1997 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Bill Cowher (11-5)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1997 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers 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 1-1.
Bill Cowher coached the team. The 1997 Pittsburgh Steelers lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Kordell Stewart | 440 | 236 | 53.6 | 3020 | 6.9 | 21 | 4.8 | 17 | 3.9 | 69 | 20 | 152 | 75.2 | Mike Tomczak | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 185 | 7.7 | 1 | 4.2 | 2 | 8.3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 68.9 | Mike Quinn | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 64.6 |
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| Totals | 466 | 253 | 54.3 | 3215 | 6.9 | 22 | 4.7 | 19 | 4.1 | 69 | 20 | 152 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jerome Bettis | 375 | 1665 | 4.4 | 34 | 7 | Kordell Stewart | 88 | 476 | 5.4 | 74 | 11 | George Jones | 72 | 235 | 3.3 | 32 | 1 | Fred McAfee | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 | Courtney Hawkins | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 | Will Blackwell | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 | Mike Tomczak | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 17 | 0 | Jon Witman | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 | Tim Lester | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | Yancey Thigpen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Curtis Marsh | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Josh Miller | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 572 | 2479 | 4.3 | 74 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Yancey Thigpen | 79 | 1398 | 17.7 | 69 | 7 | Charles Johnson | 46 | 568 | 12.3 | 49 | 2 | Courtney Hawkins | 45 | 555 | 12.3 | 44 | 3 | Mark Bruener | 18 | 117 | 6.5 | 18 | 6 | George Jones | 16 | 96 | 6.0 | 25 | 1 | Jerome Bettis | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 19 | 2 | Will Blackwell | 12 | 168 | 14.0 | 46 | 1 | Tim Lester | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 | Mitch Lyons | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 13 | 0 | Fred McAfee | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 30 | 0 | Curtis Marsh | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | Mike Adams | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | Troy Sadowski | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Kirk Botkin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Jon Witman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 253 | 3215 | 12.7 | 69 | 22 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Norm Johnson | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 25 | 22 | 88.0 | 106 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 25 | 22 | 88.0 | 106 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Josh Miller | 64 | 2729 | 42.6 | 72 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 64 | 2729 | 42.6 | 72 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Will Blackwell | 23 | 149 | 6.5 | 15 | 0 | Courtney Hawkins | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 | Andre Coleman | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 222 | 6.9 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Will Blackwell | 32 | 791 | 24.7 | 97 | 1 | Andre Coleman | 24 | 487 | 20.3 | 24 | 0 | Mike Adams | 10 | 215 | 21.5 | 31 | 0 | Mike Vrabel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 67 | 1493 | 22.3 | 97 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Donnell Woolford | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 34 | 0 | Darren Perry | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 42 | 0 | Carnell Lake | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 | Chris Oldham | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Levon Kirkland | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 | Chad Scott | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Henry | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | Myron Bell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 7 | 0 | Steve Conley | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 20 | 253 | 12.6 | 42 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Carnell Lake | 6.0 | 0.0 | Jason Gildon | 5.0 | 0.0 | Levon Kirkland | 5.0 | 0.0 | Kevin Henry | 4.5 | 0.0 | Earl Holmes | 4.0 | 0.0 | Steve Conley | 4.0 | 0.0 | Nolan Harrison | 4.0 | 0.0 | Chris Oldham | 4.0 | 0.0 | Greg Lloyd | 3.5 | 0.0 | Myron Bell | 1.5 | 0.0 | Mike Vrabel | 1.5 | 0.0 | Orpheus Roye | 1.0 | 0.0 | Randy Fuller | 1.0 | 0.0 | Joel Steed | 1.0 | 0.0 | Oliver Gibson | 1.0 | 0.0 | Darren Perry | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 48.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Levon Kirkland | 110.5 | 95 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Darren Perry | 73 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Earl Holmes | 81.5 | 67 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Donnell Woolford | 48.5 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Chad Scott | 46 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Carnell Lake | 51.5 | 43 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 2 | Jason Gildon | 47 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | Myron Bell | 49 | 40 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Henry | 43 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Lloyd | 41 | 30 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 3 | Randy Fuller | 29 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Joel Steed | 37.5 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nolan Harrison | 26.5 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Chris Oldham | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Mike Vrabel | 15.5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Oliver Gibson | 9.5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Donta Jones | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Steve Conley | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | J.B. Brown | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Orpheus Roye | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Jerry Olsavsky | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Lee Flowers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carlos Emmons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Will Blackwell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yancey Thigpen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Jones | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerome Bettis | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kordell Stewart | 6 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | Andre Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Courtney Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Bruener | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred McAfee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 759.5 | 655 | 209 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 136 | 2 | 16 |
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 | Norm Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 40 | 0 | 106 | Kordell Stewart | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Jerome Bettis | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Yancey Thigpen | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | Mark Bruener | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Courtney Hawkins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Will Blackwell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Charles Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | George Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Carnell Lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jason Gildon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 19 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 372 |
