1997 Canadian Football League Leaders

1997 Canadian Football League Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1997 Canadian Football League Standings

Passing Touchdown Leaders

Player	Team	TD	Att	Comp	Yds	INT
Doug Flutie	Toronto Argonauts	47	673	430	5505	24
Jeff Garcia	Calgary Stampeders	33	566	354	4573	14
Tracy Ham	Montreal Alouettes	23	460	261	3687	12
Danny McManus	Edmonton Eskimos	22	488	293	4099	19
Damon Allen	BC Lions	21	583	378	4653	11
Chris Vargas	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	15	385	201	2618	20
Anthony Calvillo	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12	278	160	2177	11
Reggie Slack	Saskatchewan Roughriders	9	326	172	2423	13
Kevin Mason	Saskatchewan Roughriders	8	228	115	1798	18
Kevin McDougal	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	162	98	1274	8

Passing Yardage Leaders

Player	Team	Yds	Att	Comp	TD	INT
Doug Flutie	Toronto Argonauts	5505	673	430	47	24
Damon Allen	BC Lions	4653	583	378	21	11
Jeff Garcia	Calgary Stampeders	4573	566	354	33	14
Danny McManus	Edmonton Eskimos	4099	488	293	22	19
Tracy Ham	Montreal Alouettes	3687	460	261	23	12
Chris Vargas	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	2618	385	201	15	20
Reggie Slack	Saskatchewan Roughriders	2423	326	172	9	13
Anthony Calvillo	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	2177	278	160	12	11
Kevin Mason	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1798	228	115	8	18
Rickey Foggie	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	1345	179	99	5	8

Rushing Yardage Leaders

Player	Team	Yds	TD	Long
Mike Pringle	Montreal Alouettes	1775	12	60
Robert Drummond	Toronto Argonauts	1134	12	78
Ron Williams	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1120	16	52
Kelvin Anderson	Calgary Stampeders	1088	9	34
Sean Millington	BC Lions	865	5	54
Damon Allen	BC Lions	837	8	28
Jeff Garcia	Calgary Stampeders	727	7	28
Eric Blount	Edmonton Eskimos	672	0	24
Archie Amerson	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	630	4	64

Rushing Touchdown Leaders

Player	Team	TD	Yds	Long
Ron Williams	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	1120	52
Tony Burse	Edmonton Eskimos	13	254	26
Robert Drummond	Toronto Argonauts	12	1134	78
Mike Pringle	Montreal Alouettes	12	1775	60
Kelvin Anderson	Calgary Stampeders	9	1088	34
Damon Allen	BC Lions	8	837	28
Jeff Garcia	Calgary Stampeders	7	727	28
Tracy Ham	Montreal Alouettes	6	584	41
Doug Flutie	Toronto Argonauts	5	542	34
Sean Millington	BC Lions	5	865	54
Mike Saunders	Saskatchewan Roughriders	5	586	36

Receiving Leaders

Player	Team	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Michael Clemons	Toronto Argonauts	122	1085	10	56
Vince Danielsen	Calgary Stampeders	91	1174	6	52
Darren Flutie	Edmonton Eskimos	90	1313	9	51
Jock Climie	Montreal Alouettes	89	1214	6	43
Robert Drummond	Toronto Argonauts	85	840	6	75
Terry Vaughn	Calgary Stampeders	81	1020	9	37
Chris Armstrong	Montreal Alouettes	80	1411	12	65
Alfred Jackson	BC Lions	79	1322	10	73
Paul Masotti	Toronto Argonauts	77	1011	5	51
Derrell Mitchell	Toronto Argonauts	77	1457	17	71

Receiving Yardage Leaders

Player	Team	Yds	Rec	TD	Long
Milt Stegall	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1616	61	14	105
Derrell Mitchell	Toronto Argonauts	1457	77	17	71
Chris Armstrong	Montreal Alouettes	1411	80	12	65
Alfred Jackson	BC Lions	1322	79	10	73
Darren Flutie	Edmonton Eskimos	1313	90	9	51
Jock Climie	Montreal Alouettes	1214	89	6	43
Vince Danielsen	Calgary Stampeders	1174	91	6	52
Michael Clemons	Toronto Argonauts	1085	122	10	56
Bob Gordon	Edmonton Eskimos	1073	71	7	39
Terry Vaughn	Calgary Stampeders	1020	81	9	37

Receiving Touchdown Leaders

Player	Team	TD	Rec	Yds	Long
Derrell Mitchell	Toronto Argonauts	17	77	1457	71
Milt Stegall	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14	61	1616	105
Chris Armstrong	Montreal Alouettes	12	80	1411	65
Michael Clemons	Toronto Argonauts	10	122	1085	56
Alfred Jackson	BC Lions	10	79	1322	73
Darren Flutie	Edmonton Eskimos	9	90	1313	51
Allen Pitts	Calgary Stampeders	9	53	885	43
Terry Vaughn	Calgary Stampeders	9	81	1020	37
Bob Gordon	Edmonton Eskimos	7	71	1073	39
Jock Climie	Montreal Alouettes	6	89	1214	43
Vince Danielsen	Calgary Stampeders	6	91	1174	52
Robert Drummond	Toronto Argonauts	6	85	840	75
Travis Moore	Calgary Stampeders	6	72	931	41

Interception Leaders

Player	Team	Int	Yds	TD	Long
Orlondo Steinauer	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7	184	1	82
Kavis Reed	Edmonton Eskimos	7	183	2	59
Les Smith	Toronto Argonauts	6	104	1	42
Glenn Rogers	Edmonton Eskimos	6	94	0	34
Brandon Hamilton	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	5	105	0	43
Tommy Henry	Edmonton Eskimos	5	100	0	45
Adrion Smith	Toronto Argonauts	5	73	1	37
Johnnie Harris	Toronto Argonauts	5	72	0	53
Rob Hitchcock	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	5	43	0	29
Douglas Craft	Montreal Alouettes	5	2	0	2

Sack Leaders

Player	Team	Sacks	Yds	Avg.
Elfrid Payton	Montreal Alouettes	14	107	7.6
Shonte Peoples	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	13	114	8.8
Willie Whitehead	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	13	104	8.0
Troy Alexander	Saskatchewan Roughriders	10	73	7.3
Bobby Jurasin	Saskatchewan Roughriders	10	59	5.9
Virgil Robertson	BC Lions	9	71	7.9
Malvin Hunter	Edmonton Eskimos	9	49	5.4
Joe Fleming	BC Lions	9	48	5.3
Joe Montford	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	8	86	10.8
Tyrone Rodgers	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8	60	7.5
DeWayne Patterson	Calgary Stampeders	8	52	6.5
Dave Chaytors	BC Lions	8	47	5.9
Andrew Stewart	Toronto Argonauts	8	45	5.6

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