 (pythagorean: 10 - 6, .648) Coaching: Bobby Ross 9 - 7 (playoffs:0 - 1) 1997 Pro Bowl Players: RB - Barry Sanders WR - Herman Moore C - Kevin Glover DE - Robert Porcher K - Jason Hanson 1997 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-5 (5) - Bryant Westbrook, Texas, DB   2-5 (35) - Juan Roque, Arizona State, T   2-24 (54) - Kevin Abrams, Syracuse, DB   4-34 (130) - Matt Russell, Colorado, LB   5-5 (135) - Pete Chryplewicz, Notre Dame, TE   5-31 (161) - Duane Ashman, Virginia, DE   6-5 (168) - Tony Ramirez, Northern Colorado, G   7-5 (206) - Terry Battle, Arizona State, RB   7-31 (232) - Marcus Harris, Wyoming, WR   7-38 (239) - Richard Jordan, Missouri Southern, LB
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Week Opponent Score   1stDns PaYds RuYds TotYds Sacked-Yds   Penalty-Yds Int FumLost Total TO T.O.P.     Week 1 ATL 17   13 268 55 323 4 - 22   13 - 93 3 1 4 35:40   Full Box Score at DET 28 10 175 46 221 4 - 30 5 - 55 1 2 3 24:20 Week 2 TAM 24   20 99 173 272 3 - 16   5 - 40 0 0 0 35:01   Full Box Score at DET 17 13 322 24 346 2 - 9 11 - 129 1 0 1 24:59 Week 3 DET 32   27 202 202 404 1 - 13   4 - 25 0 1 1 30:38   Full Box Score at CHI 7 19 190 94 284 5 - 28 8 - 75 1 1 2 29:22 Week 4 DET 17   22 237 118 355 5 - 16   5 - 50 3 1 4 25:25   Full Box Score at NOR 35 21 213 172 385 2 - 10 8 - 62 0 0 0 34:35 Week 5 GNB 15   23 289 107 396 2 - 6   9 - 65 3 1 4 29:19   Full Box Score at DET 26 18 203 173 376 2 - 12 9 - 107 0 0 0 30:41 Week 6 DET 13   17 189 120 309 4 - 32   8 - 60 1 0 1 33:31   Full Box Score at BUF 22 10 102 164 266 3 - 20 7 - 48 0 0 0 26:29 Week 7 DET 27   17 188 259 447 4 - 34   2 - 25 0 1 1 29:43   Full Box Score at TAM 9 13 217 72 289 3 - 20 6 - 41 2 0 2 30:17 Week 8 NYG 26 OT   15 210 121 331 1 - 10   11 - 76 1 0 1 30:19   Full Box Score at DET 20 20 226 111 337 3 - 17 6 - 53 0 2 2 31:21 Week 10 DET 10   18 131 125 256 4 - 27   4 - 20 4 0 4 32:41   Full Box Score at GNB 20 11 163 81 244 1 - 18 7 - 54 1 1 2 27:19 Week 11 DET 7   11 163 105 268 0 - 0   7 - 83 3 1 4 19:57   Full Box Score at WAS 30 25 247 141 388 1 - 0 7 - 62 0 0 0 40:03 Week 12 MIN 15   18 174 126 300 1 - 3   7 - 36 1 0 1 30:18   Full Box Score at DET 38 27 266 211 477 2 - 5 5 - 28 0 0 0 29:42 Week 13 IND 10   12 120 53 173 8 - 61   7 - 54 1 0 1 28:22   Full Box Score at DET 32 21 142 249 391 1 - 8 6 - 61 0 0 0 31:38 Week 14 CHI 20   16 262 71 333 3 - 16   4 - 45 0 4 4 30:48   Full Box Score at DET 55 25 274 222 496 2 - 8 6 - 43 1 0 1 29:12 Week 15 DET 30   24 279 145 424 1 - 9   4 - 47 2 3 5 29:39   Full Box Score at MIA 33 19 310 81 391 0 - 0 4 - 19 1 0 1 30:21 Week 16 DET 14   21 242 148 390 3 - 24   7 - 44 1 0 1 28:55   Full Box Score at MIN 13 13 43 208 251 2 - 34 4 - 31 0 0 0 31:05 Week 17 NYJ 10   20 207 108 315 4 - 23   5 - 40 3 0 3 33:48   Full Box Score at DET 13 13 95 206 301 3 - 27 5 - 36 0 0 0 26:12 NFC Wild-Card Playoff DET 10   18 198 109 307 2 - 9   4 - 20 1 0 1 28:23   Full Box Score at TAM 20 15 175 141 316 2 - 6 4 - 25 1 1 2 31:37
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 379 5798 43 120 166 18 304   540 304 3605 19 17 41 271   447 2464 19   94 866 26 11 -- DEFENSE 306 4947 33 98 152 18 268   507 281 3401 15 17 43 287   471 1833 15   112 841 24 -- 8     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 48 433 0   OPP: 51 434 1   OWN: 59 1364 0   OPP: 61 1269 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 86 3576 4 2 24   OPP: 97 4296   OWN: 39 40 26 29   OPP: 29 30 25 32
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Scott Mitchell 16 509 293 57.6 3484 6.84 19 14 41 271 79.6   37 83 2.2 1 13   0 0 0.0 0 0L Frank Reich 6 30 11 36.7 121 4.03 0 2 0 0 21.7   4 -4 -1.0 0 -1   0 0 0.0 0 0 Matt Blundin 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Barry Sanders 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   335 2053 6.1 11 82t   33 305 9.2 3 66t Tommy Vardell 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   32 122 3.8 6 41   16 218 13.6 0 37 Ron Rivers 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   29 166 5.7 1 31   0 0 0.0 0 0 Cory Schlesinger 