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1997 Philadelphia Eagles Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-9-1, 3rd in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ray Rhodes (6-9-1)

Points For: 317 (19.8/g) 19th of 30

Points Against: 372 (23.3/g) 24th of 30

Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5

SRS: -2.96 (20th of 30), SOS: .48

Offensive Coordinator: Jon Gruden

Defensive Coordinator: Emmitt Thomas

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Callahan (Offensive Line), Juan Castillo (Tight Ends), Steve Crosby (Scout), Sean Payton (Quarterbacks), Mike Trgovac (Defensive Line) and Joe Vitt (Linebackers)

Stadium: Veterans Stadium

Chairman/CEO: Jeffrey Lurie

Head Coach/de facto General Manager: Ray Rhodes

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2000; O/U: 9.0

Training Camp: Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)

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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	317	5590	1116	5.0	32	16	326	330	587	3647	22	16	5.6	203	465	1943	11	4.2	105	104	866	18
Opp. Stats	372	4932	1009	4.9	26	12	286	259	490	2923	20	14	5.5	150	476	2009	16	4.2	115	86	708	21
Lg Rank Offense	19	5			20	24	3		4	6	9	16	17		9	10	18	10
Lg Rank Defense	24	13			19	18	13		5	7	11	18	9		22	25	22	22

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	L		0-1	@	New York Giants	17	31	24	447	327	120	2	12	290	189	101		-10.03	1.75	-2.71
2	Sun	September 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Green Bay Packers	10	9	16	258	158	100	1	21	380	273	107	2	-9.23	6.58	3.19
3	Mon	September 15	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Dallas Cowboys	20	21	16	333	176	157		18	279	187	92	2	-2.34	10.46	-9.95
4									Bye Week
5	Sun	September 28	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	19	28	25	372	272	100	3	17	365	221	144	1	0.76	-9.82	-2.34
6	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3		Washington Redskins	24	10	26	449	246	203	1	12	228	198	30	1	12.02	11.48	-5.87
7	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	21	38	23	393	303	90	2	21	306	157	149	1	-0.23	-11.58	0.18
8	Sun	October 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	3-4		Arizona Cardinals	13	10	25	407	277	130	4	15	235	143	92	1	-1.03	11.69	-7.38
9	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		Dallas Cowboys	13	12	17	274	120	154		14	244	93	151		4.43	9.30	-8.13
10	Sun	November 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Arizona Cardinals	21	31	18	360	265	95	4	17	231	141	90	2	-13.89	9.63	-9.66
11	Mon	November 10	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6		San Francisco 49ers	12	24	18	257	188	69	3	13	213	96	117	1	-16.83	11.98	-4.66
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	T	OT	4-6-1	@	Baltimore Ravens	10	10	18	273	210	63	1	19	329	125	204	2	-16.97	16.27	0.84
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-6-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	23	20	19	326	229	97		22	383	272	111	5	0.28	-2.80	1.97
14	Sun	November 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6-1		Cincinnati Bengals	44	42	27	507	311	196	2	29	497	373	124	3	20.88	-27.26	8.92
15	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-7-1		New York Giants	21	31	15	256	186	70	5	18	345	137	208	2	-17.27	3.65	5.60
16	Sun	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	17	20	15	277	171	106	1	21	386	175	211	1	-1.08	-9.34	6.81
17	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-9-1	@	Washington Redskins	32	35	24	401	208	193	3	17	221	143	78	2	-1.84	-4.39	3.27

Passing

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Passing Table
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	Bobby Hoying	25	QB	7	6	2-3-1	128	225	56.9	1573	11	4.9	6	2.7	79	40.3	72	7.0	6.77	12.3	224.7	83.8	28	183	11.07	5.49	5.30	2	1
2	Ty Detmer	30	QB	8	7	2-5-0	134	244	54.9	1567	7	2.9	6	2.5	80	39.9	57	6.4	5.89	11.7	195.9	73.9	19	94	7.22	5.60	5.11	1	1
3	Rodney Peete	31	QB	5	3	2-1-0	68	118	57.6	869	4	3.4	4	3.4	44	47.4	38	7.4	6.52	12.8	173.8	78.0	17	85	12.59	5.81	5.07	2	2
	Team Totals			16	16	6-9-1	330	587	56.2	3647	22	3.7	16	2.7	203	41.6	72	6.8	6.35	12.1	227.9	78.5	64	362	9.83	5.60	5.17	5	4

