1997 NFL Passing

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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

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Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Tm	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	Jeff George	OAK	30	QB	16	16	4-12-0	290	521	55.7	3917	29	5.6	9	1.7	163	38.9	76	7.5	7.9	13.5	244.8	91.2	58	430	10.0	6.02	6.32	0	1
2	Brett Favre*+	GNB	28	QB	16	16	13-3-0	304	513	59.3	3867	35	6.8	16	3.1	189	47.6	74	7.5	7.5	12.7	241.7	92.6	25	176	4.6	6.86	6.82
3	Dan Marino	MIA	36	QB	16	16	9-7-0	319	548	58.2	3780	16	2.9	11	2.0	188	46.1	55	6.9	6.6	11.8	236.3	80.7	20	132	3.5	6.42	6.11	1	3
4	Drew Bledsoe*	NWE	25	QB	16	16	10-6-0	314	522	60.2	3706	28	5.4	15	2.9	167	43.8	76	7.1	6.9	11.8	231.6	87.7	30	258	5.4	6.25	6.04	0	1
5	Warren Moon*	SEA	41	QB	15	14	7-7-0	313	528	59.3	3678	25	4.7	16	3.0	178	44.4	60	7.0	6.5	11.8	245.2	83.7	30	192	5.4	6.25	5.85	3	4
6	John Elway*	DEN	37	QB	16	16	12-4-0	280	502	55.8	3635	27	5.4	11	2.2	166	41.6	78	7.2	7.3	13.0	227.2	87.5	34	203	6.3	6.40	6.49	0	2
7	Scott Mitchell	DET	29	QB	16	16	9-7-0	293	509	57.6	3484	19	3.7	14	2.8	157	41.5	79	6.8	6.4	11.9	217.8	79.6	41	271	7.5	5.84	5.39	3	3
8	Troy Aikman	DAL	31	QB	16	16	6-10-0	292	518	56.4	3283	19	3.7	12	2.3	160	41.6	64	6.3	6.0	11.2	205.2	78.0	33	269	6.0	5.47	5.18	3	3
9	Mark Brunell*	JAX	27	QB	14	14	9-5-0	264	435	60.7	3281	18	4.1	7	1.6	160	46.2	75	7.5	7.6	12.4	234.4	91.2	33	189	7.1	6.61	6.70	1	1
10	Tony Banks	STL	24	QB	16	16	5-11-0	252	487	51.7	3254	14	2.9	13	2.7	152	37.5	76	6.7	6.1	12.9	203.4	71.5	43	317	8.1	5.54	4.97	1	2
11	Brad Johnson	MIN	29	QB	13	13	8-5-0	275	452	60.8	3036	20	4.4	12	2.7	151	44.6	56	6.7	6.4	11.0	233.5	84.5	26	164	5.4	6.01	5.72	3	4
12	Steve Young*	SFO	36	QB	15	15	12-3-0	241	356	67.7	3029	19	5.3	6	1.7	149	48.6	82	8.5	8.8	12.6	201.9	104.7	35	220	9.0	7.18	7.47	1	1
13	Kordell Stewart	PIT	25	QB	16	16	11-5-0	236	440	53.6	3020	21	4.8	17	3.9	139	39.8	69	6.9	6.1	12.8	188.8	75.2	20	152	4.3	6.23	5.48	4	5
14	Erik Kramer	CHI	33	QB	15	13	4-9-0	275	477	57.7	3011	14	2.9	14	2.9	156	42.2	78	6.3	5.6	10.9	200.7	74.0	25	149	5.0	5.70	5.00	1	1
15	Vinny Testaverde	BAL	34	QB	13	13	4-8-1	271	470	57.7	2971	18	3.8	15	3.2	134	42.2	54	6.3	5.7	11.0	228.5	75.9	20	129	4.1	5.80	5.16	1	1
16	Neil O'Donnell	NYJ	31	QB	15	14	8-6-0	259	460	56.3	2796	17	3.7	7	1.5	131	37.8	70	6.1	6.1	10.8	186.4	80.3	45	289	8.9	4.96	5.01	0	0
17	Chris Chandler*	ATL	32	QB	14	14	7-7-0	202	342	59.1	2692	20	5.8	7	2.0	126	45.4	56	7.9	8.1	13.3	192.3	95.1	39	261	10.2	6.38	6.60	1	3
