1997 St. Louis Rams Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dick Vermeil (5-11)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1997 St. Louis Rams RosterTeam Record: 5-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dick Vermeil (5-11)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1997 St. Louis Rams Results
The St. Louis Rams of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Rams ran up 299 points, but the defensive squad gave up 359. Tony Banks triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,254 yards. Amp Lee hauled in 61 passes for 825 yards. Isaac Bruce provided receiving help, too.
Lawrence Phillips carried the ball for a team-leading 633 yards for St. Louis.
The larcenous defense led the way with 39 turnovers. Ryan McNeil picked off 9 opponent throws. Leslie O'Neal topped the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks.
Dick Vermeil coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Tony Banks | 487 | 252 | 51.7 | 3254 | 6.7 | 14 | 2.9 | 13 | 2.7 | 76 | 43 | 317 | 71.5 | Mark Rypien | 39 | 19 | 48.7 | 270 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5.1 | 62 | 1 | 9 | 50.2 |
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| Totals | 526 | 271 | 51.5 | 3524 | 6.7 | 14 | 2.7 | 15 | 2.9 | 76 | 44 | 326 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lawrence Phillips | 183 | 633 | 3.5 | 28 | 8 | Jerald Moore | 104 | 380 | 3.7 | 26 | 3 | Tony Banks | 47 | 186 | 4.0 | 23 | 1 | Amp Lee | 28 | 104 | 3.7 | 14 | 0 | Ronald Moore | 24 | 103 | 4.3 | 27 | 1 | Craig Heyward | 34 | 84 | 2.5 | 8 | 1 | Keith Crawford | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 | David Thompson | 16 | 30 | 1.9 | 9 | 1 | Eddie Kennison | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | Mark Rypien | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Mike Horan | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 443 | 1563 | 3.5 | 28 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Amp Lee | 61 | 825 | 13.5 | 62 | 3 | Isaac Bruce | 56 | 815 | 14.6 | 59 | 5 | Ernie Conwell | 38 | 404 | 10.6 | 46 | 4 | Torrance Small | 32 | 488 | 15.2 | 46 | 1 | Eddie Kennison | 25 | 404 | 16.2 | 76 | 0 | Keith Crawford | 11 | 232 | 21.1 | 69 | 0 | Lawrence Phillips | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 17 | 0 | Craig Heyward | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 25 | 0 | Jerald Moore | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 19 | 0 | Aaron Laing | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 11 | 1 | Malcolm Floyd | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 | Ronald Moore | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 | Jermaine Ross | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 14 | 0 | J.T. Thomas | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 | Mitch Jacoby | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | Zach Wiegert | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Mike Gruttadauria | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 271 | 3524 | 13.0 | 76 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Jeff Wilkins | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 37 | 25 | 67.6 | 107 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 37 | 25 | 67.6 | 107 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Mike Horan | 53 | 2272 | 42.9 | 60 | Will Brice | 41 | 1713 | 41.8 | 61 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 94 | 3985 | 42.4 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eddie Kennison | 34 | 247 | 7.3 | 43 | 0 | Malcolm Floyd | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 | Jermaine Ross | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40 | 274 | 6.8 | 43 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | David Thompson | 49 | 1110 | 22.7 | 56 | 0 | Jermaine Ross | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 42 | 0 | J.T. Thomas | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 24 | 0 | Amp Lee | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 19 | 0 | Ronald Moore | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Eddie Kennison | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Jay Williams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Jeff Zgonina | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 68 | 1454 | 21.4 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ryan McNeil | 9 | 127 | 14.1 | 75 | 1 | Keith Lyle | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 39 | 0 | Todd Lyght | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 | D'Marco Farr | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Leslie O'Neal | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Mike Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Dexter McCleon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 25 | 281 | 11.2 | 75 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Leslie O'Neal | 10.0 | 0.0 | Kevin Carter | 7.5 | 0.0 | Bill Johnson | 4.0 | 0.0 | D'Marco Farr | 3.0 | 0.0 | Keith Lyle | 2.0 | 0.0 | Mike Jones | 2.0 | 0.0 | Jeff Zgonina | 2.0 | 0.0 | Roman Phifer | 2.0 | 0.0 | Robert Jones | 1.0 | 0.0 | Todd Lyght | 1.0 | 0.0 | Bryan Robinson | 1.0 | 0.0 | Dexter McCleon | 1.0 | 0.0 | Jay Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | Jeff Robinson | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Todd Lyght | 78.5 | 72 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Mike Jones | 79.5 | 70 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Keith Lyle | 77 | 70 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Ryan McNeil | 66.5 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Robert Jones | 69.5 | 61 | 17 | 0 | Toby Wright | 67.5 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 1 | Roman Phifer | 66 | 57 | 18 | 0 | Bill Johnson | 48.5 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leslie O'Neal | 39 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 1 | Kevin Carter | 37 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | D'Marco Farr | 31 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Jeff Zgonina | 20 | 19 | 2 | 0 | Taje Allen | 18.5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | Gerald McBurrows | 17.5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | Billy Jenkins | 15.5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | Dexter McCleon | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bryan Robinson | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Jay Williams | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Marquis Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nate Dingle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Zach Wiegert | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Tony Banks | 15 | 3 | -27 | 0 | 0 | Jerald Moore | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Conwell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Crawford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Orlando Pace | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Thompson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Kennison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lawrence Phillips | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Isaac Bruce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Craig Heyward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 762 | 684 | 156 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 78 | 2 | 10 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Jeff Wilkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 32 | 0 | 107 | Lawrence Phillips | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Isaac Bruce | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Ernie Conwell | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Amp Lee | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jerald Moore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Aaron Laing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Craig Heyward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Torrance Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Leslie O'Neal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Zach Wiegert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ronald Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tony Banks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ryan McNeil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | David Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 299 |
