How many sacks did Bill Bates have in 1997?
1.01997 Regular Season
Bill Bates recorded 1.0 sacks in the 1997 regular season, 256th in the NFL.
- 5th-best of Bill Bates' 13 seasons on file; the high is 5.0 in 1984.
- Up 1.0 from 0.0 in 1996.
Average of 13 regular seasons, 1983 through 1997. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 |  DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 4.0 |
| 1984 | DAL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| 1985 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 1.0 |
| 1986 | DAL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| 1987 | DAL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 3.0 |
| 1988 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 1989 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| 1990 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| 1993 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 0.0 |
| 1994 | DAL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 1995 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1996 | DAL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
What the columns mean: SACK