18	Gus Frerotte	WAS	26	QB	13	13	6-6-1	204	402	50.7	2682	17	4.2	12	3.0	139	39.5	52	6.7	6.2	13.1	206.3	73.8	23	146	5.4	5.97	5.50	0	2
19	Steve McNair	TEN	24	QB	16	16	8-8-0	216	415	52.0	2665	14	3.4	13	3.1	134	39.7	55	6.4	5.7	12.3	166.6	70.4	31	190	7.0	5.55	4.87	1	1
20	Trent Dilfer*	TAM	25	QB	16	16	10-6-0	217	386	56.2	2555	21	5.4	11	2.8	133	41.4	59	6.6	6.4	11.8	159.7	82.8	32	196	7.7	5.64	5.46	3	3
21	Todd Collins	BUF	26	QB	14	13	5-8-0	215	391	55.0	2367	12	3.1	13	3.3	106	37.7	77	6.1	5.2	11.0	169.1	69.5	39	278	9.1	4.86	4.06	2	4
22	Jake Plummer	ARI	23	QB	10	9	3-6-0	157	296	53.0	2203	15	5.1	15	5.1	103	37.9	70	7.4	6.2	14.0	220.3	73.1	52	291	14.9	5.49	4.42	2	2
23	Jeff Blake	CIN	27	QB	11	11	3-8-0	184	317	58.0	2125	8	2.5	7	2.2	98	41.0	50	6.7	6.2	11.5	193.2	77.6	39	244	11.0	5.28	4.85	1	1
24	Kerry Collins	CAR	25	QB	13	13	6-7-0	200	381	52.5	2124	11	2.9	21	5.5	117	40.4	59	5.6	3.7	10.6	163.4	55.7	27	200	6.6	4.72	2.94
25	Jim Harbaugh	IND	34	QB	12	11	2-9-0	189	309	61.2	2060	10	3.2	4	1.3	101	41.7	58	6.7	6.7	10.9	171.7	86.2	41	256	11.7	5.15	5.21
26	Elvis Grbac	KAN	27	QB	10	10	8-2-0	179	314	57.0	1943	11	3.5	6	1.9	101	39.3	55	6.2	6.0	10.9	194.3	79.1	19	150	5.7	5.38	5.23	2	3
27	Danny Kanell	NYG	24	QB	16	10	7-2-1	156	294	53.1	1740	11	3.7	9	3.1	75	34.8	68	5.9	5.3	11.2	108.8	70.7	19	171	6.1	5.01	4.42	1	3
28	Bobby Hoying	PHI	25	QB	7	6	2-3-1	128	225	56.9	1573	11	4.9	6	2.7	77	39.1	72	7.0	6.8	12.3	224.7	83.8	28	183	11.1	5.49	5.30	2	1
29	Ty Detmer	PHI	30	QB	8	7	2-5-0	134	244	54.9	1567	7	2.9	6	2.5	79	39.2	57	6.4	5.9	11.7	195.9	73.9	19	94	7.2	5.60	5.11	1	1
Rk	Player	Tm	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
30	Stan Humphries	SDG	32	QB	8	8	3-5-0	121	225	53.8	1488	5	2.2	6	2.7	71	39.1	72	6.6	5.9	12.3	186.0	70.7	18	144	7.4	5.53	4.83
31	Boomer Esiason	CIN	36	QB	7	5	4-1-0	118	186	63.4	1478	13	7.0	2	1.1	76	53.4	77	7.9	8.9	12.5	211.1	106.9	7	43	3.6	7.44	8.32
32	Kent Graham	ARI	29	QB	8	6	1-5-0	130	250	52.0	1408	4	1.6	5	2.0	68	38.0	47	5.6	5.1	10.8	176.0	65.9	16	115	6.0	4.86	4.32	2	2
33	Craig Whelihan	SDG	26	QB	9	7	0-7-0	118	237	49.8	1357	6	2.5	10	4.2	64	33.7	61	5.7	4.3	11.5	150.8	58.3	21	168	8.1	4.61	3.33
34	Heath Shuler	NOR	26	QB	10	9	4-5-0	106	203	52.2	1288	2	1.0	14	6.9	54	33.9	89	6.3	3.4	12.2	128.8	46.6	21	132	9.4	5.16	2.53	3	2
35	Rich Gannon	KAN	32	QB	9	6	5-1-0	98	175	56.0	1144	7	4.0	4	2.3	58	40.4	47	6.5	6.3	11.7	127.1	79.8	13	86	6.9	5.63	5.41	1	1