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	Ricky Watters	28	RB	16	16	285	1110	7	55	44.2	28	3.9	69.4	17.8	74	48	440	9.2	0	20	44.6	37	3.0	27.5	64.9	5.9	333	4.7	1550	7	3
2	Irving Fryar	35	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	153	86	1316	15.3	6	64	51.0	72	5.4	82.3	56.2	8.6	86	15.3	1316	6	1	PB
3	Charlie Garner	25	RB	16	2	116	547	3	31	51.7	26	4.7	34.2	7.3	34	24	225	9.4	0	9	61.8	27	1.5	14.1	70.6	6.6	140	5.5	772	3	1
4	Kevin Turner	28	FB	16	10	18	96	0	6	66.7	29	5.3	6.0	1.1	62	48	443	9.2	3	23	53.2	36	3.0	27.7	77.4	7.1	66	8.2	539	3	1
5	Michael Timpson	30	WR	15	10	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	83	42	484	11.5	2	31	43.4	26	2.8	32.3	50.6	5.8	42	11.5	484	2	1
6	Freddie Solomon	25	WR	15	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	51	29	455	15.7	3	22	49.0	56	1.9	30.3	56.9	8.9	29	15.7	455	3	3
7	Mark Seay	30	WR	12	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	21	13	187	14.4	1	12	57.1	38	1.1	15.6	61.9	8.9	13	14.4	187	1	3
8	Jimmie Johnson	31	TE	16	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	24	14	177	12.6	1	8	54.2	28	0.9	11.1	58.3	7.4	14	12.6	177	1	1
9	Chad Lewis	26	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	22	12	94	7.8	4	6	45.5	17	0.8	5.9	54.5	4.3	12	7.8	94	4	0
10	Jason Dunn	24	TE	15	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	13	7	93	13.3	2	3	38.5	31	0.5	6.2	53.8	7.2	7	13.3	93	2	0
11	Bobby Hoying	25	QB	7	6	16	78	0	2	37.5	30	4.9	11.1	2.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			16	4.9	78	0	7
12	Chris Jones	26	WR	4	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	5	73	14.6	0	4	44.4	32	1.3	18.3	55.6	8.1	5	14.6	73	0	0
13	Duce Staley	22	RB	16	0	7	29	0	2	42.9	12	4.1	1.8	0.4	3	2	22	11.0	0	1	33.3	22	0.1	1.4	66.7	7.3	9	5.7	51	0	0
14	Ty Detmer	30	QB	8	7	14	46	1	4	35.7	14	3.3	5.8	1.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			14	3.3	46	1	6
15	Rodney Peete	31	QB	5	3	8	37	0	5	75.0	16	4.6	7.4	1.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			8	4.6	37	0	5
16	Justin Armour	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
17	Charles Dimry	31	RCB	15	9	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	1
18	Tom Hutton	25	P	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	465	1943	11	105	46.9	30	4.2	121.4	29.1	551	330	4009	12.1	22	203	49.2	72	20.6	250.6	59.9	7.3	795	7.5	5952	33	34

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						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	Steve Everitt	27	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Irving Fryar	35	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
3	Mike Mamula	24	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	53	35	18	0
4	Jermane Mayberry	24	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Hollis Thomas	23	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2.5	61	39	22	0
6	Troy Vincent	27	LCB	16	16	3	14	0	14	1	1	2	5	0	0.0	65	50	15	0
7	Ricky Watters	28	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Mike Zordich	34	SS	16	16	1	21	0	21	1	0	1	-1	0	2.0	80	51	29	0
9	Brian Dawkins	24	FS	15	15	3	76	1	64	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	74	61	13	0
10	Rhett Hall	29	RDT	15	15	1	39	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	64	48	16	0
11	James Willis	25	MLB	15	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2.0	82	51	31	0
12	Barrett Brooks	25	RT	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	William Thomas	29	RLB	14	14	2	11	0	11	0	0	1	37	1	5.0	80	59	21	0
14	Joe Panos	26	LG	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Greg Jefferson	26	LDE	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	45	35	10	0
16	Jimmie Johnson	31	TE	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Michael Timpson	30	WR	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Kevin Turner	28	FB	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Charles Dimry	31	RCB	15	9	2	25	0	25	0	1	2	34	0	0.0	57	48	9	0
20	Ian Beckles	30	RG	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Ty Detmer	30	QB	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Darrin Smith	27	LLB	7	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	13	9	4	0
23	James Darling	23	LLB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	28	20	8	0
24	Bobby Hoying	25	QB	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Ray Farmer	23	LLB	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	21	18	3	0
26	Freddie Solomon	25	WR	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Bobby Taylor	24	RCB	6	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	18	14	4	0
28	Jon Harris	23	DE	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	17	9	8	0
29	Rodney Peete	31	QB	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Willie Clark	25	DB	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	28	21	7	0
31	Charlie Garner	25	RB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Jeff Herrod	31	LB	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	6	1	0
33	Mark Seay	30	WR	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
34	Charles Emanuel	24	DB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
35	Ed Jasper	24	DT	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	8	5	3	0
36	Darion Conner	30	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	6	5	1	0
37	Richard Dent	37	DE	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.5	13	10	3	0
38	Andy Harmon	28	DT	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	4	4	0
39	Tom Hutton	25	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
40	Jimmie Jones	31	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	7	4	3	0
41	N.D. Kalu	22	DE	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0
42	Tim McTyer	22	DB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
43	Duce Staley	22	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
44	Matt Stevens	24	DB	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	10	10	0	0
45	Tim Watson	27	DB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	14	186	1	64	17	35	29	70	1	41.0	852	618	234	0