1997 Tennessee Oilers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jeff Fisher (8-8)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee

1997 Tennessee Oilers Roster
1997 Tennessee Oilers Results

The Tennessee Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.

The Oilers scored 333 points, and the defense allowed 310. Eddie George ran for a team-leading 1,399 yards for Tennessee.

Steve McNair passed for 2,665 yards. Frank Wycheck topped pass catchers, snagging 63 passes for 748 yards. Willie Davis contributed to the receiving game, too.

The ball-hawking defense manufactured 32 turnovers. Marcus Robertson and Darryll Lewis each intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Gary Walker and Kenny Holmes each dropped opposing passers 7 times.

Jeff Fisher coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Steve McNair	415	216	52.0	2665	6.4	14	3.4	13	3.1	55	31	190	70.4
Willie Davis	1	1	100.0	22	22.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	22	0	0	158.3
James Ritchey	2	2	100.0	15	7.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	1	9	97.9
Dave Krieg	2	1	50.0	2	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0	0	56.3
Totals	420	220	52.4	2704	6.4	15	3.6	13	3.1	55	32	199

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Eddie George	357	1399	3.9	30	6
Steve McNair	101	674	6.7	47	8
Rodney Thomas	67	310	4.6	25	3
Ronnie Harmon	8	30	3.8	14	0
Reggie Roby	1	12	12.0	12	0
James Ritchey	1	6	6.0	6	0
Dave Krieg	4	-2	-0.5	0	0
Derrick Mason	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Chris Sanders	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Totals	541	2414	4.5	47	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Frank Wycheck	63	748	11.9	42	4
Willie Davis	43	564	13.1	46	4
Chris Sanders	31	498	16.1	55	3
Ronnie Harmon	16	189	11.8	27	0
Derrick Mason	14	186	13.3	38	0
Rodney Thomas	14	111	7.9	22	0
Michael Roan	12	159	13.2	26	0
Derek Russell	12	141	11.8	23	1
Eddie George	7	44	6.3	15	1
Joey Kent	6	55	9.2	19	1
Roderick Lewis	1	7	7.0	7	0
Erik Norgard	1	2	2.0	2	1
Totals	220	2704	12.3	55	15

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Al Del Greco	32	32	100.0	35	27	77.1	113
Totals	32	32	100.0	35	27	77.1	113

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Reggie Roby	73	3049	41.8	59
Al Del Greco	1	32	32.0	32
Totals	74	3081	41.6	59

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mel Gray	17	144	8.5	30
Derrick Mason	13	95	7.3	29
Mike Archie	1	5	5.0	5
Marcus Robertson	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	32	244	7.6	30

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Derrick Mason	26	551	21.2	54
Rodney Thomas	17	346	20.4	33
Mel Gray	8	185	23.1	33
Mike Archie	2	24	12.0	15
Michael Roan	2	20	10.0	12
Ronnie Harmon	1	16	16.0	16
Jason Layman	1	5	5.0	5
Frank Wycheck	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	58	1150	19.8	54

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Marcus Robertson	5	127	25.4	48	0
Darryll Lewis	5	115	23.0	47	1
Denard Walker	2	53	26.5	39	1
Roger Jones	1	24	24.0	24	0
Joe Bowden	1	9	9.0	9	0
Totals	14	328	23.4	48	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Gary Walker	7.0
Kenny Holmes	7.0
Henry Ford	5.0
Joe Bowden	2.5
Pratt Lyons	2.5
Lemanski Hall	2.0
Josh Evans	2.0
James Roberson	2.0
Blaine Bishop	1.5
Steve Jackson	1.0
Lenoy Jones	1.0
Lonnie Marts	1.0
Rayna Stewart	0.5
Totals	35.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Blaine Bishop	74	67	14		0	2	0	0	3
Barron Wortham	79	61	36		0	0	0	0	1
Denard Walker	62	56	12	0				0
Joe Bowden	68.5	53	31	0	0	1	0	0	1
Darryll Lewis	53.5	48	11	0	1	3	68	0	1
Marcus Robertson	53	44	18	0	0	3	67	2	0
Lonnie Marts	44.5	39	11		0	1	0	0	2
Henry Ford	44	38	12		0	2	13	0	0
Steve Jackson	37.5	34	7		0	0	0	0	1
Gary Walker	37.5	31	13		0	0	0	0	1
Kenny Holmes	30.5	28	5		0	1	0	0	1
Rayna Stewart	29	26	6		0	1	0	0	0
Anthony Cook	29	25	8		0	2	0	0	0
Lenoy Jones	24.5	22	5		0	0	0	0	1
James Roberson	20.5	16	9		0	1	0	0	0
Pratt Lyons	16	12	8					0
Tomur Barnes	10	9	2		0	0	0	0	1
Rafael Robinson	7.5	7	1					0
Lemanski Hall	7	6	2					0
Anthony Dorsett	6.5	5	3					0
George McCullough	4	4	0		0	0	0	0	1
Roger Jones	3	3	0	0				0
Terry Killens	1	1	0					0
Steve McNair					16	7	-2	0	0
Bruce Matthews					0	2	0	0	0
Erik Norgard					0	1	0	0	0
Josh Evans					0	1	0	0	0
Mike Archie					0	1	0	0	0
Mark Stepnoski					2	1	-7	0	0
Frank Wycheck					0	1	0	0	0
Brad Hopkins					0	1	0	0	0
Derrick Mason					5	0	0	0	0
Chris Sanders					1	0	0	0	0
Rodney Thomas					1	0	0	0	0
Mel Gray					1	0	0	0	0
Eddie George					4	0	0	0	0
Totals	742	635	214	0	31	32	139	2	14

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Al Del Greco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	32	0			113
Steve McNair	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Eddie George	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		44
Frank Wycheck	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		26
Willie Davis	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Chris Sanders	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Rodney Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Marcus Robertson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0			12
Derek Russell	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Erik Norgard	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Denard Walker	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Darryll Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Joey Kent	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	17	15	0	0	0	2	2	0	27	32	0	2	0	333