How many sacks did Richard Dent have in 1997?
4.51997 Regular Season
Richard Dent recorded 4.5 sacks in the 1997 regular season, 84th in the NFL.
- 12th-best of Richard Dent's 15 seasons on file; the high is 17.5 in 1984.
- Down 2.0 from 6.5 in 1996.
- 11% of the Philadelphia Eagles' sacks that regular season.
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 |  CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| 1984 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| 1985 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 17.0 |
| 1986 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| 1987 | CHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| 1988 | CHI | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| 1989 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 9.0 |
| 1990 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12.0 |
| 1991 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10.5 |
| 1992 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8.5 |
| 1993 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 12.5 |
| 1994 |  SF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| 1995 | CHI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1996 |  IND | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| 1997 |  PHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.5 |
What the columns mean: SACK