1997 Tennessee Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 3rd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jeff Fisher (8-8-0)

Points For: 333 (20.8/g) 14th of 30

Points Against: 310 (19.4/g) 12th of 30

Expected W-L: 8.7-7.3

SRS: 1.66 (11th of 30), SOS: .22

Offensive Coordinator: Les Steckel

Defensive Coordinator: Gregg Williams

Other Notable Asst.: Jerry Gray (Defensive Quality Control), George Henshaw (Offensive Line/TE), Mike Munchak (Offensive Line) and Sherman Smith (Running Backs)

Stadium: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium

Founder/Owner/Chairman/President/CEO: Bud Adams

General Manager/Executive VP: Floyd Reese

Offensive Scheme: Balanced

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2500; O/U: 7.5

Training Camp: Tennessee State (Nashville, Tennessee)

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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	333	4919	993	5.0	26	13	288	220	420	2505	15	13	5.5	136	541	2414	17	4.5	130	103	814	22
Opp. Stats	310	5231	992	5.3	32	18	292	321	543	3658	21	14	6.3	193	414	1573	12	3.8	79	94	830	20
Lg Rank Offense	14	18			15	16	19		29	29	25	13	19		2	3	7	4
Lg Rank Defense	12	22			6	1	17		21	27	15	18	28		6	4	12	9

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	OT	1-0		Oakland Raiders	24	21	20	419	164	255	2	17	332	287	45	1	1.65	-2.60	2.49
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	1-1	@	Miami Dolphins	13	16	13	294	109	185	1	21	354	300	54	1	-5.75	2.55	-0.33
3									Bye Week
4	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Baltimore Ravens	10	36	18	285	188	97	5	21	398	309	89		-7.86	-13.07	-3.42
5	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	24	37	20	284	226	58	3	19	399	262	137	1	-7.00	-6.87	0.53
6	Sun	October 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4	@	Seattle Seahawks	13	16	18	253	97	156	2	20	405	238	167	2	-4.19	-4.04	4.76
7	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4		Cincinnati Bengals	30	7	26	391	193	198		14	202	137	65	1	16.50	8.68	-2.00
8	Sun	October 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4		Washington Redskins	28	14	23	389	185	204		18	312	220	92	3	16.81	-1.74	-0.42
9	Sun	October 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4	@	Arizona Cardinals	41	14	15	283	135	148		22	263	157	106	7	-0.31	29.65	-7.23
10	Sun	November 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5		Jacksonville Jaguars	24	30	15	302	195	107	2	17	290	155	135	2	-9.64	9.55	-5.83
11	Sun	November 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		New York Giants	10	6	19	326	173	153	2	10	218	111	107	1	-2.83	14.49	-2.73
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	9	17	17	320	184	136	2	21	352	249	103	2	-1.41	-2.87	-2.20
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6		Buffalo Bills	31	14	21	322	159	163	1	12	290	286	4	2	3.28	9.01	4.63
14	Thu	November 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6	@	Dallas Cowboys	27	14	14	245	81	164	1	16	386	340	46	5	-13.26	20.31	-5.21
15	Thu	December 4	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	Cincinnati Bengals	14	41	12	175	131	44		34	515	239	276		-1.77	-26.57	3.40
16	Sun	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-8	@	Baltimore Ravens	19	21	23	390	200	190	4	11	246	192	54	1	0.55	5.46	-9.26
17	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-8		Pittsburgh Steelers	16	6	14	241	85	156	1	19	269	176	93	3	-1.96	14.20	0.48

