1997 New York Giants Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-5-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Jim Fassel (10-5-1)
Location: New York, New York

1997 New York Giants Roster
1997 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 10 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

The Giants racked up 307 points, and the solid defense yielded 265. Charles Way ran for a team-leading 698 yards for New York, and Tyrone Wheatley additionally aided the ground game.

Danny Kanell tossed for 1,740 yards, and Dave Brown took a significant amount of snaps, too. Chris Calloway hauled in 58 passes for 849 yards.

The opportunistic defense created 44 turnovers, topping in the league. Jason Sehorn picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Michael Strahan topped pass rushers with 14 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 54 sacks.

Jim Fassel coached the team. The 1997 New York Giants 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
Danny Kanell	294	156	53.1	1740	5.9	11	3.7	9	3.1	68	19	171	70.7
Dave Brown	180	93	51.7	1023	5.7	5	2.8	3	1.7	62	13	67	71.1
Totals	474	249	52.5	2763	5.8	16	3.4	12	2.5	68	32	238

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Charles Way	151	698	4.6	42	4
Tyrone Wheatley	152	583	3.8	38	4
Tiki Hakeem-Ah Barber	136	511	3.8	42	3
Rodney Hampton	23	81	3.5	22	1
Erric Pegram	19	72	3.8	6	1
Dave Brown	17	29	1.7	7	1
Eric Lane	5	13	2.6	6	0
David Patten	1	2	2.0	2	0
Danny Kanell	15	2	0.1	8	0
Chris Calloway	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Mike Cherry	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	521	1988	3.8	42	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Chris Calloway	58	849	14.6	68	8
Charles Way	37	304	8.2	62	1
Tiki Hakeem-Ah Barber	34	299	8.8	29	1
Howard Cross	21	150	7.1	26	2
Erric Pegram	19	83	4.4	14	0
Kevin Alexander	18	276	15.3	40	1
Amani Toomer	16	263	16.4	56	1
Tyrone Wheatley	16	140	8.8	27	0
David Patten	13	226	17.4	40	2
Aaron Pierce	10	47	4.7	14	0
Thomas Lewis	5	84	16.8	34	0
Ike Hilliard	2	42	21.0	23	0
Totals	249	2763	11.1	68	16

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Brad Daluiso	29	27	93.1	32	22	68.8	93
Totals	29	27	93.1	32	22	68.8	93

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Brad Maynard	111	4531	40.8	57
Totals	111	4531	40.8	57

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Amani Toomer	47	455	9.7	53	1
Totals	47	455	9.7	53	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Erric Pegram	22	382	17.4	50
Thomas Lewis	14	364	26.0	84
David Patten	8	123	15.4	26
Charles Way	2	46	23.0	30
Kevin Alexander	3	30	10.0	15
Aaron Pierce	1	10	10.0	10
Phillippi Sparks	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	51	963	18.9	84

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jason Sehorn	6	74	12.3	41	1
Tito Wooten	5	146	29.2	61	1
Phillippi Sparks	5	72	14.4	68	0
Percy Ellsworth	4	40	10.0	25	0
Jessie Armstead	2	57	28.5	57	1
Corey Widmer	2	0	0.0	0	0
Sam Garnes	1	95	95.0	95	1
Conrad Hamilton	1	18	18.0	18	0
Thomas Randolph	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	27	503	18.6	95	4

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Michael Strahan	14.0
Robert Harris	10.0
Keith Hamilton	8.0
Chad Bratzke	3.5
Jessie Armstead	3.5
Bernard Holsey	3.5
Scott Galyon	3.0
Ray Agnew	2.0
Corey Widmer	1.5
Jason Sehorn	1.5
Phillippi Sparks	1.0
Corey Miller	1.0
Ryan Phillips	1.0
Christian Peter	0.5
Totals	54.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Jessie Armstead	116.5	101	31	0	0	1	0	1
Jason Sehorn	80.5	75	11	0	0	1	2	2
Corey Widmer	79	69	20	0
Phillippi Sparks	69	64	10	0	0	0	0	1
Tito Wooten	74.5	60	29	0	1	1	0	0
Michael Strahan	58.5	49	19		0	1	0	2
Sam Garnes	49.5	40	19	0
Keith Hamilton	48.5	40	17		0	3	0	1
Robert Harris	48	38	20		0	2	0	1
Thomas Randolph	32.5	32	1	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Galyon	34	31	6		0	0	0	2
Chad Bratzke	29	23	12		0	2	0	1
Percy Ellsworth	23.5	20	7	0	0	2	24	0
Corey Miller	18.5	14	9		0	0	0	1
Bernard Holsey	13.5	10	7		0	0	0	1
Ray Agnew	12.5	10	5		0	1	0	0
Cedric Jones	9	9	0
Marcus Buckley	10	8	4		0	1	0	0
Robert Massey	8	8	0
Rodney Young	6	6	0
Doug Colman	4	4	0
Brandon Sanders	2	2	0
Christian Peter	1.5	1	1
Ryan Phillips	1	1	0
Pete Monty	1	1	0
Charles Way					3	5	0	0
Tyrone Wheatley					3	3	0	0
Howard Cross					1	1	0	0
Ron Stone					0	1	0	0
Erric Pegram					1	1	0	0
David Patten					2	1	0	0
Scott Gragg					0	1	0	0
Greg Bishop					0	1	0	0
Derek Engler					1	0	-2	0
Bryan Stoltenberg					1	0	0	0
Danny Kanell					6	0	-10	0
Tiki Hakeem-Ah Barber					3	0	0	0
Dave Brown					1	0	0	0
Totals	830	716	228	0	23	29	14	14

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Brad Daluiso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	27	0			93
Chris Calloway	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Charles Way	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Tiki Hakeem-Ah Barber	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		26
Tyrone Wheatley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Amani Toomer	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
David Patten	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Howard Cross	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Tito Wooten	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Jessie Armstead	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Erric Pegram	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Sam Garnes	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Rodney Hampton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Kevin Alexander	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Jason Sehorn	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Dave Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	14	16	1	0	0	4	0	0	22	27	0	1	0	305