1997 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bruce Coslet (7-9)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

1997 Cincinnati Bengals Roster
1997 Cincinnati Bengals Results

The Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.

Cincinnati chalked up 355 points, while the leaky defense yielded 405. Jeff Blake passed for 2,125 yards, and Boomer Esiason spent time under center also. Darnay Scott grabbed 54 passes for 797 yards. Carl Pickens was targeted regularly, too.

Corey Dillon carried the ball for a team-best 1,129 yards for the Bengals.

Corey Sawyer picked off 4 opponent throws. Gerald Dixon sacked quarterbacks 8.5 times.

Bruce Coslet coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jeff Blake	317	184	58.0	2125	6.7	8	2.5	7	2.2	50	39	244	77.6
Boomer Esiason	186	118	63.4	1478	7.9	13	7.0	2	1.1	77	7	43	106.9
Ki-Jana Carter	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	504	302	59.9	3603	7.1	21	4.2	9	1.8	77	46	287

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Corey Dillon	233	1129	4.8	66	10
Ki-Jana Carter	128	464	3.6	79	7
Jeff Blake	45	234	5.2	16	3
Eric Bieniemy	21	97	4.6	20	1
Brian Milne	13	32	2.5	5	2
Boomer Esiason	8	11	1.4	8	0
Darnay Scott	1	6	6.0	6	0
Lee Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Scottie Graham	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Carl Pickens	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Totals	452	1966	4.3	79	23

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Darnay Scott	54	797	14.8	77	5
Carl Pickens	52	695	13.4	50	5
Tony McGee	34	414	12.2	37	6
Eric Bieniemy	31	249	8.0	21	0
David Dunn	27	414	15.3	39	2
Corey Dillon	27	259	9.6	28	0
Brian Milne	23	138	6.0	20	0
Ki-Jana Carter	21	157	7.5	35	0
James Hundon	16	285	17.8	61	2
Marco Battaglia	12	149	12.4	34	1
Gunnard Twyner	4	45	11.2	16	0
Scottie Graham	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	302	3603	11.9	77	21

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Doug Pelfrey	43	41	95.3	16	12	75.0	77
Totals	43	41	95.3	16	12	75.0	77

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Lee Johnson	81	3471	42.9	66
Totals	81	3471	42.9	66

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Greg Myers	26	201	7.7	18	0
Totals	26	201	7.7	18	0

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Eric Bieniemy	34	789	23.2	102	1
David Dunn	19	487	25.6	85	0
Corey Dillon	6	182	30.3	58	0
James Hundon	10	169	16.9	28	0
Gunnard Twyner	4	72	18.0	24	0
Ki-Jana Carter	1	9	9.0	9	0
Totals	74	1708	23.1	102	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Corey Sawyer	4	44	11.0	37
Ashley Ambrose	3	56	18.7	29
Tremain Mack	1	29	29.0	29
Greg Myers	1	25	25.0	25
Sam Shade	1	21	21.0	21
James Francis	1	7	7.0	7
Bo Orlando	1	3	3.0	3
Jimmy Spencer	1	-2	-2.0	-2
Totals	13	183	14.1	37

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Gerald Dixon	8.5
Dan Wilkinson	5.0
Sam Shade	4.0
James Francis	3.5
John Copeland	3.0
Reinard Wilson	3.0
Andre Collins	3.0
Jevon Langford	1.0
Ricardo McDonald	1.0
Tom Tumulty	1.0
Ashley Ambrose	1.0
Bo Orlando	1.0
Totals	35.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Sam Shade	88.5	81	15	0	1	1	0	0	1
Greg Myers	74.5	67	15	0	3	2	0	0	0
Ashley Ambrose	58	57	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
Ricardo McDonald	57	50	14
James Francis	51.5	46	11	0	0	1	0	0	2
Tito Paul	45	42	6		0	1	0	0	0
Gerald Dixon	45.5	41	9		0	0	0	0	1
Tom Tumulty	48	40	16
Jimmy Spencer	37	36	2	0
John Copeland	42	35	14		0	2	25	1	0
Kimo von Oelhoffen	37	32	10
Brentson Buckner	35.5	32	7		0	0	0	0	1
Steve Tovar	33	30	6
Corey Sawyer	29.5	28	3	0
Andre Collins	27.5	25	5		0	1	0	0	0
Dan Wilkinson	29	24	10		0	0	0	0	1
Reinard Wilson	23	22	2		0	0	0	0	1
Bo Orlando	22	20	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
Billy Granville	18	16	4
Tremain Mack	16	14	4	0
Jevon Langford	11.5	9	5
Ramondo Stallings	6	6	0
Andre Purvis	2.5	2	1
Tim Terry	2.5	2	1
Canute Curtis	2	2	0
Anthone Lott	1	1	0		0	1	0	0	0
Ki-Jana Carter					3	2	0		0
Marco Battaglia					2	2	0		0
Lee Johnson					0	2	0	0	0
Darrick Brilz					0	1	0	0	0
Corey Dillon					1	1	4		0
David Dunn					1	1	0		0
Eric Bieniemy					2	0	0		0
Greg Truitt					2	0	-11	0	0
James Hundon					1	0	0		0
Jeff Blake					7	0	0		0
Boomer Esiason					1	0	0	0	0
Carl Pickens					1	0	0		0
Totals	843	760	166	0	25	21	18	1	8

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Doug Pelfrey									12	41	0			77
Corey Dillon	10	0		0					0	0	0			60
Ki-Jana Carter	7	0		0					0	0	0			42
Tony McGee		6							0	0	0	1		38
Carl Pickens	0	5							0	0	0			30
Darnay Scott	0	5							0	0	0			30
Jeff Blake	3								0	0	0			18
Eric Bieniemy	1	0		1					0	0	0			12
David Dunn		2		0					0	0	0			12
James Hundon		2		0					0	0	0			12
Brian Milne	2	0							0	0	0			12
John Copeland							1		0	0	0			6
Marco Battaglia		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	23	21	0	1	0	0	1	0	12	41	0	1	0	355