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Head Coach : Barry Switzer 1997 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, Tx.

1997 Team Roster
8 Troy Aikman QB
73 Larry Allen AP, PB G
96 Antonio Anderson DT
40 Bill Bates DB
91 Darrin Benson DT
86 Eric Bjornson TE
19 Macey Brooks WR
98 Shante Carver DE
75 Tony Casillas DT
52 Dexter Coakley LB
3 Richie Cunningham AP K
35 Wendell Davis DB
87 Billy Davis WR
63 John Flannery G
81 Scott Galbraith TE
17 Jason Garrett QB
56 Randall Godfrey LB
4 Toby Gowin P
69 George Hegamin T
70 Dale Hellestrae C
58 Nate Hemsley LB
95 Chad Hennings DT
66 Tony Hutson T
88 Michael Irvin WR
48 Daryl Johnston FB
89 David LaFluer TE
78 Leon Lett DT
31 Brock Marion DB
23 Kevin Mathis CB
99 Hurvin McCormack DT
83 Anthony Miller WR
27 Singor Mobley DB
61 Nate Newton G
97 Kavika Pittman DE
41 John Reece DB
21 Deion Sanders AP, PB DB
77 Steve Scifres T
50 Clay Shiver C
22 Emmitt Smith RB
26 Kevin Smith DB
57 Vinson Smith LB
24 Omar Stoutmire DB
55 Fred Strickland LB
45 Nicky Sualua FB
51 Broderick Thomas LB
92 Tony Tolbert DE
71 Mark Tuinei T
37 Lee Vaughn DB
34 Herschel Walker RB
30 Kenny Wheaton DB
42 Charlie Williams DB
79 Erik Williams PB T
20 Sherman Williams RB
80 Stepfret Williams WR
18 Wade Wilson QB
28 Darren Woodson PB DB
*starters - all pro - probowl

1997 Draft

1 David LaFluer TE LSU
3 Dexter Coakley LB Appalachian State
3 Steve Scifres T Wyoming
3 Kenny Wheaton DB Oregon
4 Antonio Anderson DT Syracuse
4 Macey Brooks WR James Madison
4 Nicky Sualua FB Ohio State
6 Lee Vaughn DB Wyoming
7 Omar Stoutmire DB Fresno State

1997 Schedule
Aug. 31 at Pittsburgh 37-7
Sept. 7 at Arizona 25-22ot
Sept. 15

PHILADELPHIA

 21-20
Sept. 28 CHICAGO 27-3
Oct. 5 at NY Giants 20-17
Oct. 13 at Washington 21-16
Oct. 19 JACKSONVILLE 26-22
Oct. 26 at Philadelphia 13-12
Nov. 2 at San Francisco 17-10
Nov. 9 ARIZONA 24-6
Nov. 16

WASHINGTON

 17-14
Nov. 23 at Green Bay 45-17
Dec. 27 TENNESSEE 27-14
Dec. 8 CAROLINA 23-13
Dec. 14 at Cincinnati 31-24
Dec. 21 NY GIANTS 20-7

1997 NFC East Standings
NYG 10 5 1 .666
WAS 8 7 1 .533
PHI 6 9 1 .400
DAL 6 10 0 .375
ARI 4 12 0 .250

1997 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 553 314 56.8 3141 6.3 12 19
OPP 473 253 53.5 2522 5.7 10 20
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 423 1637 3.9 6 304 19.0
OPP 511 1994 3.9 12 314 19.6

Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Cunningham

 34/37 24/24 126

Gowin

 0/1 0/0 0
DAL 34/38 24/24 126
OPP 20/27 34/34 94

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Walker 50 1167 23.3 49 0
Marion 10 311 31.1 49 0
Galbraith 2 24 12.0 11 0
Sanders 1 18 18.0 18 0
DAL 63 1520 24.1 49 0
OPP 65 1172 18.0 34 0










Passing
  Att Comp Yds % Avg TD Int Rtg
Aikman 518 292 3283 56.4 6.34 19 12 78.0
Wilson 21 12 115 57.1 5.47 0 0 72.5
Garrett 14 10 56 71.4 4.00 0 0 78.3
DAL 553 314 3454 56.8 6.25 19 12 77.8
OPP 473 253 2717 53.5 5.74 20 7 78.5

Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
E.Smith 261 1074 4.1 44 4
Sh.Williams 121 468 3.9 18 2
Aikman 25 79 3.2 13 0
Walker 6 20 3.3 11 0
Miller 1 6 6.0 6 0
Johnston 2 3 1.5 3 0
Wilson 6 -2 -0.3 3 0
Sanders 1 -11 -11.0 -11 0
DAL 423 1637 3.9 44 6
OPP 511 1994 3.9 31 12

Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Irvin 75 1180 15.7 55 9
Bjornson 47 442 9.4 32 0
Miller 46 645 14.0 54 4
E.Smith 40 234 5.9 24 0
St.Williams 30 308 10.3 20 1
Sh.Williams 21 159 7.6 18 0
Johnston 18 166 9.2 21 1
LaFleur 18 122 6.8 17 2
Walker 14 149 10.6 64t 2
B.Davis 3 33 11.0 12 0
Galbraith 2 16 8.0 11 0
DAL 314 3454 11.0 64t 19
OPP 253 2717 10.7 61 20

Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Sanders 2 81 40.5 50t 1
Stoutmire 2 8 4.0 8 0
K.Smith 1 21 21.0 21 0
Woodson 1 14 14.0 14 0
Coakley 1 6 6.0 6 0
DAL 7 130 18.6 50t 1
OPP 12 211 17.6 61t 1

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
Gowin 86 3592 41.8 9 26 72 0 35.4
OPP 95 4142 43.6 10 27 66 0 36.0

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Sanders 33 12 407 12.3 83t 1
Mathis 11 2 91 8.3 45 0
St.Williams 2 0 14 7.0 14 0
Pittman 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 47 14 512 10.9 83t 1
OPP 40 19 365 9.1 37 0