1997 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-9-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Ray Rhodes (6-9-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1997 Philadelphia Eagles Roster
1997 Philadelphia Eagles Results

The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 6 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

The Eagles racked up 317 points, but the defensive squad allowed 372. Bobby Hoying passed for 1,573 yards, and Ty Detmer spent time under center as well. Irving Fryar grabbed 86 passes for 1,316 yards.

Ricky Watters carried the ball for a team-leading 1,110 yards for Philadelphia.

Brian Dawkins and Troy Vincent each picked off 3 opponent throws. Rhett Hall sacked quarterbacks 8 times.

Ray Rhodes coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Bobby Hoying	225	128	56.9	1573	7.0	11	4.9	6	2.7	72	28	183	83.8
Ty Detmer	244	134	54.9	1567	6.4	7	2.9	6	2.5	57	19	94	73.9
Rodney Peete	118	68	57.6	869	7.4	4	3.4	4	3.4	38	17	85	78.0
Totals	587	330	56.2	4009	6.8	22	3.7	16	2.7	72	64	362

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ricky Watters	285	1110	3.9	28	7
Charlie Garner	116	547	4.7	26	3
Kevin Turner	18	96	5.3	29	0
Bobby Hoying	16	78	4.9	30	0
Ty Detmer	14	46	3.3	14	1
Rodney Peete	8	37	4.6	16	0
Duce Staley	7	29	4.1	12	0
Tom Hutton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	465	1943	4.2	30	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Irving Fryar	86	1316	15.3	72	6
Kevin Turner	48	443	9.2	36	3
Ricky Watters	48	440	9.2	37	0
Michael Timpson	42	484	11.5	26	2
Freddie Solomon	29	455	15.7	56	3
Charlie Garner	24	225	9.4	27	0
Jimmie Johnson	14	177	12.6	28	1
Mark Seay	13	187	14.4	38	1
Chad Lewis	12	94	7.8	17	4
Jason Dunn	7	93	13.3	31	2
Chris Jones	5	73	14.6	32	0
Duce Staley	2	22	11.0	22	0
Totals	330	4009	12.1	72	22

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Chris Boniol	33	33	100.0	31	22	71.0	99
Totals	33	33	100.0	31	22	71.0	99

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tom Hutton	87	3660	42.1	61
Totals	87	3660	42.1	61

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mark Seay	16	172	10.8	42
Freddie Solomon	10	55	5.5	14
Mel Gray	2	17	8.5	11
Antwuan Wyatt	2	-2	-1.0	0
Troy Vincent	1	-8	-8.0	-8
Totals	31	234	7.5	42

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Duce Staley	47	1139	24.2	57	0
Derrick Witherspoon	9	171	19.0	28	0
Antwuan Wyatt	2	50	25.0	30	0
Kevin Turner	3	48	16.0	22	0
Willie Clark	1	39	39.0	39	1
Jason Dunn	2	32	16.0	16	0
Jimmie Johnson	3	22	7.3	15	0
Chad Lewis	1	11	11.0	11	0
Mel Gray	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	69	1520	22.0	57	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Brian Dawkins	3	76	25.3	64	1
Troy Vincent	3	14	4.7	14	0
Charles Dimry	2	25	12.5	25	0
William Thomas	2	11	5.5	11	0
Rhett Hall	1	39	39.0	39	0
Mike Zordich	1	21	21.0	21	0
James Willis	1	0	0.0	0	0
Matt Stevens	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	14	186	13.3	64	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Rhett Hall	8.0
William Thomas	5.0
Richard Dent	4.5
Mike Mamula	4.0
Greg Jefferson	3.0
Hollis Thomas	2.5
Jimmie Jones	2.5
Mike Zordich	2.0
Bobby Taylor	2.0
James Willis	2.0
Darion Conner	1.5
Ray Farmer	1.0
Darrin Smith	1.0
Jon Harris	1.0
Ed Jasper	1.0
Totals	41.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Brian Dawkins	67.5	61	13	0
William Thomas	69.5	59	21	0	0	1	37	1	0
James Willis	66.5	51	31	0	0	2	0	0	1
Mike Zordich	65.5	51	29	0	0	1	-1	0	0
Troy Vincent	57.5	50	15	0	1	2	5	0	1
Rhett Hall	56	48	16	0	0	0	0	0	1
Charles Dimry	52.5	48	9	0	1	2	34	0	0
Hollis Thomas	50	39	22		0	1	0	0	2
Mike Mamula	44	35	18		0	0	0	0	1
Greg Jefferson	40	35	10		0	1	0	0	0
Willie Clark	24.5	21	7		0	0	0		1
James Darling	24	20	8
Ray Farmer	19.5	18	3		0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Taylor	16	14	4		0	0	0	0	2
Richard Dent	11.5	10	3		0	0	0	0	1
Matt Stevens	10	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jon Harris	13	9	8
Darrin Smith	11	9	4		0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Herrod	6.5	6	1
Ed Jasper	6.5	5	3
Darion Conner	5.5	5	1
Andy Harmon	6	4	4
Jimmie Jones	5.5	4	3
Tim Watson	3	3	0
Tim McTyer	2	2	0
Charles Emanuel	1	1	0
N.D. Kalu	0.5	0	1
Rodney Peete					5	2	-2	0	0
Barrett Brooks					0	2	0	0	0
Ian Beckles					0	2	0	0	0
Ty Detmer					6	1	-2		0
Bobby Hoying					7	1	0	0	0
Steve Everitt					0	1	0	0	0
Mark Seay					3	1	0		0
Duce Staley					0	1	0	0	0
Ricky Watters					3	1	0		0
Freddie Solomon					3	1	0		0
Tom Hutton					1	1	-1	0	0
Joe Panos					0	1	0	0	0
Jermane Mayberry					0	1	0	0	0
Jimmie Johnson					1	0	0		0
Michael Timpson					1	0	0		0
Kevin Turner					1	0	0		0
Irving Fryar					1	0	0		0
Charlie Garner					1	0	0		0
Totals	735	618	234	0	35	29	70	1	10

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Chris Boniol									22	33	0			99
Ricky Watters	7	0							0	0	0			42
Irving Fryar		6							0	0	0			36
Chad Lewis		4		0					0	0	0			24
Freddie Solomon		3	0						0	0	0	1		20
Charlie Garner	3	0							0	0	0			18
Kevin Turner	0	3		0					0	0	0			18
Michael Timpson		2							0	0	0			12
Jason Dunn		2		0					0	0	0			12
Mark Seay		1	0						0	0	0			6
Ty Detmer	1								0	0	0			6
Brian Dawkins						1			0	0	0			6
William Thomas						0	1		0	0	0			6
Jimmie Johnson		1		0					0	0	0			6
Willie Clark				1					0	0	0			6
Totals	11	22	0	1	0	1	1	0	22	33	0	1	0	317