1997 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dan Reeves (7-9)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1997 Atlanta Falcons Roster
1997 Atlanta Falcons Results

The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

Atlanta scored 320 points, while the defensive squad allowed 361. Chris Chandler passed for 2,692 yards. Bert Emanuel paced pass catchers, hauling in 65 passes for 991 yards, while Terance Mathis was targeted regularly also.

Jamal Anderson ran for a team-best 1,002 yards for the Falcons.

Ray Buchanan picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Chuck Smith topped the defensive unit with 12 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 55 sacks.

Dan Reeves coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Chris Chandler	342	202	59.1	2692	7.9	20	5.8	7	2.0	56	39	261	95.1
Billy Tolliver	115	63	54.8	685	6.0	5	4.3	1	0.9	47	14	104	83.4
Tony Graziani	23	7	30.4	41	1.8	0	0.0	2	8.7	13	1	7	3.7
Jamal Anderson	4	1	25.0	27	6.8	1	25.0	1	25.0	27	0	0	55.2
Totals	484	273	56.4	3445	7.1	26	5.4	11	2.3	56	54	372

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jamal Anderson	290	1002	3.5	39	7
Byron Hanspard	53	335	6.3	77	0
Chris Chandler	43	158	3.7	19	0
Harold Green	36	78	2.2	22	1
Terance Mathis	3	35	11.7	16	0
Tony Graziani	3	19	6.3	10	0
Bob Christian	7	8	1.1	3	0
Billy Tolliver	7	8	1.1	12	0
Totals	442	1643	3.7	77	8

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bert Emanuel	65	991	15.2	56	9
Terance Mathis	62	802	12.9	49	6
Harold Green	29	360	12.4	47	0
Jamal Anderson	29	284	9.8	47	3
Bob Christian	22	154	7.0	19	1
O.J. Santiago	17	217	12.8	30	2
Todd Kinchen	16	266	16.6	53	1
Michael Haynes	12	154	12.8	24	1
Brian Kozlowski	7	99	14.1	29	1
Ed West	7	63	9.0	23	1
Byron Hanspard	6	53	8.8	21	1
Ed Smith	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	273	3445	12.6	56	26

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Morten Andersen	35	35	100.0	27	23	85.2	104
Totals	35	35	100.0	27	23	85.2	104

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dan Stryzinski	89	3498	39.3	57
Totals	89	3498	39.3	57

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Todd Kinchen	52	446	8.6	38	0
Totals	52	446	8.6	38	0

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Byron Hanspard	40	987	24.7	99	2
Juran Bolden	5	106	21.2	34	0
Brian Kozlowski	2	49	24.5	26	0
Harold Green	1	23	23.0	23	0
Todd Kinchen	1	18	18.0	18	0
Dan Owens	1	9	9.0	9	0
John Burrough	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	51	1198	23.5	99	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ray Buchanan	5	49	9.8	31
Ronnie Bradford	4	9	2.2	9
Michael Booker	3	16	5.3	10
Dan Owens	1	14	14.0	14
William White	1	11	11.0	11
Lenny McGill	1	7	7.0	7
Devin Bush	1	4	4.0	4
Chuck Smith	1	4	4.0	4
Lester Archambeau	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	18	114	6.3	31

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Chuck Smith	12.0
Travis Hall	10.5
Lester Archambeau	8.5
Dan Owens	8.0
Cornelius Bennett	7.0
Shane Dronett	3.0
Henri Crockett	2.0
Jessie Tuggle	1.5
David Brandon	1.0
John Burrough	1.0
Anthony Pleasant	0.5
Totals	55.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Devin Bush	77.5	70	15	0	0	1	0	0	1
Jessie Tuggle	80.5	69	23
Cornelius Bennett	79	68	22		0	1	0	0	2
William White	71	63	16	0
Travis Hall	69.5	61	17		0	1	0	0	0
Ray Buchanan	50	48	4	0
Ronnie Bradford	47	43	8	0	0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Smith	48	42	12	0	0	0	0	0	4
Dan Owens	46	41	10	0	1	1	2	0	1
Lester Archambeau	38.5	33	11	0	0	3	0	0	3
Henri Crockett	28	26	4		0	1	0	0	0
Michael Booker	20	19	2	0
Shane Dronett	21	16	10
Lenny McGill	12	12	0	0
John Burrough	11.5	10	3		0	0	0	0	1
Anthony Pleasant	9.5	9	1
Craig Sauer	8.5	8	1		0	1	0	0	0
David Brandon	7	7	0
Chris Bayne	2.5	2	1
Ruffin Hamilton	0.5	0	1
Chris Chandler					9	3	-18	0	0
Bert Emanuel					2	2	0		0
Todd Kinchen					5	2	0		0
Byron Hanspard					3	2	0		0
Gene Williams					0	2	0	0	0
Bob Christian					3	1	0		0
Billy Tolliver					6	1	0	0	0
Antone Davis					0	1	0	0	0
Robbie Tobeck					0	1	0	0	0
Harold Green					0	1	0		0
Jamal Anderson					4	1	0		0
O.J. Santiago					1	0	0		0
Totals	727.5	647	161	0	34	26	-16	0	13

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Morten Andersen									23	35	0			104
Jamal Anderson	7	3							0	0	0			60
Bert Emanuel		9							0	0	0			54
Terance Mathis	0	6							0	0	0			36
Byron Hanspard	0	1		2					0	0	0			18
O.J. Santiago		2							0	0	0			12
Harold Green	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Bob Christian	0	1							0	0	0			6
Todd Kinchen		1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Brian Kozlowski		1		0					0	0	0			6
Ed West		1							0	0	0			6
Michael Haynes		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	8	26	0	2	0	0	0	0	23	35	0	0	0	320