1997 New England Patriots roster: 10-6

Team stats and league rank

Counts are per game; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 30 clubs that season.

1997 Patriots roster: passing

1997 Patriots roster: rushing

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1997 New England Patriots rushing

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	CAR↓iCAR: Times the player ran with the ball.	YDS↓iYDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.	AVG↓iAVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player.	TD↓iTD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.
CMCurtis Martin	RB	13	274	1,160	4.2	4
DCDerick Cullors	RB	15	22	101	4.6	0
MGMarrio Grier	RB	16	33	75	2.3	1
DMDavid Meggett	RB	16	20	60	3.0	1
DBDrew Bledsoe	QB	16	28	55	2.0	0
KBKeith Byars	FB	16	11	24	2.2	0
Sam Gash	FB	16	6	10	1.7	0
SZScott Zolak	QB	4	3	-3	-1.0	0
TBTroy Brown	WR	16	1	-18	-18.0	0

What the columns mean: CAR

1997 Patriots roster: receiving

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1997 New England Patriots receiving

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	REC↓iREC: Passes caught.	TGTS↓iTGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not.	YDS↓iYDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.	AVG↓iAVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player.	TD↓iTD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.
Shawn Jefferson	WR	16	54	0	841	15.6	2
BCBen Coates	TE	16	66	0	737	11.2	8
TBTroy Brown	WR	16	41	0	607	14.8	6
TGTerry Glenn	WR	9	27	0	431	16.0	2
CMCurtis Martin	RB	13	41	0	296	7.2	1
VBVincent Brisby	WR	16	23	0	276	12.0	2
DMDavid Meggett	RB	16	19	0	203	10.7	1
KBKeith Byars	FB	16	20	0	189	9.4	3
Sam Gash	FB	16	22	0	154	7.0	3
LPLovett Purnell	TE	16	5	0	57	11.4	3
DJDietrich Jells	WR	11	1	0	9	9.0	0
DCDerick Cullors	RB	15	2	0	8	4.0	0

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS

1997 Patriots roster: defense

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1997 New England Patriots defense

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	TOT↓iTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.	SOLO↓iSOLO: Tackles made without help.	SACK↓iSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.	INT↓iINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.	PD↓iPD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.	FF↓iFF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
TJTed Johnson	LB	16	127	95	4.0	0	1	1
Lawyer Milloy	S	16	111	80	0.0	3	11	2
TCTodd Collins	LB	15	97	62	1.5	0	4	2
WCWillie Clay	FS	16	94	67	0.0	6	11	1
CSChris Slade	DE	16	87	61	9.0	1	8	2
JHJimmy Hitchcock	DB	15	83	65	0.0	2	7	1
TLTy Law	CB	16	77	69	0.5	3	11	0
HTHenry Thomas	DT	16	69	45	7.0	0	1	2
MWMark Wheeler	DT	14	36	26	4.0	0	1	1
WMWillie McGinest	LB	11	35	25	2.0	0	1	0
TBTedy Bruschi	LB	16	31	24	4.0	0	1	2
MJMichael David Jones	DT	16	30	22	4.0	0	0	0
CSChris Sullivan	DE	16	25	16	0.0	0	2	0
LWLarry Whigham	DB	16	22	15	2.0	2	4	1
CEChad Eaton	DT	16	21	13	1.0	0	3	0
FCFerric Collons	DE	5	15	11	1.0	0	0	0
MMMarty Moore	LB	16	12	6	0.0	2	2	0
BMBrandon Mitchell	DE	12	9	6	0.0	0	0	0
SISteve Israel	DB	5	9	9	1.0	0	2	1
CCChris Carter	DB	16	4	1	0.0	0	0	0
MMMike McGruder	DB	3	4	4	1.0	0	0	0
DWDevin Wyman	DT	6	3	1	0.0	0	0	0
DJDietrich Jells	WR	11	2	0	0.0	0	0	0
VCVernon Crawford	LB	16	2	0	0.0	0	0	1
DVDanny Villa	C	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0
MGMarrio Grier	RB	16	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
DCDerick Cullors	RB	15	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
TBTroy Brown	WR	16	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
LPLovett Purnell	TE	16	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
DMDavid Meggett	RB	16	1	0	0.0	0	0	0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Results

1. Aug 31, 1997vs LACW 41-7
2. Sep 7, 1997@ INDW 31-6
3. Sep 14, 1997vs NYJW 27-24
4. Sep 21, 1997vs CHIW 31-3
5. Oct 6, 1997@ DENT 0-0
6. Oct 12, 1997vs BUFW 33-6
7. Oct 19, 1997@ NYJL 19-24
8. Oct 27, 1997vs GBT 0-0
9. Nov 2, 1997@ MINL 18-23
10. Nov 9, 1997@ BUFW 31-10
11. Nov 16, 1997@ TBL 7-27
12. Nov 23, 1997vs MIAW 27-24
13. Nov 30, 1997vs INDW 20-17
14. Dec 7, 1997@ JAXW 26-20
15. Dec 13, 1997vs PITL 21-24
16. Dec 22, 1997@ MIAT 0-0
17. Dec 28, 1997vs MIAW 17-3playoffs
18. Jan 3, 1998@ PITL 6-7playoffs