1997 Carolina Panthers

1997 Carolina Panthers Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Kerry Collins	381	200	52.5	2124	5.57	59t	11	2.9	21	5.5	27	200	55.7
Steve Beuerlein	153	89	58.2	1032	6.75	52	6	3.9	3	2.0	17	111	83.6
TOTALS	534	289	54.1	3156	5.91	59t	17	3.2	24	4.5	0	0	63.7

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Wesley Walls 58 746 12.9 6 52 Rae Carruth 44 545 12.4 4 52 Scott Greene 40 277 6.9 1 25 Raghib Ismail 36 419 11.6 2 59t Mark Carrier 33 436 13.2 2 36 Muhsin Muhammad 27 317 11.7 0 38 Anthony Johnson 21 158 7.5 1 25 Ernie Mills 11 127 11.5 1 37 Fred Lane 8 27 3.4 0 7 Winslow Oliver 6 47 7.8 0 11 Kris Mangum 4 56 14.0 0 22 Walter Rasby 1 1 1.0 0 1 TOTALS 289 3156 10.9 17 59t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Fred Lane 182 809 4.4 7 50 Anthony Johnson 97 358 3.7 0 20 Tim Biakabutuka 75 299 4.0 2 26t Scott Greene 45 157 3.5 1 10t Kerry Collins 26 65 2.5 1 21 Raghib Ismail 4 32 8.0 0 18 Steve Beuerlein 4 32 8.0 0 20 Rae Carruth 6 23 3.8 0 6 Winslow Oliver 1 0 0.0 0 0 Ken Walter 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5 TOTALS 441 1770 4.0 11 50

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Michael Bates 47 1281 27.3 0 56 Dwight Stone 3 76 25.3 0 37 Ernie Mills 4 65 16.3 0 33 Walter Rasby 3 32 10.7 0 12 Scott Greene 3 18 6.0 0 8 Sam Mills 2 12 6.0 0 12 Frank Garcia 1 11 11.0 0 11 Tyrone Poole 1 5 5.0 0 5 TOTALS 64 1500 23.4 0 56

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Tyrone Poole 26 191 7.3 18 0 40 Winslow Oliver 14 111 7.9 5 0 26 Michael Bates 1 8 8.0 0 0 8 TOTALS 41 310 7.6 23 0 40

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Ken Walter	85	3604	42.4	62	4	29	0	38	428	36.4
TOTALS	85	3604	42.4	62	4	29	0	38	428	36.4

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
John Kasay	1/1	6/7	8/8	4/4	3/6	22/26	54	25/25	91
TOTALS	1/1	6/7	8/8	4/4	3/6	22/26	54	25/25	91

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Micheal Barrow	8.5	54.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Toi Cook	1.0	7.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Chad Cota	1.0	25.0	2	28	14.0	0	15
Eric Davis	0.0	0.0	5	25	5.0	0	17
Shawn King	2.0	5.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Greg Kragen	2.0	8.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Lamar Lathon	2.0	15.0	1	1	1.0	0	1
Les Miller	5.5	29.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Sam Mills	0.0	0.0	1	18	18.0	0	18
Mike Minter	4.0	25.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Tyrone Poole	1.0	9.0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Israel Raybon	0.5	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Andre Royal	5.0	40.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Tarek Saleh	0.5	7.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ray Seals	1.0	12.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Renaldo Turnbull	1.0	7.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1.0	2.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	36.0	246.0	11	72	6.5	0	18

Falcons' playoff hopes run through Panthers
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | November 21, 2008
The Falcons know this is a must-win game. They are 6-4 overall, 1-2 in the NFC South. Carolina is 8-2, 2-1. A Panthers victory would put them three games ahead of the Falcons with five to play.

Falcons look to strike early against Panthers
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | November 21, 2008
Flowery Branch — If the Falcons were a boxer, they'd be known for the early TKO.

Panthers game may be key to Falcons' season
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | November 20, 2008
Flowery Branch — Most of the Falcons see the elephant sitting in their locker room.