36	Paul Justin	IND	29	QB	8	4	1-3-0	83	140	59.3	1046	5	3.6	5	3.6	50	46.0	44	7.5	6.6	12.6	130.8	79.6	10	86	6.7	6.40	5.57	1	1
37	Steve Beuerlein	CAR	32	QB	7	3	1-2-0	89	153	58.2	1032	6	3.9	3	2.0	52	41.2	52	6.7	6.6	11.6	147.4	83.6	17	111	10.0	5.42	5.33	1	1
38	Billy Joe Hobert	2TM	26	QB	7	4	2-2-0	78	161	48.4	1024	6	3.7	10	6.2	44	38.3	49	6.4	4.3	13.1	146.3	55.5	6	36	3.6	5.92	3.94	0	2
39	Dave Brown	NYG	27	QB	7	6	3-3-0	93	180	51.7	1023	5	2.8	3	1.7	47	35.8	62	5.7	5.5	11.0	146.1	71.1	13	67	6.7	4.95	4.77
40	Eric Zeier	BAL	25	QB	5	3	2-1-0	67	116	57.8	958	7	6.0	1	0.9	36	36.8	92	8.3	9.1	14.3	191.6	101.1	17	98	12.8	6.47	7.18	0	1
41	Jeff Hostetler	WAS	36	QB	6	3	2-1-0	79	144	54.9	899	5	3.5	10	6.9	50	41.6	69	6.2	3.8	11.4	149.8	56.5	10	52	6.5	5.50	3.23
42	Rodney Peete	PHI	31	QB	5	3	2-1-0	68	118	57.6	869	4	3.4	4	3.4	44	47.4	38	7.4	6.5	12.8	173.8	78.0	17	85	12.6	5.81	5.07	2	2
43	Glenn Foley	NYJ	27	QB	6	2	1-1-0	56	97	57.7	705	3	3.1	1	1.0	36	48.0	35	7.3	7.4	12.6	117.5	86.5	3	24	3.0	6.81	6.96	1	2
44	Alex Van Pelt	BUF	27	QB	6	3	1-2-0	60	124	48.4	684	2	1.6	10	8.1	30	30.5	39	5.5	2.2	11.4	114.0	37.2	4	33	3.1	5.09	1.88	0	1
45	Billy Joe Tolliver	2TM	31	QB	9	1	0-1-0	64	116	55.2	677	5	4.3	1	0.9	36	38.5	47	5.8	6.3	10.6	75.2	83.2	14	104	10.8	4.41	4.83
46	Danny Wuerffel	NOR	23	QB	7	2	0-2-0	42	91	46.2	518	4	4.4	8	8.8	21	29.4	47	5.7	2.6	12.3	74.0	42.3	18	116	16.5	3.69	1.12
47	Randall Cunningham	MIN	34	QB	6	3	1-2-0	44	88	50.0	501	6	6.8	4	4.5	27	37.9	34	5.7	5.0	11.4	83.5	71.3	7	60	7.4	4.64	4.01
48	Jim Everett	SDG	34	QB	4	1	1-0-0	36	75	48.0	457	1	1.3	4	5.3	18	34.2	62	6.1	4.0	12.7	114.3	49.7	4	30	5.1	5.41	3.38
49	Kelly Holcomb	IND	24	QB	5	1	0-1-0	45	73	61.6	454	1	1.4	8	11.0	20	42.9	41	6.2	1.6	10.1	90.8	44.3	11	76	13.1	4.50	0.45
50	Rick Mirer	CHI	27	QB	7	3	0-3-0	53	103	51.5	420	0	0.0	6	5.8	23	28.6	34	4.1	1.5	7.9	60.0	37.7	16	89	13.4	2.78	0.51	1	1
51	Jon Kitna	SEA	25	QB	3	1	1-0-0	31	45	68.9	371	1	2.2	2	4.4	19	56.3	61	8.2	6.7	12.0	123.7	82.7	3	10	6.3	7.52	6.06	1	1
52	Rob Johnson	JAX	24	QB	5	1	1-0-0	22	28	78.6	344	2	7.1	2	7.1	12	47.1	40	12.3	10.5	15.6	68.8	111.9	6	29	17.6	9.26	7.79	1	1
53	Stoney Case	ARI	25	QB	3	1	0-1-0	29	55	52.7	316	0	0.0	2	3.6	16	33.8	30	5.7	4.1	10.9	105.3	54.8	10	89	15.4	3.49	2.11
54	Steve Matthews	JAX	27	QB	2	1	1-0-0	26	40	65.0	275	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	46.3	43	6.9	6.9	10.6	137.5	84.9	1	0	2.4	6.71	6.71
55	Mark Rypien	STL	35	QB	5	0		19	39	48.7	270	0	0.0	2	5.1	8	35.0	62	6.9	4.6	14.2	54.0	50.2	1	9	2.5	6.53	4.28
56	Jim Druckenmiller	SFO	25	QB	4	1	1-0-0	21	52	40.4	239	1	1.9	4	7.7	10	23.2	33	4.6	1.5	11.4	59.8	29.2	4	32	7.1	3.70	0.84	1	1
