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1997 Washington Redskins

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Record: 8-7-1, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 327 points (20.4/g), 15th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 289 points (18.1/g), 8th.
 Differential of 38 points (2.4/g), 11th.
 Expected W-L: 9.2-6.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 14th.

Coached by Norv Turner (8-7-1)

1997 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 31 box W 1-0 @ Carolina Panthers 24 10 23 323 125 198 16 262 104 158 4
2 Sun September 7 box L 1-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 13 14 19 354 285 69 3 23 295 73 222 1
3 Sun September 14 box W 2-1 Arizona Cardinals 19 13 17 328 252 76 1 14 234 116 118 2
4 Bye Week
5 Sun September 28 box W 3-1 Jacksonville Jaguars 24 12 20 336 223 113 3 11 204 134 70 2
6 Sun October 5 box L 3-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 10 24 12 228 198 30 1 26 449 246 203 1
7 Mon October 13 box W 4-2 Dallas Cowboys 21 16 16 255 139 116 1 16 290 175 115 1
8 Sun October 19 box L 4-3 @ Tennessee Oilers 14 28 18 312 220 92 3 23 389 185 204
9 Sun October 26 box L 4-4 Baltimore Ravens 17 20 16 249 182 67 1 20 332 133 199 1
10 Sun November 2 box W 5-4 @ Chicago Bears 31 8 24 388 185 203 1 23 336 274 62 4
11 Sun November 9 box W 6-4 Detroit Lions 30 7 25 388 247 141 11 268 163 105 4
12 Sun November 16 box L 6-5 @ Dallas Cowboys 14 17 16 259 155 104 20 312 207 105
13 Sun November 23 box T 6-5-1 New York Giants 7 7 23 374 291 83 4 18 262 105 157 2
14 Sun November 30 box L 6-6-1 St. Louis Rams 20 23 19 301 240 61 2 19 398 284 114
15 Sun December 7 box W 7-6-1 @ Arizona Cardinals 38 28 17 362 223 139 1 14 358 301 57 3
16 Sat December 13 box L 7-7-1 @ New York Giants 10 30 18 320 275 45 6 14 240 110 130 2
17 Sun December 21 box W 8-7-1 Philadelphia Eagles 35 32 17 221 143 78 2 24 401 208 193 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 327 4998 1033 4.8 300 283 547 3383 22 22 5.8 192 453 1615 12 3.6 86 29 7 22
Team Defense 289 5030 1058 4.8 455 267 513 2818 14 16 5.1 149 508 2212 15 4.4 292 30 14 14
Lg Rank Offense 15 16 13 10 11 9 25 11 12 21 16 23 18 2
Lg Rank Defense 8 16 6 13 3 4 13 6 26 28 19 26 11 10

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Gus Frerotte 26 QB 13 13 6-6-1 204 402 50.7 2682 17 4.2 12 3.0 52 6.7 5.8 13.1 206.3 73.8 23 146 6.0 5.1 5.4
Jeff Hostetler 36 6 3 2-1-0 79 144 54.9 899 5 3.5 10 6.9 69 6.2 3.5 11.4 149.8 56.5 10 52 5.5 2.9 6.5
Trent Green 27 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.1 16 8-7-1 283 547 51.7 3581 22 4.0 22 4.0 69 6.5 5.1 12.7 223.8 69.1 33 198 5.8 4.5 5.7
Opp Total 16 267 513 52.0 2818 14 2.7 16 3.1 5.5 4.4 10.6 176.1 64.4 37 280 5.1 3.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Terry Allen 29 RB 10 10 210 724 4 34 3.4 72.4 21.0 20 172 8.6 1 38 2.0 17.2 896 5 2
Stephen Davis 23 rb 14 6 141 567 3 18 4.0 40.5 10.1 18 134 7.4 0 19 1.3 9.6 701 3 1
Larry Bowie 24 FB 15 13 28 100 2 18 3.6 6.7 1.9 34 388 11.4 2 39 2.3 25.9 488 4 2
Gus Frerotte 26 QB 13 13 24 65 2 14 2.7 5.0 1.8 65 2 8
Brian Mitchell 29 RET 16 1 23 107 1 26 4.7 6.7 1.4 36 438 12.2 1 69 2.3 27.4 545 2 3
Jeff Hostetler 36 6 3 14 28 0 11 2.0 4.7 2.3 28 0 3
Leslie Shepherd 28 wr 11 9 4 27 0 17 6.8 2.5 0.4 29 562 19.4 5 48 2.6 51.1 589 5 0
Marc Logan 32 15 1 4 5 0 4 1.3 0.3 0.3 3 6 2.0 0 5 0.2 0.4 11 0 1
Michael Westbrook 25 WR 13 9 3 -11 0 7 -3.7 -0.8 0.2 34 559 16.4 3 40 2.6 43.0 548 3 0
Albert Connell 23 5 1 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.6 0.2 9 138 15.3 2 41 1.8 27.6 141 2 0
Matt Turk* 29 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Jamie Asher 25 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 49 474 9.7 1 24 3.1 29.6 474 1 0
Henry Ellard 36 WR 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 485 15.2 4 27 2.0 30.3 485 4 0
Chris Thomas 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 93 8.5 0 17 0.8 7.2 93 0 0
James Jenkins 30 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 43 10.8 3 20 0.3 2.7 43 3 0
Alvin Harper 29 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 65 32.5 0 52 0.2 5.4 65 0 0
James Thrash 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 24 12.0 0 17 0.5 6.0 24 0 0
Team Total 27.1 16 453 1615 12 34 3.6 100.9 28.3 283 3581 12.7 22 69 17.7 223.8 5196 34 21
Opp Total 16 508 2212 15 4.4 138.3 31.8 267 2818 10.6 14 16.7 176.1 5030 29 36

