
1997 Carolina Panthers Statistics
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dom Capers (7-9)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
1997 Carolina Panthers Results
The Carolina Panthers 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.
The Panthers stumbled, scoring only 265 points, and the defense surrendered 314. Kerry Collins passed for 2,124 yards. Wesley Walls snagged 58 passes for 746 yards, while Rae Carruth contributed to the receiving game, too.
Fred Lane carried the ball for a team-best 809 yards for Carolina.
Eric Davis picked off 5 opponent throws. Micheal Barrow sacked quarterbacks 8.5 times.
Dom Capers coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kerry Collins | 381 | 200 | 52.5 | 2124 | 5.6 | 11 | 2.9 | 21 | 5.5 | 59 | 27 | 200 | 55.7 |
Steve Beuerlein | 153 | 89 | 58.2 | 1032 | 6.7 | 6 | 3.9 | 3 | 2.0 | 52 | 17 | 111 | 83.6 |
Totals | 534 | 289 | 54.1 | 3156 | 5.9 | 17 | 3.2 | 24 | 4.5 | 59 | 44 | 311 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Lane | 182 | 809 | 4.4 | 50 | 7 |
Anthony Johnson | 97 | 358 | 3.7 | 20 | 0 |
Tim Biakabutuka | 75 | 299 | 4.0 | 26 | 2 |
Scott Greene | 45 | 157 | 3.5 | 10 | 1 |
Kerry Collins | 26 | 65 | 2.5 | 21 | 1 |
Steve Beuerlein | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
Rocket Ismail | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
Rae Carruth | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 6 | 0 |
Winslow Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Walter | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Totals | 441 | 1770 | 4.0 | 50 | 11 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wesley Walls | 58 | 746 | 12.9 | 52 | 6 |
Rae Carruth | 44 | 545 | 12.4 | 52 | 4 |
Scott Greene | 40 | 277 | 6.9 | 25 | 1 |
Rocket Ismail | 36 | 419 | 11.6 | 59 | 2 |
Mark Carrier | 33 | 436 | 13.2 | 36 | 2 |
Muhsin Muhammad | 27 | 317 | 11.7 | 38 | 0 |
Anthony Johnson | 21 | 158 | 7.5 | 25 | 1 |
Ernie Mills | 11 | 127 | 11.5 | 37 | 1 |
Fred Lane | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
Winslow Oliver | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 11 | 0 |
Kris Mangum | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
Walter Rasby | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 289 | 3156 | 10.9 | 59 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Walter | 85 | 3604 | 42.4 | 62 |
Totals | 85 | 3604 | 42.4 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tyrone Poole | 26 | 191 | 7.3 | 40 | 0 |
Winslow Oliver | 14 | 111 | 7.9 | 26 | 0 |
Michael Bates | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 41 | 310 | 7.6 | 40 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Bates | 47 | 1281 | 27.3 | 56 | 0 |
Dwight Stone | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 37 | 0 |
Ernie Mills | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 33 | 0 |
Walter Rasby | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12 | 0 |
Scott Greene | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
Sam Mills | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
Frank Garcia | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Tyrone Poole | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 64 | 1500 | 23.4 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Davis | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
Chad Cota | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
Tyrone Poole | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Mills | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Lamar Lathon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 11 | 72 | 6.5 | 18 | 0 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Micheal Barrow | 8.5 | 0.0 | |
Les Miller | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
Andre Royal | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Mike Minter | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
Greg Kragen | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Shawn King | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Lamar Lathon | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Toi Cook | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Chad Cota | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Renaldo Turnbull | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Tyrone Poole | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Tarek Saleh | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Ray Seals | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Israel Raybon | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chad Cota | 101.5 | 86 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Mills | 85.5 | 72 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Micheal Barrow | 78.5 | 68 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Andre Royal | 66.5 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Mike Minter | 61 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Tyrone Poole | 50 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
Greg Kragen | 49.5 | 45 | 9 | ||||||
Les Miller | 48.5 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Lamar Lathon | 49.5 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Eric Davis | 38 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Terrell | 36.5 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Seals | 20 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Rod Smith | 16 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
Renaldo Turnbull | 13.5 | 11 | 5 | ||||||
Mike Fox | 13 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
Toi Cook | 11 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
Shawn King | 10.5 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
Carlton Bailey | 10 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
Israel Raybon | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
Tim Morabito | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kinnon Tatum | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Percell Gaskins | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Gerald Williams | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Anthony Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Kerry Collins | 8 | 2 | -14 | 0 | |||||
Fred Lane | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Michael Bates | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dwight Stone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mark Carrier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Rae Carruth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Scott Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Steve Beuerlein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Winslow Oliver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tim Biakabutuka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 776 | 686 | 180 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
John Kasay | 22 | 25 | 0 | 91 | ||||||||||
Fred Lane | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Wesley Walls | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Rae Carruth | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Rocket Ismail | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Scott Greene | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Mark Carrier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Tim Biakabutuka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Anthony Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
Kerry Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ernie Mills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Muhsin Muhammad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Dwight Stone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Totals | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 265 |