1997 Carolina Panthers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-9-0, 2nd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dom Capers (7-9-0)

Points For: 265 (16.6/g) 27th of 30

Points Against: 314 (19.6/g) 13th of 30

Expected W-L: 6.4-9.6

SRS: -3.55 (21st of 30), SOS: -0.49

Offensive Coordinator: Joe Pendry

Defensive Coordinator: Vic Fangio

Other Notable Asst.: Don Breaux (Tight Ends), Bill Davis (Outside Linebackers), Chick Harris (Running Backs), Greg Roman (Asst. Strength & Conditioning), John Shoop (Quarterbacks) and Richard Williamson (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Ericsson Stadium

Majority Owner: Jerry Richardson

General Manager: Bill Polian

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1800; O/U: 10.0

Training Camp: Wofford College (Spartanburg, South Carolina)

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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	265	4615	1019	4.5	39	15	284	289	534	2845	17	24	4.9	170	441	1770	11	4.0	91	94	763	23
Opp. Stats	314	4980	1023	4.9	22	11	290	260	490	3007	17	11	5.7	163	497	1973	12	4.0	112	97	757	15
Lg Rank Offense	27	26			26	22	20		14	26	21	28	29		19	15	18	14
Lg Rank Defense	13	15			26	21	16		5	9	8	27	14		25	22	12	17

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	L		0-1		Washington Redskins	10	24	16	262	104	158	4	23	323	125	198		-9.08	-10.74	2.88
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	9	6	21	321	228	93	2	8	210	162	48	2	-3.15	19.46	-11.96
3	Sun	September 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	San Diego Chargers	26	7	21	279	138	141	1	17	251	155	96	4	-8.25	22.12	-0.13
4	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2		Kansas City Chiefs	14	35	24	364	278	86	5	18	331	214	117	1	-18.22	0.92	-2.14
5	Mon	September 29	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		San Francisco 49ers	21	34	16	254	210	44	4	27	368	149	219	1	-8.34	-9.60	5.19
6									Bye Week
7	Sun	October 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Minnesota Vikings	14	21	15	277	197	80	2	17	361	203	158	1	-12.27	-1.72	8.43
8	Sun	October 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4	@	New Orleans Saints	13	0	15	269	196	73	1	15	200	89	111	2	-3.06	18.11	2.00
9	Sun	October 26	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		Atlanta Falcons	21	12	14	228	91	137	3	17	301	233	68	3	-14.87	17.17	1.59
10	Sun	November 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4		Oakland Raiders	38	14	27	408	192	216		20	357	319	38	2	19.45	5.08	-3.73
11	Sun	November 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	Denver Broncos	0	34	7	147	113	34	4	20	393	233	160	1	-34.21	-4.21	0.26
12	Sun	November 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6	@	San Francisco 49ers	19	27	18	254	169	85	3	20	320	221	99		0.52	-11.30	4.75
13	Sun	November 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6	@	St. Louis Rams	16	10	17	302	254	48	1	12	268	187	81	1	-11.49	11.38	3.88
14	Sun	November 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-7		New Orleans Saints	13	16	21	427	241	186	4	18	326	190	136	2	-0.56	1.94	-3.95
15	Mon	December 8	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-7	@	Dallas Cowboys	23	13	22	324	169	155	1	9	216	138	78	1	0.57	18.50	-4.97
16	Sun	December 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-8		Green Bay Packers	10	31	9	172	32	140	1	26	458	240	218	1	-15.90	-13.97	3.24
17	Sat	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-9		St. Louis Rams	18	30	21	327	233	94	3	23	297	149	148		-6.13	-2.92	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	Kerry Collins	25	QB	13	13	6-7-0	200	381	52.5	2124	11	2.9	21	5.5	118	40.7	59	5.6	3.7	10.6	163.4	55.7	27	200	6.62	4.72	2.9	0	0
2	Steve Beuerlein	32	QB	7	3	1-2-0	89	153	58.2	1032	6	3.9	3	2.0	52	41.8	52	6.7	6.6	11.6	147.4	83.6	17	111	10.00	5.42	5.3	1	1
	Team Totals			16	16	7-9-0	289	534	54.1	2845	17	3.2	24	4.5	170	41.0	59	5.9	4.5	10.9	177.8	63.7	44	311	7.61	4.92	3.64	1	1

