1997 Detroit Lions (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/1/1997	H	Atlanta Falcons	20	17	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	40425
Fri	8/8/1997	H	Cincinnati Bengals	23	27	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	41744
Sun	8/17/1997	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	20	28	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49260
Thu	8/21/1997	A	Indianapolis Colts	3	16	L		Indianapolis, IN	RCA Dome	47417
Sun	8/31/1997	H	Atlanta Falcons	28	17	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	61244
Sun	9/7/1997	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	24	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	58234
Sun	9/14/1997	A	Chicago Bears	32	7	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	59147
Sun	9/21/1997	A	New Orleans Saints	17	35	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	50016
Sun	9/28/1997	H	Green Bay Packers	26	15	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	78110
Sun	10/5/1997	A	Buffalo Bills	13	22	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78025
Sun	10/12/1997	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27	9	W		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	72095
Sun	10/19/1997	H	New York Giants	20	26	L	OT	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	70069
Sun	11/2/1997	A	Green Bay Packers	10	20	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	60126
Sun	11/9/1997	A	Washington Redskins	7	30	L		Landover, MD	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium	75261
Sun	11/16/1997	H	Minnesota Vikings	38	15	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	68910
Sun	11/23/1997	H	Indianapolis Colts	32	10	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	62803
Thu	11/27/1997	H	Chicago Bears	55	20	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	77904
Sun	12/7/1997	A	Miami Dolphins	30	33	L		Miami-Dade County, FL	Pro Player Stadium	72266
Sun	12/14/1997	A	Minnesota Vikings	14	13	W		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	60982
Sun	12/21/1997	H	New York Jets	13	10	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	77624
NFC Wild Card Playoff
Sun	12/28/1997	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	20	L		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	73361

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Kevin Abrams	24	RCB	5-8	173	23	Syracuse	15	4
Robert Bailey	35	CB	5-9	178	29	Miami (Florida)	15	0
Matt Blundin	12	QB	6-6	233	28	Virginia	1	0
Shane Bonham	96	UT	6-2	283	27	Air Force; Tennessee	16	0
Stephen Boyd	57	MLB	6-1	245	25	Boston College	16	16
Tommie Boyd	80	WR	6-0	195	26	Toledo	16	1
Reggie Brown	59	WLB	6-2	241	23	Texas A&M	16	16
Mark Carrier	27	FS	6-1	191	29	Southern California	16	16
Pete Chryplewicz	81	TE	6-5	255	23	Notre Dame	10	0
Harry Colon	29	SS	5-11	203	28	Missouri	8	4
Mike Compton	77	LOG-LOT	6-6	304	27	West Virginia	16	16
Luther Elliss	94	UT	6-5	311	24	Utah	16	16
Kevin Glover	53	C	6-2	280	34	Maryland	16	16
Ben Hanks	50	LB	6-2	222	25	Florida	2	0
Jason Hanson	4	K	5-11	186	27	Washington State	16	0
Jeff Hartings	64	ROG	6-3	292	25	Penn State	16	16
Hessley Hempstead	66	LOG	6-1	295	25	Kansas	16	1
Kevin Hickman	82	TE	6-4	258	26	Navy	4	0
George Jamison	58	SLB	6-1	230	35	Cincinnati	16	10
Greg Jeffries	25	LCB	5-9	184	26	Virginia	15	2
John Jett	18	P	6-0	198	29	East Carolina	16	0
Richard Jordan	99	LB	6-1	256	23	Missouri Southern State	10	0
Travis Kirschke	67	DT	6-3	293	23	UCLA	3	0
Scott Kowalkowski	52	LB	6-2	225	29	Notre Dame	16	0
Antonio London	55	SLB	6-2	236	26	Alabama	16	6
Van Malone	39	SS	5-11	195	27	Texas	8	4
Kez McCorvey	83	WR	6-0	190	25	Florida State	7	0
Pete Metzelaars	89	TE	6-7	248	37	Wabash	16	6
Glyn Milburn	33	WR	5-8	175	26	Oklahoma; Stanford	16	1
Scott Mitchell	19	QB	6-6	238	29	Utah	16	16
Herman Moore	84	WR	6-4	215	28	Virginia	16	16
Johnnie Morton	87	WR	6-0	190	26	Southern California	16	16
Robert Porcher	91	LDE	6-3	273	28	Tennessee State; South Carolina State	16	15
Daryl Porter	38	CB	5-9	188	23	Boston College	7	0
Tony Ramirez	75	OT	6-6	300	24	Northern Colorado	2	0
Corey Raymond	1	RCB	5-11	184	28	Louisiana State	13	12
Frank Reich	14	QB	6-4	209	36	Maryland	6	0
Ron Rice	28	SS	6-1	215	25	Eastern Michigan	12	8
Ron Rivers	34	RB	5-8	207	26	Fresno State	16	0
Ray Roberts	72	LOT	6-6	311	28	Virginia	14	14
Juan Roque	73	ROT	6-8	332	23	Arizona State	13	1
Matt Russell	54	LB	6-2	245	24	Colorado	14	0
Barry Sanders	20	HB	5-8	202	29	Oklahoma State	16	16
Cory Schlesinger	30	FB	6-0	243	25	Nebraska	16	2
Tracy Scroggins	97	LDE	6-2	262	28	Coffeyville CC; Tulsa	15	6
Tony Semple	62	LOG	6-5	303	27	Memphis	16	1
David Sloan	86	TE	6-6	258	25	Fresno CC; New Mexico	14	12
Marc Spindler	92	DT	6-5	292	28	Pittsburgh	10	0
Ryan Stewart	42	S	6-1	207	24	Georgia Tech	8	0
Eric Stocz	82	TE	6-4	265	23	Westminster (Pennsylvania)	6	0
Larry Tharpe	71	ROT	6-4	302	27	Tennessee State	16	15
Tommy Vardell	44	FB	6-2	232	28	Stanford	16	10
Kerwin Waldroup	93	RDE	6-3	260	23	Michigan; Central State (Ohio)	11	11
Mike Wells	95	NT	6-3	313	26	Iowa	16	16
Bryant Westbrook	23	LCB	6-0	199	23	Texas	15	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Bryant Westbrook	DB	Texas
2	35	Juan Roque	G	Arizona State
2	54	Kevin Abrams	DB	Syracuse
4	130	Matt Russell	LB	Colorado
5	135	Pete Chryplewicz	TE	Notre Dame
5	161	Duane Ashman	DE	Virginia
6	168	Tony Ramirez	T	Northern Colorado
7	206	Terry Battle	RB	Arizona State
7	232	Marcus Harris	WR	Wyoming
7	239	Richard Jordan	LB	Missouri Southern State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	35	131	87	126	0	379
Opponents Totals	100	103	33	64	6	306

