How many sacks did John Randle have in 1997?
15.51997 Regular Season
John Randle recorded 15.5 sacks in the 1997 regular season, 1st in the NFL.
- John Randle's best regular season for sacks in 14 seasons on file.
- Up 4.0 from 11.5 in 1996.
- 35% of the Minnesota Vikings' sacks that regular season.
Best of 14 regular seasons, 1990 through 2003. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 |  MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 1991 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| 1992 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| 1993 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| 1994 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| 1995 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| 1996 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| 1997 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.5 |
| 1998 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| 1999 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 2000 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| 2001 |  SEA | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.0 |
| 2002 | SEA | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| 2003 | SEA | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.5 |
What the columns mean: SACK