Passing

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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	Steve McNair	24	QB	16	16	8-8-0	216	415	52.0	2665	14	3.4	13	3.1	134	39.9	55	6.4	5.7	12.3	166.6	70.4	31	190	6.95	5.55	4.9	1	1
2	Willie Davis	30	WR	16	15		1	1	100.0	22	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	22	22.0	42.0	22.0	1.4	158.3	0	0	0.00	22.00	42.0	0	0
3	James Ritchey	24	QB	1	0		2	2	100.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	33.3	11	7.5	7.5	7.5	15.0	97.9	1	9	33.33	2.00	2.0	0	0
4	Dave Krieg	39	QB	8	0		1	2	50.0	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0		2	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.3	56.2	0	0	0.00	1.00	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	220	420	52.4	2505	15	3.6	13	3.1	136	39.8	55	6.4	5.8	12.3	156.6	71.6	32	199	7.08	5.54	4.91	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	Eddie George	24	RB	16	16	357	1399	6	61	45.7	30	3.9	87.4	22.3	12	7	44	6.3	1	3	25.0	15	0.4	2.8	58.3	3.7	364	4.0	1443	7	4	PB
2	Frank Wycheck	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	99	63	748	11.9	4	38	51.5	42	3.9	46.8	63.6	7.6	63	11.9	748	4	0
3	Steve McNair	24	QB	16	16	101	674	8	50	58.4	47	6.7	42.1	6.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			101	6.7	674	8	16
4	Willie Davis	30	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	89	43	564	13.1	4	33	44.9	46	2.7	35.3	48.3	6.3	43	13.1	564	4	0
5	Chris Sanders	25	WR	15	14	1	-8	0	0	0.0	-8	-8.0	-0.5	0.1	66	31	498	16.1	3	20	42.4	55	2.1	33.2	47.0	7.5	32	15.3	490	3	1
6	Rodney Thomas	24	RB	16	1	67	310	3	16	44.8	25	4.6	19.4	4.2	18	14	111	7.9	0	4	38.9	22	0.9	6.9	77.8	6.2	81	5.2	421	3	1
7	Ronnie Harmon	33	RB	11	0	8	30	0	2	37.5	14	3.8	2.7	0.7	20	16	189	11.8	0	10	60.0	27	1.5	17.2	80.0	9.5	24	9.1	219	0	0
8	Derrick Mason	23	WR	16	2	1	-7	0	0	0.0	-7	-7.0	-0.4	0.1	30	14	186	13.3	0	8	36.7	38	0.9	11.6	46.7	6.2	15	11.9	179	0	5
9	Michael Roan	25	TE	14	13	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	24	12	159	13.3	0	8	45.8	26	0.9	11.4	50.0	6.6	12	13.3	159	0	0
10	Derek Russell	28	WR	11	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	37	12	141	11.8	1	8	27.0	23	1.1	12.8	32.4	3.8	12	11.8	141	1	0
11	Joey Kent	23	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	6	55	9.2	1	3	50.0	19	0.5	4.6	60.0	5.5	6	9.2	55	1	0
12	Reggie Roby	36	P	16	0	1	12	0	1	100.0	12	12.0	0.8	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	12.0	12	0	0
13	Roderick Lewis	26	TE	10	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	7	7.0	0	0	0.0	7	0.1	0.7	33.3	2.3	1	7.0	7	0	0
14	James Ritchey	24	QB	1	0	1	6	0	0	0.0	6	6.0	6.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	6.0	6	0	0
15	Erik Norgard	32	G	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	2	2.0	1	1	100.0	2	0.1	0.1	100.0	2.0	1	2.0	2	1	0
16	Dave Krieg	39	QB	8	0	4	-2	0	0	0.0		-0.5	-0.3	0.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	-0.5	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	541	2414	17	130	47.3	47	4.5	150.9	33.8	409	220	2704	12.3	15	136	43.8	55	13.8	169.0	53.8	6.6	761	6.7	5118	32	27

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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	Joe Bowden	27	LLB	16	16	1	9	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	84	53	31	0
2	Anthony Cook	25	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	33	25	8	0
3	Henry Ford	26	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	0	5.0	50	38	12	0
4	Eddie George	24	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
5	Brad Hopkins	27	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Darryll Lewis	29	RCB	16	16	5	115	1	47	2	1	3	68	0	0.0	59	48	11	0
7	Bruce Matthews	36	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
8	Steve McNair	24	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	7	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Mark Stepnoski	30	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Barron Wortham	28	MLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	97	61	36	0
11	Frank Wycheck	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Gary Walker	24	LDT	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	44	31	13	0
13	Blaine Bishop	27	SS	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1.5	81	67	14	0	PB
14	Lonnie Marts	29	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.0	50	39	11	0
15	Marcus Robertson	28	FS	14	14	5	127	0	48	0	0	3	67	2	0.0	62	44	18	0
16	Chris Sanders	25	WR	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	James Roberson	26	RDE	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	25	16	9	0
18	Denard Walker	24	LCB	15	11	2	53	1	39	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	68	56	12	0
19	Kenny Holmes	24	RDE	16	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	7.0	33	28	5	0
20	Steve Jackson	28	LCB	12	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	41	34	7	0
21	Rayna Stewart	24	DB	16	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.5	32	26	6	0
22	Lemanski Hall	27	LB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	8	6	2	0
23	Derrick Mason	23	WR	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Rodney Thomas	24	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Mike Archie	25	RB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Tomur Barnes	27	DB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	11	9	2	0
27	Anthony Dorsett	24	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	5	3	0
28	Josh Evans	25	DT	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
29	Mel Gray	36	KR	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Lenoy Jones	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	27	22	5	0
31	Roger Jones	28	DB	2	0	1	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
32	Terry Killens	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
33	Pratt Lyons	23	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	20	12	8	0
34	George McCullough	22	DB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
35	Erik Norgard	32	G	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Rafael Robinson	28	DB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	7	1	0
	Team Totals			16	16	14	328	2	48	20	31	32	139	2	35.0	849	635	214	0

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