1997 Indianapolis Colts Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-13
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Lindy Infante (3-13)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

1997 Indianapolis Colts Roster
1997 Indianapolis Colts Results

The Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.

The Colts scored 313 points, but the defense allowed 401. Jim Harbaugh tossed for 2,060 yards, and Paul Justin took a significant amount of snaps, too. Marvin Harrison topped pass catchers, grabbing 73 passes for 866 yards. Sean Dawkins provided receiving help also.

Marshall Faulk carried the ball for a team-leading 1,054 yards for Indianapolis.

Carlton Gray, Jason Belser and Quentin Coryatt each snatched 2 opponent throws. Dan Footman led the defensive unit with 10.5 quarterback sacks.

Lindy Infante coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim Harbaugh	309	189	61.2	2060	6.7	10	3.2	4	1.3	58	41	256	86.2
Paul Justin	140	83	59.3	1046	7.5	5	3.6	5	3.6	44	10	86	79.6
Kelly Holcomb	73	45	61.6	454	6.2	1	1.4	8	11.0	41	11	76	44.3
Lamont Warren	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	523	317	60.6	3560	6.8	16	3.1	17	3.3	58	62	418

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Marshall Faulk	264	1054	4.0	45	7
Zack Crockett	95	300	3.2	20	1
Jim Harbaugh	36	206	5.7	18	0
Lamont Warren	28	80	2.9	11	2
Clif Groce	10	66	6.6	29	0
Aaron Bailey	3	20	6.7	18	0
Kelly Holcomb	5	5	1.0	3	0
Paul Justin	6	2	0.3	3	0
Roosevelt Potts	1	1	1.0	1	0
Marvin Harrison	2	-7	-3.5	0	0
Totals	450	1727	3.8	45	10

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Marvin Harrison	73	866	11.9	44	6
Sean Dawkins	68	804	11.8	51	2
Marshall Faulk	47	471	10.0	58	1
Ken Dilger	27	380	14.1	43	3
Aaron Bailey	26	329	12.7	22	3
Brian Stablein	25	253	10.1	30	1
Lamont Warren	20	192	9.6	31	0
Zack Crockett	15	112	7.5	19	0
Marcus Pollard	10	116	11.6	28	0
Scott Slutzker	3	22	7.3	11	0
Chris Doering	2	12	6.0	8	0
Tarik Glenn	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	317	3560	11.2	58	16

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Cary Blanchard	21	21	100.0	41	32	78.0	117
Totals	21	21	100.0	41	32	78.0	117

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Chris Gardocki	67	3034	45.3	72
Totals	67	3034	45.3	72

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Brian Stablein	17	133	7.8	20
Nate Jacquet	13	96	7.4	17
Aaron Bailey	1	19	19.0	19
Totals	31	248	8.0	20

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Aaron Bailey	55	1206	21.9	61
Nate Jacquet	8	156	19.5	27
Leon Neal	1	23	23.0	23
Chris Hetherington	2	23	11.5	23
Lamont Warren	1	19	19.0	19
Clif Groce	1	15	15.0	15
Totals	68	1442	21.2	61

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jason Belser	2	121	60.5	50	1
Quentin Coryatt	2	3	1.5	3	0
Carlton Gray	2	0	0.0	0	0
Elijah Alexander	1	43	43.0	43	1
Dedric Mathis	1	31	31.0	31	0
Ellis Johnson	1	18	18.0	18	0
Rico Clark	1	14	14.0	14	0
Steve Morrison	1	2	2.0	2	0
Robert Blackmon	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	12	234	19.5	50	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Dan Footman	10.5
Ellis Johnson	4.5
Albert Fontenot	4.5
Robert Blackmon	3.0
Tony Bennett	3.0
Tony McCoy	2.5
Quentin Coryatt	2.0
Sammie Burroughs	1.0
Elijah Alexander	1.0
Kendel Shello	1.0
Steve Morrison	1.0
Monty Montgomery	1.0
Jason Belser	1.0
Totals	36.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Jason Belser	80.5	67	27	0	0	0	0	0	1
Quentin Coryatt	69.5	59	21	0	0	0	0	0	2
Elijah Alexander	59	52	14	0	0	0	0	0	1
Robert Blackmon	56.5	48	17	0	0	1	18	1	2
Ellis Johnson	47	38	18	0	0	2	0	0	1
Dan Footman	40	36	8		0	2	14	0	1
Tony McCoy	44	35	18					0
Bernard Whittington	40	35	10					0
Steve Grant	36.5	29	15		0	1	0	0	0
Dedric Mathis	30.5	27	7	0				0
Ray McElroy	28.5	24	9		0	0	0	0	1
Albert Fontenot	34	22	24		0	3	35	1	2
Steve Morrison	30.5	22	17	0	0	2	27	0	0
Sammie Burroughs	24.5	20	9					0
Carlton Gray	22	20	4	0				0
Monty Montgomery	21	19	4		0	0	0	0	1
Damon Watts	20.5	17	7					0
Tony Bennett	15.5	14	3		0	0	0	0	2
Scott Von der Ahe	15	14	2					0
Steve Martin	12.5	9	7					0
Rico Clark	7.5	7	1	0				0
David Tate	7.5	6	3					0
Derwin Gray	6.5	4	5					0
Kendel Shello	3.5	3	1					0
Carl Powell	3	3	0					0
Scott Slutzker					0	2	0	0	0
Tony Mandarich					0	1	0	0	0
Kelly Holcomb					4	1	-8	0	0
Aaron Bailey					2	1	0	0	0
Jim Harbaugh					4	1	0	0	0
Lamont Warren					0	1	0	0	0
Marvin Harrison					2	1	5	0	0
Tarik Glenn					0	1	0	0	0
Marshall Faulk					5	1	0	0	0
Nate Jacquet					1	1	0	0	0
Jay Leeuwenburg					1	0	-20	0	0
Paul Justin					1	0	0	0	0
Zack Crockett					3	0	0	0	0
Totals	755.5	630	251	0	23	22	71	2	14

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Cary Blanchard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	21	0			117
Marshall Faulk	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Marvin Harrison	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		40
Ken Dilger	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Aaron Bailey	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Sean Dawkins	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Lamont Warren	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Brian Stablein	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		8
Zack Crockett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Albert Fontenot	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Elijah Alexander	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ray McElroy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			6
Jason Belser	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Robert Blackmon	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Marcus Pollard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2
Totals	10	16	0	0	0	2	2	1	32	21	0	4	0	311