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	28:37	304	120	166	18	78/221 35.3%	8/18 44.4%	94	866
Opponents Totals	31:23	268	98	152	18	85/236 36.0%	5/11 45.5%	112	841

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jason Hanson	0	39	40	97.5	0	0	26	29	89.7	0	117
Barry Sanders	14	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	84
Herman Moore	8	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	50
Johnnie Morton	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	36
Tommy Vardell	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	36
Reggie Brown	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Tracy Scroggins	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	8
Stephen Boyd	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Pete Chryplewicz	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Scott Mitchell	1	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	6
Ron Rivers	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Cory Schlesinger	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Bryant Westbrook	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
John Jett	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	43	39	40	97.5	1	3	26	29	89.7	1	379
Opponents Totals	33	29	30	96.7	1	2	25	32	78.1	1	306

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jason Hanson	26	29	89.7	0	55	0/0	10/10	8/9	5/5	3/5
Team Totals	26	29	89.7	0	55	0/0	10/10	8/9	5/5	3/5
Opponents Totals	25	32	78.1			2/2	6/6	7/8	6/11	4/5

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
Barry Sanders	335	2053	6.1	82t	11	85	19	11	2
Ron Rivers	29	166	5.7	31	1	6	2	0	0
Tommy Vardell	32	122	3.8	41	6	15	1	1	1
Scott Mitchell	37	83	2.2	13	1	13	0	0	7
Johnnie Morton	3	33	11.0	20	0	1	1	0	0
Cory Schlesinger	7	11	1.6	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Reich	4	-4	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	447	2464	5.5	82t	19	120	23	12	10
Opponents Totals	471	1833	3.9	74t	15	98	13	3	8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	20+	40+	RTG
Scott Mitchell	509	293	57.6	202	3484	6.8	11.9	79	19	3.7	14	2.8	41	271	3213	160	43	8	79.6
Frank Reich	30	11	36.7	17	121	4.0	11.0	27	0	0.0	2	6.7	0	0	121	6	2	0	21.7
Matt Blundin	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	540	304	56.3	219	3605	6.7	11.9	79	19	3.5	17	3.1	41	271	3334	166	45	8	75.4
Opponents Totals	507	281	55.4	209	3401	6.7	12.1	78t	15	3.0	17	3.4	43	287	3114	152	45	8	72.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
Herman Moore	104	1293	12.4	79	8	66	15	3	0
Johnnie Morton	80	1057	13.2	73t	6	51	14	3	2
Barry Sanders	33	305	9.2	66t	3	11	3	1	1
David Sloan	29	264	9.1	25	0	7	3	0	0
Pete Metzelaars	17	144	8.5	22	0	6	1	0	0
Tommy Vardell	16	218	13.6	37	0	10	4	0	0
Tommie Boyd	10	142	14.2	32	0	6	3	0	0
Glyn Milburn	5	77	15.4	43	0	2	1	1	0
Cory Schlesinger	5	69	13.8	33	1	3	1	0	0
Pete Chryplewicz	3	27	9.0	12	1	3	0	0	0
Kez McCorvey	2	9	4.5	6	0	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	304	3605	11.9	79	19	166	45	8	3
Opponents Totals	281	3401	12.1	78t	15	152	45	8	2

