1997 Carolina Panthers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dom Capers (7-9)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

1997 Carolina Panthers Roster
1997 Carolina Panthers Results

The Carolina Panthers of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

Carolina stumbled, scoring only 265 points, while the defense surrendered 314. Kerry Collins passed for 2,124 yards. Wesley Walls snagged 58 passes for 746 yards. Rae Carruth was targeted regularly, too.

Fred Lane carried the ball for a team-best 809 yards for the Panthers.

Eric Davis picked off 5 opponent throws. Micheal Barrow sacked quarterbacks 8.5 times.

Dom Capers coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Kerry Collins	381	200	52.5	2124	5.6	11	2.9	21	5.5	59	27	200	55.7
Steve Beuerlein	153	89	58.2	1032	6.7	6	3.9	3	2.0	52	17	111	83.6
Totals	534	289	54.1	3156	5.9	17	3.2	24	4.5	59	44	311

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Fred Lane	182	809	4.4	50	7
Anthony Johnson	97	358	3.7	20	0
Tim Biakabutuka	75	299	4.0	26	2
Scott Greene	45	157	3.5	10	1
Kerry Collins	26	65	2.5	21	1
Steve Beuerlein	4	32	8.0	20	0
Rocket Ismail	4	32	8.0	18	0
Rae Carruth	6	23	3.8	6	0
Winslow Oliver	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ken Walter	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Totals	441	1770	4.0	50	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Wesley Walls	58	746	12.9	52	6
Rae Carruth	44	545	12.4	52	4
Scott Greene	40	277	6.9	25	1
Rocket Ismail	36	419	11.6	59	2
Mark Carrier	33	436	13.2	36	2
Muhsin Muhammad	27	317	11.7	38	0
Anthony Johnson	21	158	7.5	25	1
Ernie Mills	11	127	11.5	37	1
Fred Lane	8	27	3.4	7	0
Winslow Oliver	6	47	7.8	11	0
Kris Mangum	4	56	14.0	22	0
Walter Rasby	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	289	3156	10.9	59	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
John Kasay	25	25	100.0	26	22	84.6	91
Totals	25	25	100.0	26	22	84.6	91

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ken Walter	85	3604	42.4	62
Totals	85	3604	42.4	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tyrone Poole	26	191	7.3	40
Winslow Oliver	14	111	7.9	26
Michael Bates	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	41	310	7.6	40

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Michael Bates	47	1281	27.3	56
Dwight Stone	3	76	25.3	37
Ernie Mills	4	65	16.2	33
Walter Rasby	3	32	10.7	12
Scott Greene	3	18	6.0	8
Sam Mills	2	12	6.0	12
Frank Garcia	1	11	11.0	11
Tyrone Poole	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	64	1500	23.4	56

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eric Davis	5	25	5.0	17
Chad Cota	2	28	14.0	15
Tyrone Poole	2	0	0.0	0
Sam Mills	1	18	18.0	18
Lamar Lathon	1	1	1.0	1
Totals	11	72	6.5	18

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Micheal Barrow	8.5
Les Miller	5.5
Andre Royal	5.0
Mike Minter	3.5
Greg Kragen	2.0
Shawn King	2.0
Lamar Lathon	2.0
Toi Cook	1.0
Chad Cota	1.0
Renaldo Turnbull	1.0
Tyrone Poole	1.0
Tarek Saleh	1.0
Ray Seals	1.0
Israel Raybon	0.5
Totals	35.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Chad Cota	101.5	86	31	0	0	1	0	0
Sam Mills	85.5	72	27	0	1	0	0	1
Micheal Barrow	78.5	68	21		0	2	0	3
Andre Royal	66.5	60	13		0	1	0	3
Mike Minter	61	53	16		0	2	0	1
Tyrone Poole	50	48	4	0	3	3	11	1
Greg Kragen	49.5	45	9
Les Miller	48.5	45	7		0	1	3	0
Lamar Lathon	49.5	44	11	0	0	0	0	2
Eric Davis	38	35	6	0	0	1	2	0
Pat Terrell	36.5	30	13		0	1	0	0
Ray Seals	20	19	2		0	0	0	1
Rod Smith	16	16	0
Renaldo Turnbull	13.5	11	5
Mike Fox	13	11	4
Toi Cook	11	10	2
Shawn King	10.5	10	1
Carlton Bailey	10	9	2
Israel Raybon	5.5	5	1
Tim Morabito	4.5	3	3		0	1	0	0
Kinnon Tatum	3	3	0
Percell Gaskins	3	3	0
Gerald Williams	1	0	2
Anthony Johnson					2	2	0	0
Kerry Collins					8	2	-14	0
Fred Lane					4	2	0	0
Michael Bates					4	2	0	0
Dwight Stone					0	1	0	0
Mark Carrier					1	0	0	0
Rae Carruth					2	0	0	0
Scott Greene					1	0	0	0
Steve Beuerlein					1	0	0	0
Winslow Oliver					2	0	0	0
Tim Biakabutuka					1	0	0	0
Totals	776	686	180	0	30	22	2	12

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
John Kasay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	25	0			91
Fred Lane	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Wesley Walls	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Rae Carruth	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Rocket Ismail	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Scott Greene	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Mark Carrier	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Tim Biakabutuka	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Anthony Johnson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		8
Kerry Collins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ernie Mills	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Muhsin Muhammad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2
Dwight Stone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Totals	11	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	25	0	2	1	265