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Brian Mitchell 29 RET 16 1 38 442 1 63 11.6 47 1094 1 97 23.3 2081
Marc Logan 32 15 1 4 70 0 24 17.5 81
Stephen Davis 23 rb 14 6 3 62 0 28 20.7 763
Jamie Asher 25 TE 16 13 1 17 0 17 17.0 491
Larry Bowie 24 FB 15 13 1 15 0 15 15.0 503
Darrell Green* 37 RCB 16 16 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Greg Jones 23 16 3 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Marvcus Patton 30 MLB 16 16 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Team Total 27.1 16 38 442 1 63 11.6 59 1283 1 97 21.7 6921
Opp Total 16 33 0 67 1515 0 22.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Matt Turk* 29 P 16 0 84 3788 62 1 45.1
Scott Blanton 24 K 15 0 2 2 4 4 6 5 8 4 4 1 24 16 66.7% 34 34 100.0%
Chris Jacke 31 1 0 5 5 100.0%
Team Total 27.1 16 2 2 4 4 6 5 8 4 4 1 24 16 66.7% 39 39 100.0% 84 3788 62 1 45.1
Opp Total 16 25 21 84.0% 28 28 100.0% 95 4038 42.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Gus Frerotte 26 QB 13 13 8 2 -16 0
Ken Harvey* 32 LLB 15 14 9.5 3 0 0 0 0 55 16
Darryl Pounds 25 16 0 2.0 3 42 1 22 1 0 3 18 1 29 1
Marvcus Patton 30 MLB 16 16 4.5 2 5 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 98 37
Cris Dishman* 32 LCB 16 15 1.5 4 47 1 29 2 0 1 0 0 56 8
Stanley Richard 30 FS 16 16 4 28 0 23 0 0 1 0 0 98 28
Jeff Hostetler 36 6 3 3 1 0 0
Chris Mims 27 LDT 11 7 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 6
Derek Smith 22 RLB 16 16 2.0 0 0 2 5 0 59 28
Greg Jones 23 16 3 3.5 1 0 0 0 0 12 4
Kenard Lang 22 LDE 11 11 1.5 0 0 2 0 0 26 9
Rich Owens 25 RDE 16 15 2.5 1 0 1 0 0 28 12
Terry Allen 29 RB 10 10 2 1 0 0
Marc Boutte 28 RDT 16 14 2.0 1 10 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 29 4
Larry Bowie 24 FB 15 13 2 1 0 0
Jesse Campbell 28 SS 16 16 1 7 0 7 0 0 2 -1 0 88 15
Brian Mitchell 29 RET 16 1 3 0 0 0
Jamie Asher 25 TE 16 13 0 2 0 0
Stephen Davis 23 rb 14 6 1 1 0 0
Jamal Duff 25 lde 13 5 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 11 3
Marc Logan 32 15 1 1 1 0 0
Scott Blanton 24 K 15 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Dahl 29 rg 11 9 0 1 0 0
Leomont Evans 23 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 4
Darrell Green* 37 RCB 16 16 1 83 1 83 41 13
Joe Patton 25 LG/lt 16 16 0 1 0 0
Matt Turk* 29 P 16 0 1 0 -16 0
Chris Zorich 28 5 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
Team Total 27.1 16 36.0 16 222 3 83 16 21 26 -10 1 719 209
Opp Total 16 33 36 22

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Scott Blanton 24 K 15 0 34 16 82
Terry Allen 29 RB 10 10 4 1 30
Leslie Shepherd 28 wr 11 9 5 30
Larry Bowie 24 FB 15 13 2 2 24
Henry Ellard 36 WR 16 11 4 24
Brian Mitchell 29 RET 16 1 1 1 1 1 24
Stephen Davis 23 rb 14 6 3 18
James Jenkins 30 16 4 3 18
Michael Westbrook 25 WR 13 9 3 18
Albert Connell 23 5 1 2 12
Gus Frerotte 26 QB 13 13 2 12
Darryl Pounds 25 16 0 1 1 12
Jamie Asher 25 TE 16 13 1 6
Cris Dishman* 32 LCB 16 15 1 6
Darrell Green* 37 RCB 16 16 1 6
Chris Jacke 31 1 0 5 5
Team Total 27.1 16 12 22 1 1 1 3 39 16 327
Opp Total 16 15 14 3 28 21 289