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   7 11 1.6 0 4   5 69 13.8 1 33 Johnnie Morton 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 33 11.0 0 20   80 1057 13.2 6 73t Herman Moore 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   104 1293 12.4 8 79 David Sloan 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   29 264 9.1 0 25 Pete Metzelaars 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   17 144 8.5 0 22 Tommie Boyd 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   10 142 14.2 0 32 Glyn Milburn 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   5 77 15.4 0 43 Pete Chryplewicz 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 27 9.0 1 12 Kez McCorvey 7 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 9 4.5 0 6   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Glyn Milburn 16 47 433 9.2 26 40 0   55 1315 23.9 69 0 Mark Carrier 16 1 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ron Rivers 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 34 17.0 23 0 Matt Russell 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Jason Hanson 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 26 29 39 40 John Jett 16 84 3576 60 2 4 24 35.6 42.6   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Shane Bonham 16 1.0 0   0 0 0 0 Stephen Boyd 16 0.0 0   1 4 4 0 Reggie Brown 16 2.5 0   2 83 45t 2 Mark Carrier 16 0.0 0   5 94 66 0 Luther Elliss 16 8.5 0   0 0 0 0 George Jamison 16 1.0 0   0 0 0 0 Antonio London 16 2.0 0   0 0 0 0 Robert Porcher 16 12.5 0   1 5 5 0 Mike Wells 16 1.0 0   0 0 0 0 Kevin Abrams 15 2.0 0   1 29 29 0 Robert Bailey 15 2.0 0   1 0 0 0 Greg Jeffries 15 1.0 0   1 0 0 0 Tracy Scroggins 15 7.5 0   0 0 0 0 Bryant Westbrook 15 0.0 0   2 64 64t 1 Corey Raymond 13 0.0 0   1 17 17 0 Ron Rice 12 1.0 0   1 18 18 0 Kerwin Waldroup 11 1.0 0   0 0 0 0 Van Malone 8 0.0 0   1 -5 -5 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Kevin Abrams 15 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Bailey 15 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Blundin 1 0 0 0 0 0 Shane Bonham 16 0 0 0 0 0 Stephen Boyd 16 0 0 1 42 1 Tommie Boyd 16 0 0 0 0 0 Reggie Brown 16 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Carrier 16 1 0 0 0 0 Pete Chryplewicz 10 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Colon 8 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Compton 16 0 0 0 0 0 Luther Elliss 16 0 0 2 0 0 Kevin Glover 16 0 1 0 0 0 Ben Hanks 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Hanson 16 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Hartings 16 0 0 0 0 0 Hessley Hempstead 16 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Hickman 4 0 0 0 0 0 George Jamison 16 0 0 1 0 0 Greg Jeffries 15 0 0 0 0 0 John Jett 16 0 0 0 0 0 Andre Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Richard Jordan 10 0 0 0 0 0 Travis Kirschke 3 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Kowalkowski 16 0 0 0 0 0 Antonio London 16 0 0 0 0 0 Van Malone 8 1 0 0 0 0 Kez McCorvey 7 0 0 0 0 0 Pete Metzelaars 16 0 0 0 0 0 Glyn Milburn 16 3 2 0 0 0 Scott Mitchell 16 15 4 0 -15 0 Herman Moore 16 0 0 0 0 0 Johnnie Morton 16 2 0 0 0 0 Robert Porcher 16 0 0 0 0 0 Daryl Porter 7 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Ramirez 2 0 0 0 0 0 Corey Raymond 13 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Reich 6 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Rice 12 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Rivers 16 0 1 0 0 0 Ray Roberts 14 0 2 0 4 0 Juan Roque 13 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Russell 1 0 0 1 0 0 Barry Sanders 16 3 1 0 0 0 Cory Schlesinger 16 0 0 0 0 0 Tracy Scroggins 15 0 0 1 17 1 Tony Semple 16 0 0 0 0 0 David Sloan 14 0 0 0 0 0 Marc Spindler 10 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Stewart 8 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Stocz 6 0 0 0 0 0 Larry Tharpe 16 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Vardell 16 1 1 0 0 0 Kerwin Waldroup 11 0 0 1 0 0 Mike Wells 16 0 0 1 0 0 Bryant Westbrook 15 0 0 0 0 0

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