1997 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-10-0, 4th in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Barry Switzer (6-10-0)

Points For: 304 (19.0/g) 22nd of 30

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

Expected W-L: 7.7-8.3

SRS: -0.76 (18th of 30), SOS: -0.14

Offensive Coordinator: Ernie Zampese

Defensive Coordinator: Dave Campo

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Bates (Linebackers), Clancy Pendergast (Quality Control), Jack Reilly (Quarterbacks) and Mike Zimmer (Defensive Backs Coach)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Owner/President/General Manager: Jerry Jones (Owner serves as team's de facto General Manager)

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +500; O/U: 10.5

Training Camp: St. Edward's University (Austin, Texas)

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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	304	4778	1015	4.7	23	11	279	314	553	3141	19	12	5.3	170	423	1637	6	3.9	82	116	1058	27
Opp. Stats	314	4516	1022	4.4	19	12	281	253	473	2522	20	7	4.9	139	511	1994	12	3.9	104	99	757	38
Lg Rank Offense	22	20			11	9	22		9	20	18	9	22		22	20	28	15
Lg Rank Defense	13	2			30	18	10		3	1	11	30	3		27	24	12	15

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	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	37	7	21	380	295	85		15	174	89	85	2	12.15	14.80	3.50
2	Sun	September 7	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	1-1	@	Arizona Cardinals	22	25	15	327	147	180	1	21	286	220	66	4	-17.33	8.93	7.09
3	Mon	September 15	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Philadelphia Eagles	21	20	18	279	187	92	2	16	333	176	157		-10.46	2.34	9.95
4									Bye Week
5	Sun	September 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Chicago Bears	27	3	13	180	124	56	1	17	243	102	141	2	-4.89	20.60	7.03
6	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	New York Giants	17	20	27	428	310	118	2	13	166	109	57		-1.28	3.94	-2.98
7	Mon	October 13	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Washington Redskins	16	21	16	290	175	115	1	16	255	139	116	1	-7.52	6.10	-3.80
8	Sun	October 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		Jacksonville Jaguars	26	22	24	337	238	99		15	271	229	42	1	15.76	-5.02	-4.45
9	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Philadelphia Eagles	12	13	14	244	93	151		17	274	120	154		-9.30	-4.43	8.13
10	Sun	November 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	10	17	16	271	184	87	2	18	301	173	128	2	-9.05	3.22	-0.28
11	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		Arizona Cardinals	24	6	19	329	204	125	1	18	274	173	101	1	2.98	14.62	1.04
12	Sun	November 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5		Washington Redskins	17	14	20	312	207	105		16	259	155	104		-2.47	0.86	5.16
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6	@	Green Bay Packers	17	45	11	213	120	93	2	29	409	189	220	1	-14.42	-20.26	6.23
14	Thu	November 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-7		Tennessee Oilers	14	27	16	386	340	46	5	14	245	81	164	1	-20.31	13.26	5.21
15	Mon	December 8	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8		Carolina Panthers	13	23	9	216	138	78	1	22	324	169	155	1	-18.50	-0.57	4.97
16	Sun	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-9	@	Cincinnati Bengals	24	31	29	402	274	128	2	17	419	262	157	2	4.79	-16.60	3.70
17	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-10		New York Giants	7	20	11	184	105	79	3	17	283	136	147	1	-28.11	10.21	1.08

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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	Troy Aikman	31	QB	16	16	6-10-0	292	518	56.4	3283	19	3.7	12	2.3	163	42.1	64	6.3	6.0	11.2	205.2	78.0	33	269	5.99	5.47	5.2	3	3
2	Wade Wilson	38	QB	7	0		12	21	57.1	115	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	28.0	32	5.5	5.5	9.6	16.4	72.5	4	26	16.00	3.56	3.6	0	0
3	Jason Garrett	31	QB	1	0		10	14	71.4	56	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	25.0	12	4.0	4.0	5.6	56.0	78.3	2	18	12.50	2.38	2.4	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	6-10-0	314	553	56.8	3141	19	3.4	12	2.2	170	41.0	64	6.2	6.0	11.0	196.3	77.8	39	313	6.59	5.31	5.04	3	3

