1997 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Super Bowl Champion: Denver Broncos

AP MVP: Brett Favre, Barry Sanders

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Warrick Dunn

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Peter Boulware

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Barry Sanders

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Dana Stubblefield

Passing Leader: Jeff George, 3917 Yds

Rushing Leader: Barry Sanders, 2053 Yds

Receiving Leader: Rob Moore, 1584 Yds

Team Defense

Team Defense Table
					Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Rk	Tm	G	PA	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy	Sc%	TO%
1	Kansas City Chiefs	16	232	4880	974	5.0	34	13	278	271	507	3259	15	21	5.8	158	413	1621	8	3.9	94	113	977	26
2	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	263	4628	982	4.7	26	13	265	325	518	3011	13	13	5.4	155	420	1617	10	3.9	96	93	814	14
3	San Francisco 49ers	16	265	4013	949	4.2	41	16	242	258	509	2647	23	25	4.7	145	386	1366	5	3.5	67	91	742	30
4	New York Giants	16	265	5067	1082	4.7	44	17	310	325	596	3616	10	27	5.6	195	432	1451	17	3.4	82	122	1056	33
5	Green Bay Packers	16	282	4827	1047	4.6	32	11	288	288	563	2951	10	21	4.9	156	443	1876	16	4.2	105	114	945	27
6	Denver Broncos	16	287	4671	951	4.9	31	13	258	290	526	2868	20	18	5.0	145	381	1803	10	4.7	83	130	1118	30
7	New York Jets	16	287	5320	1057	5.0	25	7	301	304	558	3421	23	18	5.8	177	470	1899	9	4.0	103	99	832	21
8	Washington Redskins	16	289	5030	1058	4.8	30	14	292	267	513	2818	14	16	5.1	149	508	2212	15	4.4	129	96	849	14
9	New England Patriots	16	289	5085	1100	4.6	32	13	322	368	619	3469	14	19	5.2	183	436	1616	16	3.7	114	106	763	25
10	Detroit Lions	16	306	4947	1021	4.8	25	8	268	281	507	3114	15	17	5.7	152	471	1833	15	3.9	98	112	841	18
11	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	307	4705	1005	4.7	34	14	285	295	554	3387	24	20	5.6	177	403	1318	5	3.3	82	90	708	26
12	Tennessee Oilers	16	310	5231	992	5.3	32	18	292	321	543	3658	21	14	6.3	193	414	1573	12	3.8	79	94	830	20
13	Carolina Panthers	16	314	4980	1023	4.9	22	11	290	260	490	3007	17	11	5.7	163	497	1973	12	4.0	112	97	757	15
14	Dallas Cowboys	16	314	4516	1022	4.4	19	12	281	253	473	2522	20	7	4.9	139	511	1994	12	3.9	104	99	757	38
15	Jacksonville Jaguars	16	318	5238	1035	5.1	29	15	318	320	532	3504	24	14	6.0	190	455	1734	12	3.8	107	90	800	21
16	New Orleans Saints	16	327	4645	1073	4.3	31	15	280	293	518	2881	21	16	5.0	168	496	1764	11	3.6	95	110	895	17
17	Miami Dolphins	16	327	5364	1004	5.3	27	17	299	329	530	3551	23	10	6.3	176	443	1813	9	4.1	106	92	892	17
18	Baltimore Ravens	16	345	5363	1068	5.0	28	11	306	332	556	3673	20	17	6.1	180	470	1690	17	3.6	101	106	828	25
19	Minnesota Vikings	16	359	5687	1028	5.5	27	15	325	336	542	3704	28	12	6.3	195	442	1983	13	4.5	104	81	668	26
20	St. Louis Rams	16	359	5066	1021	5.0	39	14	296	288	543	3379	26	25	5.8	177	440	1687	10	3.8	84	133	1064	35
21	Atlanta Falcons	16	361	5106	960	5.3	28	10	274	275	496	3440	24	18	6.2	180	409	1666	18	4.1	76	115	872	18
22	Seattle Seahawks	16	362	4849	959	5.1	29	16	286	276	462	3118	19	13	6.2	166	455	1731	10	3.8	96	100	820	24
23	Buffalo Bills	16	367	4853	1041	4.7	22	7	265	287	502	3061	17	15	5.6	160	493	1792	11	3.6	85	98	992	20
24	Philadelphia Eagles	16	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
25	Arizona Cardinals	16	379	5426	1049	5.2	20	5	298	279	491	3246	23	15	6.2	167	524	2180	13	4.2	112	113	981	19
26	Indianapolis Colts	16	401	4854	928	5.2	25	13	280	261	453	2820	26	12	5.8	163	438	2034	18	4.6	95	102	861	22
27	Cincinnati Bengals	16	405	5682	1091	5.2	23	10	351	309	542	3459	30	13	6.0	188	514	2223	15	4.3	141	107	951	22
28	Oakland Raiders	16	419	6116	1108	5.5	22	12	345	324	552	3870	21	10	6.6	199	525	2246	19	4.3	121	117	977	25
29	Chicago Bears	16	421	4888	935	5.2	30	17	281	273	476	3030	25	13	5.9	156	421	1858	18	4.4	97	93	763	28
30	San Diego Chargers	16	425	5166	1048	4.9	26	11	308	297	568	3468	31	15	5.8	181	453	1698	12	3.7	92	101	784	35
	Avg Team		331.9	5037.8	1020.7	4.9	28.6	12.7	292.3	294.8	524.3	3229.2	20.6	16.0	5.7	169.4	454.6	1808.7	12.8	4.0	99.2	103.3	861.5	23.7
	League Total		9957	151135	30620	4.9	859	380	8770	8844	15729	96875	617	479	5.7	5083	13639	54260	384	4.0	2975	3100	25845	712
	Avg Tm/G		20.7	314.9	63.8	4.9	1.8	0.8	18.3	18.4	32.8	201.8	1.3	1.0	5.7	10.6	28.4	113.0	0.8	4.0	6.2	6.5	53.8	1.5

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