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mark Carrier	5	94	18.8	66	0
Reggie Brown	2	83	41.5	45t	2
Bryant Westbrook	2	64	32.0	64t	1
Kevin Abrams	1	29	29.0	29	0
Ron Rice	1	18	18.0	18	0
Corey Raymond	1	17	17.0	17	0
Robert Porcher	1	5	5.0	5	0
Stephen Boyd	1	4	4.0	4	0
Robert Bailey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Greg Jeffries	1	0	0.0	0	0
Van Malone	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Team Totals	17	309	18.2	66	3
Opponents Totals	17	191	11.2	50t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John Jett	84	3576	42.6	60	2	4	24	1	9	434	3062	35.6
Team Totals	86	3576	41.6	60	2	4	24	1	9	434	3062	35.6
Opponents Totals	97	4296	44.3	67	0	7	28			433	3723	38.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
Glyn Milburn	47	26	433	9.2	40	0	3	1	1
Mark Carrier	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	48	26	433	9.0	40	0	3	1	2
Opponents Totals	51	19	434	8.5	53t	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	OSA	OSR
Jason Hanson	83	5516	66.5	0	21	60	1250	2	0
John Jett	1	47	47.0	0	0	1	19	0	0
Team Totals	84	5563	66.2	0	21	61	1269	2	0
Opponents Totals						59	1364

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	20+	40+	FUM
Glyn Milburn	55	1315	23.9	69	37	5	2
Ron Rivers	2	34	17.0	23	1	0	0
Tommy Vardell	1	15	15.0	15	0	0	0
Matt Russell	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	59	1364	23.1	69	38	5	2
Opponents Totals	61	1269	20.8	58

SACKS	NO	YDS
Robert Porcher	12.5
Luther Elliss	8.5
Tracy Scroggins	7.5
Reggie Brown	2.5
Kevin Abrams	2.0
Robert Bailey	2.0
Antonio London	2.0
Shane Bonham	1.0
George Jamison	1.0
Greg Jeffries	1.0
Ron Rice	1.0
Kerwin Waldroup	1.0
Mike Wells	1.0
Team Totals	43.0	287.0
Opponents Totals	41.0	271.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Stephen Boyd	0	0	0	1	1	42	1
Mark Carrier	1		0	0	0	0	0
Luther Elliss	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Kevin Glover	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
George Jamison	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Van Malone	1		0	0	0	0	0
Glyn Milburn	3		2	0	2	0	0
Scott Mitchell	15		4	0	4	-15	0
Johnnie Morton	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ron Rivers	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ray Roberts	0	0	2	0	2	4	0
Matt Russell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Barry Sanders	3		1	0	1	0	0
Tracy Scroggins	0	0	0	1	1	17	1
Tommy Vardell	1		1	0	1	0	0
Kerwin Waldroup	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Wells	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	26	14	12	8	20	48	2
Opponents Totals	24	8	13	11	24		0

Brian Baker	Defensive Line
Don Clemons	Defensive Assistant/Assistant Strength
Sylvester Croom	Offensive Coordinator
Frank Falks	Running Backs
Jack Henry	Offensive Line
Bert Hill	Strength and Conditioning
Stan Kwan	Offensive Assistant/Special Teams Assistant
John Misciagna	Quality Control-Offense/Administrative Assistant
Gary Moeller	Linebackers
Denny Murphy	Quality Control-Defense
Bob Palcic	Tight Ends
Larry Peccatiello	Defensive Coordinator
Dick Selcer	Defensive Backs
Jerry Sullivan	Wide Receivers
Marc Trestman	Quarterbacks