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	Emmitt Smith	28	RB	16	16	261	1074	4	47	44.4	44	4.1	67.1	16.3	48	40	234	5.9	0	6	35.4	24	2.5	14.6	83.3	4.9	301	4.3	1308	4	1
2	Michael Irvin	31	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	157	75	1180	15.7	9	59	44.6	55	4.7	73.8	47.8	7.5	75	15.7	1180	9	0
3	Anthony Miller	32	WR	16	16	1	6	0	0	100.0	6	6.0	0.4	0.1	98	46	645	14.0	4	31	40.8	54	2.9	40.3	46.9	6.6	47	13.9	651	4	1
4	Sherman Williams	24	RB	16	0	121	468	2	25	43.0	18	3.9	29.3	7.6	28	21	159	7.6	0	6	57.1	18	1.3	9.9	75.0	5.7	142	4.4	627	2	5
5	Eric Bjornson	26	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	68	47	442	9.4	0	23	55.9	32	3.4	31.6	69.1	6.5	47	9.4	442	0	2
6	Stepfret Williams	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	53	30	308	10.3	1	21	47.2	20	1.9	19.3	56.6	5.8	30	10.3	308	1	0
7	Daryl Johnston	31	FB	6	6	2	3	0	1	50.0	3	1.5	0.5	0.3	29	18	166	9.2	1	8	48.3	21	3.0	27.7	62.1	5.7	20	8.5	169	1	1
8	Herschel Walker	35	FB	16	6	6	20	0	2	33.3	11	3.3	1.3	0.4	23	14	149	10.6	2	7	43.5	64	0.9	9.3	60.9	6.5	20	8.5	169	2	0
9	David LaFleur	23	TE	16	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	24	18	122	6.8	2	5	33.3	17	1.1	7.6	75.0	5.1	18	6.8	122	2	1
10	Troy Aikman	31	QB	16	16	25	79	0	7	40.0	13	3.2	4.9	1.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			25	3.2	79	0	6
11	Billy Davis	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	33	11.0	0	3	75.0	12	0.2	2.1	75.0	8.3	3	11.0	33	0	0
12	Scott Galbraith	30	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	16	8.0	0	1	66.7	11	0.1	1.0	66.7	5.3	2	8.0	16	0	0
13	Nicky Sualua	22	RB	10	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
14	Wade Wilson	38	QB	7	0	6	-2	0	0	0.0	3	-0.3	-0.3	0.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	-0.3	-2	0	0
15	Deion Sanders	30	RCB	13	12	1	-11	0	0	0.0	-11	-11.0	-0.8	0.1	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	-11.0	-11	0	1	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			16	16	423	1637	6	82	43.0	44	3.9	102.3	26.4	537	314	3454	11.0	19	170	45.3	64	19.6	215.9	58.5	6.4	737	6.9	5091	25	18

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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	Troy Aikman	31	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Shante Carver	26	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	40	28	12	0
3	Dexter Coakley	25	RLB	16	16	1	6	0	6	1	0	1	16	1	2.5	89	69	20	0	AP DRoY-4
4	Randall Godfrey	24	LLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	97	66	31	0
5	Brock Marion	27	FS	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0.0	117	100	17	0
6	Anthony Miller	32	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Clay Shiver	25	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Emmitt Smith	28	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Kevin Smith	27	LCB	16	16	1	21	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	54	47	7	0
10	Tony Tolbert	30	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	43	30	13	0
11	Eric Bjornson	26	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Tony Casillas	34	LDT	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	38	22	16	0
13	Fred Strickland	31	MLB	15	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0.5	95	69	26	0
14	Darren Woodson	28	SS	14	14	1	14	0	14	2	1	2	0	0	2.0	73	53	20	0	PB
15	Nate Newton	36	LG	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Deion Sanders	30	RCB	13	12	2	81	1	50	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	33	30	3	0	PB,AP-1
17	Chad Hennings	32	RDT	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	4.5	31	26	5	0
18	George Hegamin	24	LT	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Daryl Johnston	31	FB	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Herschel Walker	35	FB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Antonio Anderson	24	RDT	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	26	19	7	0
22	David LaFleur	23	TE	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Leon Lett	29	DT	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	11	10	1	0
24	Kevin Mathis	23	DB	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0.0	16	15	1	0
25	Vinson Smith	32	LB	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	19	14	5	0
26	Omar Stoutmire	23	DB	16	2	2	8	0	8	2	0	1	0	0	2.0	46	38	8	0
27	Bill Bates	36	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	6	1	0
28	Darren Benson	23	DT	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
29	Wendell Davis	24	DB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
30	Darryl Hardy	29	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	0
31	Hurvin McCormack	25	DT	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	13	8	5	0
32	Singor Mobley	25	DB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
33	Kavika Pittman	23	DE	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	4	1	0
34	Broderick Thomas	30	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	23	18	5	0
35	Kenny Wheaton	22	DB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0
36	Charlie Williams	25	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	11	8	3	0
37	Sherman Williams	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	7	130	1	50	16	23	22	28	2	38.0	901	690	211	0

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