57	Mike Tomczak	PIT	35	QB	16	0		16	24	66.7	185	1	4.2	2	8.3	13	54.2	28	7.7	4.8	11.6	11.6	68.9	0	0	0.0	7.71	4.79
58	Doug Nussmeier	NOR	27	QB	3	1	0-1-0	18	32	56.3	183	0	0.0	3	9.4	8	34.2	24	5.7	1.5	10.2	61.0	33.7	6	32	15.8	3.97	0.42
59	Todd Philcox	SDG	31	QB	2	0		16	28	57.1	173	0	0.0	1	3.6	8	36.1	29	6.2	4.6	10.8	86.5	60.6	8	44	22.2	3.58	2.33
Rk	Player	Tm	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
60	Craig Erickson	MIA	28	QB	2	0		13	28	46.4	165	0	0.0	1	3.6	9	36.7	27	5.9	4.3	12.7	82.5	50.4	2	21	6.7	4.80	3.30
61	Jeff Brohm	SFO	26	QB	5	0		16	24	66.7	164	0	0.0	1	4.2	10	41.4	21	6.8	5.0	10.3	32.8	68.7	5	37	17.2	4.38	2.83
62	John Friesz	SEA	30	QB	2	1	0-1-0	15	36	41.7	138	0	0.0	3	8.3	8	31.6	22	3.8	0.1	9.2	69.0	18.1	2	11	5.3	3.34	-0.21
63	Frank Reich	DET	36	QB	6	0		11	30	36.7	121	0	0.0	2	6.7	6	33.3	27	4.0	1.0	11.0	20.2	21.7	0	0	0.0	4.03	1.03
64	Wade Wilson	DAL	38	QB	7	0		12	21	57.1	115	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	28.0	32	5.5	5.5	9.6	16.4	72.5	4	26	16.0	3.56	3.56
65	Steve Stenstrom	CHI	26	QB	3	0		8	14	57.1	70	0	0.0	2	14.3	5	37.5	18	5.0	-1.4	8.8	23.3	31.0	2	19	12.5	3.19	-2.44
66	Scott Zolak	NWE	30	QB	4	0		6	9	66.7	67	2	22.2	0	0.0	4	55.6	20	7.4	11.9	11.2	16.8	128.2	0	0	0.0	7.44	11.89
67	Steve Walsh	TAM	31	QB	12	0		6	17	35.3	58	0	0.0	1	5.9	1	17.6	38	3.4	0.8	9.7	4.8	21.2	0	0	0.0	3.41	0.76
68	Jason Garrett	DAL	31	QB	1	0		10	14	71.4	56	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	25.0	12	4.0	4.0	5.6	56.0	78.3	2	18	12.5	2.38	2.38
69	Bubby Brister	DEN	35	QB	1	0		6	9	66.7	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	22.2	15	5.3	5.3	8.0	48.0	79.9	0	0	0.0	5.33	5.33
70	Tony Graziani	ATL	24	QB	3	1	0-1-0	7	23	30.4	41	0	0.0	2	8.7	3	12.5	13	1.8	-2.1	5.9	13.7	3.7	1	7	4.2	1.42	-2.33
71	Louie Aguiar	KAN	31	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	35	35.0	35.0	35.0	2.2	118.7	0	0	0.0	35.00	35.00
72	Dave Meggett	NWE	31	RB	16	2		1	1	100.0	35	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	35.0	55.0	35.0	2.2	158.3	0	0	0.0	35.00	55.00
73	Steve Bono	GNB	35	QB	2	0		5	10	50.0	29	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	9.1	14	2.9	2.9	5.8	14.5	56.2	1	15	9.1	1.27	1.27
74	Chris Mohr	BUF	31	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	29	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	29	29.0	29.0	29.0	1.8	118.7	0	0	0.0	29.00	29.00
75	Ray Lucas	NYJ	25	QB	5	0		3	4	75.0	28	0	0.0	1	25.0	2	75.0	19	7.0	-4.3	9.3	5.6	54.2	0	0	0.0	7.00	-4.25
