1997 Jacksonville Jaguars Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Tom Coughlin (11-5)
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
1997 Jacksonville Jaguars RosterTeam Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Tom Coughlin (11-5)
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
1997 Jacksonville Jaguars Results
The Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Jacksonville piled up points with 394 points, while the defense conceded 318. Mark Brunell directed the offense, throwing for 3,281 yards. Keenan McCardell paced the receiving corps, catching 85 passes, while Jimmy Smith accumulated 1,324 receiving yards.
Natrone Means rushed for a team-best 823 yards for the Jaguars.
Deon Figures picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Clyde Simmons sacked quarterbacks 8.5 times, topping a defense credited with 47 sacks.
Tom Coughlin coached the team. The 1997 Jacksonville Jaguars lost in the Wild Card.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Mark Brunell | 435 | 264 | 60.7 | 3281 | 7.5 | 18 | 4.1 | 7 | 1.6 | 75 | 33 | 189 | 91.2 | Rob Johnson | 28 | 22 | 78.6 | 344 | 12.3 | 2 | 7.1 | 2 | 7.1 | 40 | 6 | 29 | 111.9 | Steve Matthews | 40 | 26 | 65.0 | 275 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 84.9 | Bryan Barker | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 504 | 313 | 62.1 | 3922 | 7.8 | 20 | 4.0 | 9 | 1.8 | 75 | 40 | 218 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Natrone Means | 244 | 823 | 3.4 | 20 | 9 | James Stewart | 136 | 555 | 4.1 | 33 | 8 | Mark Brunell | 48 | 257 | 5.4 | 15 | 2 | Rob Johnson | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 25 | 1 | Ty Hallock | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 | Willie Jackson | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 | Steve Matthews | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Daimon Shelton | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | Randy Jordan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Bryan Barker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 454 | 1720 | 3.8 | 33 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Keenan McCardell | 85 | 1164 | 13.7 | 60 | 5 | Jimmy Smith | 82 | 1324 | 16.1 | 75 | 4 | James Stewart | 41 | 336 | 8.2 | 40 | 1 | Pete Mitchell | 35 | 380 | 10.9 | 33 | 4 | Ty Hallock | 18 | 131 | 7.3 | 23 | 1 | Willie Jackson | 17 | 206 | 12.1 | 45 | 2 | Natrone Means | 15 | 104 | 6.9 | 21 | 0 | Derek Brown | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 21 | 1 | Damon Jones | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 26 | 2 | Reggie Barlow | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 29 | 0 | Dana Hall | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Will Moore | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 313 | 3922 | 12.5 | 75 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Mike Hollis | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 36 | 31 | 86.1 | 134 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 36 | 31 | 86.1 | 134 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bryan Barker | 66 | 2964 | 44.9 | 64 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 66 | 2964 | 44.9 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Willie Jackson | 32 | 653 | 20.4 | 38 | 0 | Reggie Barlow | 10 | 267 | 26.7 | 92 | 1 | Mike Logan | 10 | 236 | 23.6 | 39 | 0 | Will Moore | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | Pete Mitchell | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 | Chris Parker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Travis Davis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Ty Hallock | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 58 | 1233 | 21.3 | 92 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Deon Figures | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 32 | 0 | Chris Hudson | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 23 | 0 | Dave Thomas | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 | Travis Davis | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Jeff Kopp | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Aaron Beasley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Eddie Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 14 | 145 | 10.4 | 32 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Clyde Simmons | 8.5 | 0.0 | Tony Brackens | 7.0 | 0.0 | Joel Smeenge | 6.5 | 0.0 | Jeff Lageman | 5.0 | 0.0 | Don Davey | 3.0 | 0.0 | Kelvin Pritchett | 3.0 | 0.0 | Kevin Hardy | 2.5 | 0.0 | Renaldo Wynn | 2.5 | 0.0 | Eddie Robinson | 2.0 | 0.0 | Travis Davis | 2.0 | 0.0 | Brant Boyer | 1.5 | 0.0 | James Hamilton | 1.0 | 0.0 | Esera Tuaolo | 1.0 | 0.0 | Jeff Kopp | 1.0 | 0.0 | Bryan Schwartz | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 47.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Dave Thomas | 82 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Travis Davis | 82.5 | 72 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | Bryan Schwartz | 68.5 | 58 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Deon Figures | 57 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Robinson | 65 | 55 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Hardy | 51.5 | 48 | 7 | 0 | Tony Brackens | 42.5 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Clyde Simmons | 37 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Joel Smeenge | 30.5 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aaron Beasley | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Renaldo Wynn | 25.5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Lageman | 25 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kelvin Pritchett | 26 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Davey | 23 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Brant Boyer | 21 | 18 | 6 | 0 | Esera Tuaolo | 14.5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | Seth Payne | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | Dana Hall | 11.5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Jeff Kopp | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Devine | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Mike Logan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Jose White | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | James Hamilton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | John Jurkovic | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Ricky Parker | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bucky Brooks | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Chris Hudson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | Jimmy Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Widell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Reggie Barlow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bryan Barker | 1 | 0 | -19 | 0 | 0 | Natrone Means | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Matthews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Daimon Shelton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Brunell | 4 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 732 | 656 | 152 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 17 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Mike Hollis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 41 | 0 | 134 | James Stewart | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Natrone Means | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Keenan McCardell | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Pete Mitchell | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jimmy Smith | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Willie Jackson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | Mark Brunell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Chris Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Damon Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Reggie Barlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ty Hallock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Derek Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rob Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 394 |
