1997 Dallas Cowboys Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Barry Switzer (6-10)
Location: Dallas, Texas

1997 Dallas Cowboys Roster
1997 Dallas Cowboys Results

The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

Dallas chalked up 304 points, while the defense surrendered 314. Troy Aikman led the charge, passing for 3,283 yards. Michael Irvin paced all receivers, hauling in 75 passes for 1,180 yards.

Emmitt Smith ran for a team-best 1,074 yards for the Cowboys.

Deion Sanders and Omar Stoutmire each picked off 2 opponent throws. Shante Carver sacked quarterbacks 6 times.

Barry Switzer coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Troy Aikman	518	292	56.4	3283	6.3	19	3.7	12	2.3	64	33	269	78.0
Wade Wilson	21	12	57.1	115	5.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	32	4	26	72.5
Jason Garrett	14	10	71.4	56	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	2	18	78.3
Totals	553	314	56.8	3454	6.2	19	3.4	12	2.2	64	39	313

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Emmitt Smith	261	1074	4.1	44	4
Sherman Williams	121	468	3.9	18	2
Troy Aikman	25	79	3.2	13	0
Herschel Walker	6	20	3.3	11	0
Anthony Miller	1	6	6.0	6	0
Daryl Johnston	2	3	1.5	3	0
Wade Wilson	6	-2	-0.3	3	0
Deion Sanders	1	-11	-11.0	-11	0
Totals	423	1637	3.9	44	6

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Michael Irvin	75	1180	15.7	55	9
Eric Bjornson	47	442	9.4	32	0
Anthony Miller	46	645	14.0	54	4
Emmitt Smith	40	234	5.8	24	0
Stepfret Williams	30	308	10.3	20	1
Sherman Williams	21	159	7.6	18	0
Daryl Johnston	18	166	9.2	21	1
David LaFleur	18	122	6.8	17	2
Herschel Walker	14	149	10.6	64	2
Billy Davis	3	33	11.0	12	0
Scott Galbraith	2	16	8.0	11	0
Totals	314	3454	11.0	64	19

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Richie Cunningham	24	24	100.0	37	34	91.9	126
Toby Gowin				1		0.0	0
Totals	24	24	100.0	38	34	89.5	126

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Toby Gowin	86	3592	41.8	72
Totals	86	3592	41.8	72

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Deion Sanders	33	407	12.3	83	1
Kevin Mathis	11	91	8.3	45	0
Stepfret Williams	2	14	7.0	14	0
Kavika Pittman	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	47	512	10.9	83	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Herschel Walker	50	1167	23.3	49
Brock Marion	10	311	31.1	49
Scott Galbraith	2	24	12.0	13
Deion Sanders	1	18	18.0	18
Totals	63	1520	24.1	49

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Deion Sanders	2	81	40.5	50	1
Omar Stoutmire	2	8	4.0	8	0
Kevin Smith	1	21	21.0	21	0
Darren Woodson	1	14	14.0	14	0
Dexter Coakley	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	7	130	18.6	50	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Shante Carver	6.0
Tony Tolbert	5.0
Chad Hennings	4.5
Broderick Thomas	3.5
Tony Casillas	3.0
Dexter Coakley	2.5
Darren Woodson	2.0
Charlie Williams	2.0
Antonio Anderson	2.0
Omar Stoutmire	2.0
Kavika Pittman	1.0
Vinson Smith	1.0
Bill Bates	1.0
Randall Godfrey	1.0
Hurvin McCormack	0.5
Leon Lett	0.5
Fred Strickland	0.5
Totals	38.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Brock Marion	108.5	100	17		0	1	13	0	0
Fred Strickland	82	69	26		0	2	0	0	0
Dexter Coakley	79	69	20	0	0	1	16	1	1
Randall Godfrey	81.5	66	31		0	1	0	0	0
Darren Woodson	63	53	20	0	1	2	0	0	2
Kevin Smith	50.5	47	7	0	0	0	0	0	3
Omar Stoutmire	42	38	8	0	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Tolbert	36.5	30	13		0	0	0	0	2
Deion Sanders	31.5	30	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Shante Carver	34	28	12		0	0	0	0	1
Chad Hennings	28.5	26	5		0	1	4	1	0
Tony Casillas	30	22	16					0
Antonio Anderson	22.5	19	7					0
Broderick Thomas	20.5	18	5		0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Mathis	15.5	15	1		2	2	0	0	0
Vinson Smith	16.5	14	5		0	0	0	0	1
Leon Lett	10.5	10	1					0
Hurvin McCormack	10.5	8	5					0
Charlie Williams	9.5	8	3					0
Bill Bates	6.5	6	1					0
Kavika Pittman	4.5	4	1					0
Darren Benson	3.5	3	1					0
Kenny Wheaton	2.5	2	1					0
Wendell Davis	2	2	0		0	2	0	0	0
Singor Mobley	2	2	0					0
Darryl Hardy	2	1	2					0
Herschel Walker					0	2	0	0	0
Emmitt Smith					1	1	0	0	0
George Hegamin					0	1	0	0	0
Clay Shiver					2	1	0	0	0
Sherman Williams					5	1	0	0	0
Nate Newton					0	1	0	0	0
Anthony Miller					1	1	0	0	0
Daryl Johnston					1	0	0	0	0
David LaFleur					1	0	0	0	0
Troy Aikman					6	0	-5	0	0
Eric Bjornson					2	0	0	0	0
Totals	795.5	690	211	0	23	22	28	2	10

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Richie Cunningham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	24	0			126
Michael Irvin	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Emmitt Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		26
Anthony Miller	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Deion Sanders	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			12
Herschel Walker	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
David LaFleur	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Sherman Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Dexter Coakley	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Chad Hennings	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Daryl Johnston	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Stepfret Williams	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Eric Bjornson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2
Totals	6	19	1	0	0	1	2	0	34	24	0	2	0	304