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	Fred Lane	22	RB	13	7	182	809	7	42	51.1	50	4.4	62.2	14.0	13	8	27	3.4	0	0	30.8	7	0.6	2.1	61.5	2.1	190	4.4	836	7	4
2	Wesley Walls	31	TE	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	98	58	746	12.9	6	41	53.1	52	3.9	49.7	59.2	7.6	58	12.9	746	6	0	PB,AP-2
3	Rae Carruth	23	WR	15	14	6	23	0	1	50.0	6	3.8	1.5	0.4	81	44	545	12.4	4	27	49.4	52	2.9	36.3	54.3	6.7	50	11.4	568	4	2
4	Anthony Johnson	30	RB	16	7	97	358	0	9	40.2	20	3.7	22.4	6.1	33	21	158	7.5	1	5	30.3	25	1.3	9.9	63.6	4.8	118	4.4	516	1	2
5	Rocket Ismail	28	WR	13	2	4	32	0	2	75.0	18	8.0	2.5	0.3	65	36	419	11.6	2	24	46.2	59	2.8	32.2	55.4	6.4	40	11.3	451	2	0
6	Mark Carrier	32	WR	9	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	51	33	436	13.2	2	26	64.7	36	3.7	48.4	64.7	8.5	33	13.2	436	2	1
7	Scott Greene	25	FB	16	14	45	157	1	16	57.8	10	3.5	9.8	2.8	58	40	277	6.9	1	13	44.8	25	2.5	17.3	69.0	4.8	85	5.1	434	2	1
8	Muhsin Muhammad	24	WR	13	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	62	27	317	11.7	0	20	38.7	38	2.1	24.4	43.5	5.1	27	11.7	317	0	0
9	Tim Biakabutuka	23	RB	8	2	75	299	2	12	45.3	26	4.0	37.4	9.4	3	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	75	4.0	299	2	1
10	Ernie Mills	29	WR	10	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	35	11	127	11.5	1	9	28.6	37	1.1	12.7	31.4	3.6	11	11.5	127	1	0
11	Kerry Collins	25	QB	13	13	26	65	1	6	26.9	21	2.5	5.0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			26	2.5	65	1	8
12	Kris Mangum	24	TE	2	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	4	56	14.0	0	3	57.1	22	2.0	28.0	57.1	8.0	4	14.0	56	0	0
13	Winslow Oliver	24	RB	6	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.2	7	6	47	7.8	0	2	57.1	11	1.0	7.8	85.7	6.7	7	6.7	47	0	2
14	Steve Beuerlein	32	QB	7	3	4	32	0	3	75.0	20	8.0	4.6	0.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	8.0	32	0	1
15	Walter Rasby	25	TE	14	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	1	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0.1	0.1	50.0	0.5	1	1.0	1	0	0
16	Ken Walter	25	P	16	0	1	-5	0	0	0.0	-5	-5.0	-0.3	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-5.0	-5	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	441	1770	11	91	47.2	50	4.0	110.6	27.6	515	289	3156	10.9	17	170	46.0	59	18.1	197.3	56.1	6.1	730	6.7	4926	28	22

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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	Micheal Barrow	27	LOLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	8.5	89	68	21	0
2	Chad Cota	26	SS	16	16	2	28	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	117	86	31	0
3	Greg Kragen	35	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	54	45	9	0
4	Sam Mills	38	LILB	16	16	1	18	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	99	72	27	0
5	Tyrone Poole	25	RCB	16	16	2	0	0	0	1	3	3	11	0	1.0	52	48	4	0
6	Lamar Lathon	30	ROLB	15	15	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	55	44	11	0
7	Rae Carruth	23	WR	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Eric Davis	29	LCB	14	14	5	25	0	17	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	41	35	6	0
9	Scott Greene	25	FB	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Kerry Collins	25	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	-14	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Andre Royal	25	RILB	16	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	5.0	73	60	13	0
12	Les Miller	32	LDE	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5.5	52	45	7	0
13	Mike Minter	23	FS	16	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3.5	69	53	16	0
14	Mike Fox	30	LDE	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	15	11	4	0
15	Anthony Johnson	30	RB	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Fred Lane	22	RB	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Ray Seals	32	RDE	14	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	21	19	2	0
18	Mark Carrier	32	WR	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Pat Terrell	29	FS	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	43	30	13	0
20	Gerald Williams	34	RDE	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	2	0
21	Steve Beuerlein	32	QB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Tim Biakabutuka	23	RB	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Shawn King	25	DE	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	11	10	1	0
24	Rod Smith	27	DB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	16	16	0	0
25	Renaldo Turnbull	31	LB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	16	11	5	0
26	Carlton Bailey	33	LB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	11	9	2	0
27	Michael Bates	28	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
28	Toi Cook	33	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	12	10	2	0
29	Percell Gaskins	25	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
30	Tim Morabito	24	NT	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	6	3	3	0
31	Winslow Oliver	24	RB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Israel Raybon	24	DE	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	6	5	1	0
33	Tarek Saleh	23	LB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
34	Dwight Stone	33	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1
35	Kinnon Tatum	22	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	11	72	0	18	13	30	22	2	0	35.0	866	686	180	1

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