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1997 NFL Punting

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

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1	Brad Maynard	NYG	23	P	16	0	111	4531	40.8	378	3873	34.6	57	14	12.6%	33	29.7%	1
2	Todd Sauerbrun	CHI	24	P	16	0	95	4059	42.7	727	3112	32.8	67	11	11.6%	26	27.4%	0
3	Leo Araguz	OAK	27	P	16	0	93	4189	45.0	431	3638	39.1	63	6	6.5%	28	30.1%	0
4	Jeff Feagles	ARI	31	P	16	0	91	4028	44.3	441	3387	36.8	62	10	11.0%	24	26.4%	1
5	Chris Mohr	BUF	31	P	16	0	90	3764	41.8	366	3278	36.0	59	6	6.7%	24	26.7%	1
6	Darren Bennett	SDG	32	P	16	0	89	3972	44.6	416	3396	37.7	66	8	9.0%	26	29.2%	1
7	Dan Stryzinski	ATL	32	P	16	0	89	3498	39.3	55	3263	36.7	57	9	10.1%	20	22.5%	0
8	Mark Royals	NOR	32	P	16	0	88	4038	45.9	706	3072	34.9	66	13	14.8%	21	23.9%	0
9	Tom Hutton	PHI	25	P	16	0	87	3660	42.1	515	3045	34.6	61	5	5.7%	19	21.8%	1
10	Toby Gowin	DAL	22	P	16	0	86	3592	41.8	365	3047	35.4	72	9	10.5%	26	30.2%	0
11	Ken Walter	CAR	25	P	16	0	85	3604	42.4	428	3096	36.4	62	4	4.7%	29	34.1%	0
12	John Jett	DET	29	P	16	0	84	3576	42.6	434	3062	35.6	60	4	4.8%	24	28.6%	2
13	Matt Turk*	WAS	29	P	16	0	84	3788	45.1	237	3331	39.2	62	11	13.1%	32	38.1%	1
14	Greg Montgomery	BAL	33	P	16	0	83	3540	42.7	460	3040	36.6	60	2	2.4%	24	28.9%	0
15	Louie Aguiar	KAN	31	P	16	0	82	3465	42.3	255	3130	38.2	65	4	4.9%	28	34.1%	0
16	Lee Johnson	CIN	36	P	16	0	81	3471	42.9	407	2904	35.9	66	8	9.9%	27	33.3%	0
17	Tommy Thompson	SFO	25	P	16	0	78	3182	40.8	307	2735	34.6	55	7	9.0%	22	28.2%	1
18	Tom Tupa	NWE	31	P	16	0	78	3569	45.8	437	2852	36.1	73	14	17.9%	24	30.8%	1
19	Craig Hentrich	GNB	26	P	16	0	75	3378	45.0	255	2703	36.0	65	21	28.0%	26	34.7%	0
20	Mitch Berger	MIN	25	P	14	0	73	3133	42.9	545	2488	34.1	65	5	6.8%	22	30.1%	0
21	Reggie Roby	TEN	36	P	16	0	73	3049	41.8	430	2599	35.6	59	1	1.4%	25	34.2%	0
22	Brian Hansen	NYJ	37	P	15	0	71	3068	43.2	429	2539	35.3	58	5	7.0%	21	29.6%	1
23	Chris Gardocki	IND	27	P	16	0	67	3034	45.3	491	2423	36.2	72	6	9.0%	18	26.9%	0
24	Bryan Barker*+	JAX	33	P	16	0	66	2964	44.9	241	2563	38.8	64	8	12.1%	27	40.9%	0
25	Josh Miller	PIT	27	P	16	0	64	2729	42.6	271	2238	35.0	72	11	17.2%	17	26.6%	0
26	Tom Rouen	DEN	29	P	16	0	60	2598	43.3	235	2283	38.1	57	4	6.7%	22	36.7%	0
27	Sean Landeta	TAM	35	P	10	0	54	2274	42.1	278	1876	34.1	74	6	11.1%	15	27.8%	1
28	Mike Horan	STL	38	P	10	0	53	2272	42.9	266	1926	36.3	60	4	7.5%	10	18.9%	0
29	John Kidd	MIA	36	P	13	0	52	2247	43.2	243	1924	37.0	58	4	7.7%	13	25.0%	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
30	Rick Tuten	SEA	32	P	11	0	48	2007	41.8	161	1746	36.4	65	5	10.4%	15	31.3%	0
31	Will Brice	STL	23	P	6	0	41	1713	41.8	352	1281	30.5	61	4	9.8%	6	14.6%	1
32	Tommy Barnhardt	TAM	34	P	6	0	29	1304	45.0	110	1134	39.1	61	3	10.3%	12	41.4%	0
33	Rohn Stark	SEA	38	P	4	0	20	813	40.7	236	537	26.9	52	2	10.0%	7	35.0%	0
34	Kyle Richardson	2TM	24	P	5	0	19	804	42.3	142	602	28.7	54	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	2
35	Randall Cunningham	MIN	34	QB	6	3	8	274	34.3	21	253	31.6	65	0	0.0%	3	37.5%	0
36	Olindo Mare	MIA	24	K	16	0	5	235	47.0	4	231	46.2	53	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	0
37	John Hall	NYJ	23	K	16	0	3	144	48.0	30	114	38.0	57	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
38	Al Del Greco	TEN	35	K	16	0	1	32	32.0	0	12	12.0	32	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0
39	Jeff Jaeger	CHI	33	K	16	0	1	18	18.0	0	18	18.0	18	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
40	Pete Stoyanovich	KAN	30	K	16	0	1	24	24.0	0	24	24.0	24	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0

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