76	Jamal Anderson	ATL	25	RB	16	15		1	4	25.0	27	1	25.0	1	25.0	1	25.0	27	6.8	0.5	27.0	1.7	55.2	0	0	0.0	6.75	0.50
77	David Klingler	OAK	28	QB	1	0		4	7	57.1	27	0	0.0	1	14.3	3	57.1	8	3.9	-2.6	6.8	27.0	26.2	0	0	0.0	3.86	-2.57
78	Brian Hansen	NYJ	37	P	15	0		1	1	100.0	26	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	26	26.0	26.0	26.0	1.7	118.7	0	0	0.0	26.00	26.00
79	Frank Sanders	ARI	24	WR	16	16		1	1	100.0	26	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	26	26.0	26.0	26.0	1.6	118.7	0	0	0.0	26.00	26.00
80	Tommy Barnhardt	TAM	34	P	6	0		1	1	100.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	25	25.0	25.0	25.0	4.2	118.7	0	0	0.0	25.00	25.00
81	Bryan Barker*+	JAX	33	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	22	22.0	22.0	22.0	1.4	118.7	0	0	0.0	22.00	22.00
82	Willie Davis	TEN	30	WR	16	15		1	1	100.0	22	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	22	22.0	42.0	22.0	1.4	158.3	0	0	0.0	22.00	42.00
83	Mario Bates	NOR	24	RB	12	7		1	1	100.0	21	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	21	21.0	41.0	21.0	1.8	158.3	0	0	0.0	21.00	41.00
84	Jeff Lewis	DEN	24	QB	3	0		1	2	50.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	33.3	21	10.5	10.5	21.0	7.0	87.5	1	7	33.3	4.67	4.67
85	Marcus Allen	KAN	37	RB	16	0		2	2	100.0	15	2	100.0	0	0.0	2	100.0	14	7.5	27.5	7.5	0.9	137.5	0	0	0.0	7.50	27.50
86	James Ritchey	TEN	24	QB	1	0		2	2	100.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	33.3	11	7.5	7.5	7.5	15.0	97.9	1	9	33.3	2.00	2.00
87	Mike Quinn	PIT	23	QB	1	0		1	2	50.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	10	5.0	5.0	10.0	10.0	64.6	0	0	0.0	5.00	5.00
88	Dave Krieg	TEN	39	QB	8	0		1	2	50.0	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.3	56.2	0	0	0.0	1.00	1.00
89	Matt Blundin	DET	28	QB	1	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
Rk	Player	Tm	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
90	Ki-Jana Carter	CIN	24	RB	15	10		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
91	Curtis Conway	CHI	26	WR	7	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
92	Trent Green	WAS	27	QB	1	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
93	Leon Johnson	NYJ	23	RB	16	1		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-22.50
94	Napoleon Kaufman	OAK	24	RB	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
95	Lamont Warren	IND	24	RB	13	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00

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