1997 Detroit Lions

1997 Detroit Lions Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Scott Mitchell	509	293	57.6	3484	6.84	79	19	3.7	14	2.8	41	271	79.6
Frank Reich	30	11	36.7	121	4.03	27	0	0.0	2	6.7	0	0	21.7
Matt Blundin	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0.0
TOTALS	540	304	56.3	3605	6.68	79	19	3.5	17	3.1	0	0	75.4

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Herman Moore 104 1293 12.4 8 79 Johnnie Morton 80 1057 13.2 6 73t Barry Sanders 33 305 9.2 3 66t David Sloan 29 264 9.1 0 25 Pete Metzelaars 17 144 8.5 0 22 Tommy Vardell 16 218 13.6 0 37 Tommie Boyd 10 142 14.2 0 32 Glyn Milburn 5 77 15.4 0 43 Cory Schlesinger 5 69 13.8 1 33 Pete Chryplewicz 3 27 9.0 1 12 Kez McCorvey 2 9 4.5 0 6 TOTALS 304 3605 11.9 19 79

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Barry Sanders 335 2053 6.1 11 82t Ron Rivers 29 166 5.7 1 31 Tommy Vardell 32 122 3.8 6 41 Scott Mitchell 37 83 2.2 1 13 Johnnie Morton 3 33 11.0 0 20 Cory Schlesinger 7 11 1.6 0 4 Frank Reich 4 -4 -1.0 0 -1 TOTALS 447 2464 5.5 19 82t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Glyn Milburn 55 1315 23.9 0 69 Ron Rivers 2 34 17.0 0 23 Tommy Vardell 1 15 15.0 0 15 Matt Russell 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 59 1364 23.1 0 69

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Glyn Milburn 47 433 9.2 26 0 40 Mark Carrier 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 TOTALS 48 433 9.0 26 0 40

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
John Jett	84	3576	42.6	60	4	24	2	51	434	35.6
TOTALS	84	3576	42.6	60	4	24	2	51	434	35.6

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Jason Hanson	0/0	10/10	8/9	5/5	3/5	26/29	55	39/40	117
TOTALS	0/0	10/10	8/9	5/5	3/5	26/29	55	39/40	117

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Kevin Abrams	2.0	15.0	1	29	29.0	0	29
Robert Bailey	2.0	25.0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Shane Bonham	1.0	6.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Stephen Boyd	0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	0	4
Reggie Brown	2.5	18.0	2	83	41.5	2	45t
Mark Carrier	0.0	0.0	5	94	18.8	0	66
Luther Elliss	8.5	47.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
George Jamison	1.0	15.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Greg Jeffries	1.0	19.0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Antonio London	2.0	14.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Van Malone	0.0	0.0	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5
Robert Porcher	12.5	76.0	1	5	5.0	0	5
Corey Raymond	0.0	0.0	1	17	17.0	0	17
Ron Rice	1.0	1.0	1	18	18.0	0	18
Tracy Scroggins	7.5	42.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Kerwin Waldroup	1.0	1.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Wells	1.0	7.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Bryant Westbrook	0.0	0.0	2	64	32.0	1	64t
TOTALS	43.0	287.0	17	309	18.2	3	66

FBI: Man threatened to bomb Bengals' stadium
Detroit News | November 22, 2008
CINCINNATI -- FBI officials said Friday they arrested a man who allegedly threatened to blow up the Cincinnati Bengals' stadium and other area landmarks.

Bankruptcy records detail Vick's lavish spending
Detroit News | November 22, 2008
RICHMOND, Va. -- Michael Vick was once the NFL's highest-paid player, and he spent like it.

NFL commish worries economy will sting revenue next season
Detroit News | November 22, 2008
NEW YORK -- As much as NFL teams are feeling a financial squeeze already, commissioner Roger Goodell fears the economic downturn really could hit the league in early 2009, when tickets for next season go on sale.