1997 Chicago Bears Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dave Wannstedt (4-12)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1997 Chicago Bears Roster
1997 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

The Bears labored to change the scoreboard with just 263 points, and the shaky defensive squad allowed 421. Erik Kramer tossed for 3,011 yards. Ricky Proehl topped pass catchers, hauling in 58 balls for 753 yards, while Chris Penn, Bobby Engram and Ryan Wetnight each provided receiving help, too.

Raymont Harris rushed for a team-leading 1,033 yards for Chicago.

Walt Harris picked off 5 opponent throws. Barry Minter and Jim Flanigan each dropped opposing passers 6 times.

Dave Wannstedt coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Erik Kramer	477	275	57.7	3011	6.3	14	2.9	14	2.9	78	25	149	74.0
Rick Mirer	103	53	51.5	420	4.1	0	0.0	6	5.8	34	16	89	37.7
Steve Stenstrom	14	8	57.1	70	5.0	0	0.0	2	14.3	18	2	19	31.0
Curtis Conway	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	595	336	56.5	3501	5.9	14	2.4	22	3.7	78	43	257

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Raymont Harris	275	1033	3.8	68	10
Darnell Autry	112	319	2.8	17	1
Rashaan Salaam	31	112	3.6	17	0
Erik Kramer	27	83	3.1	31	2
Rick Mirer	20	78	3.9	20	1
Tony Carter	9	56	6.2	16	0
Curtis Conway	3	17	5.7	10	0
Michael Hicks	4	14	3.5	8	0
Eric Smith	1	12	12.0	12	0
Todd Sauerbrun	2	8	4.0	8	0
Steve Stenstrom	1	6	6.0	6	0
Ronnie Harmon	2	6	3.0	4	0
Tyrone Hughes	1	3	3.0	3	0
Harper LeBel	1	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Penn	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Totals	490	1746	3.6	68	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ricky Proehl	58	753	13.0	78	7
Chris Penn	47	576	12.3	33	3
Ryan Wetnight	46	464	10.1	34	1
Bobby Engram	45	399	8.9	23	2
Curtis Conway	30	476	15.9	55	1
Raymont Harris	28	115	4.1	16	0
Tony Carter	24	152	6.3	19	0
Keith Jennings	14	164	11.7	23	0
Fabien Bownes	12	146	12.2	21	0
Darnell Autry	9	59	6.6	14	0
John Allred	8	70	8.8	18	0
Tyrone Hughes	8	68	8.5	16	0
Eric Smith	2	22	11.0	12	0
Rashaan Salaam	2	20	10.0	18	0
Ronnie Harmon	2	8	4.0	6	0
Tremayne Allen	1	9	9.0	9	0
Totals	336	3501	10.4	78	14

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Jeff Jaeger	20	20	100.0	26	21	80.8	83
Totals	20	20	100.0	26	21	80.8	83

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Todd Sauerbrun	95	4059	42.7	67
Jeff Jaeger	1	18	18.0	18
Totals	96	4077	42.5	67

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tyrone Hughes	36	258	7.2	19
Ricky Proehl	8	59	7.4	14
Bobby Engram	1	4	4.0	4
Mike Faulkerson	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	46	321	7.0	19

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tyrone Hughes	43	1008	23.4	58
Fabien Bownes	19	396	20.8	36
Eric Smith	10	196	19.6	28
Tony Carter	2	34	17.0	19
Bobby Engram	2	27	13.5	20
John Allred	2	21	10.5	11
Ryan Wetnight	1	9	9.0	9
Totals	79	1691	21.4	58

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Walt Harris	5	30	6.0	12
Tom Carter	3	12	4.0	12
John Mangum	2	4	2.0	4
Anthony Marshall	2	0	0.0	0
Marty Carter	1	14	14.0	14
Totals	13	60	4.6	14

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Barry Minter	6.0
Jim Flanigan	6.0
Bryan Cox	5.0
Carl Simpson	4.5
Mark Thomas	4.5
Anthony Marshall	3.0
John Thierry	3.0
Alonzo Spellman	2.0
Marty Carter	1.0
Ron Cox	1.0
John Mangum	1.0
Carl Reeves	0.5
Paul Grasmanis	0.5
Totals	38.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Walt Harris	79.5	76	7	0	1	1	0	0	4
Marty Carter	83	70	26	0
Bryan Cox	84.5	68	33		0	1	0	0	1
John Mangum	78.5	68	21	0	0	3	0	0	0
Barry Minter	78.5	65	27		0	3	0	0	1
Ron Cox	50	43	14		0	0	0	0	1
Tom Carter	45.5	43	5	0
Jim Flanigan	44	38	12		0	3	3		2
Anthony Marshall	29	26	6	0	1	2	10	0	1
Mark Thomas	28.5	25	7		0	1	0	0	1
Carl Simpson	29	24	10
Marlon Forbes	25	21	8
Carl Reeves	23.5	20	7		0	1	0	0	0
James Burton	11	10	2
John Thierry	12	9	6		0	0	0	0	2
Paul Grasmanis	11.5	9	5		0	1	0	0	0
Alonzo Spellman	10	8	4
Sean Harris	4.5	4	1
Michael Lowery	3.5	2	3
Terry Cousin	3	2	2
Tyrone Williams	2.5	2	1
Chris Zorich	2	2	0
Van Van Hiles	1	1	0
Erik Kramer					11	3	-14		0
Tyrone Hughes					2	2	0	0	0
Tony Peterson					0	1	0	0	0
Harper LeBel					1	1	0	0	0
Rick Mirer					4	1	-4		0
Tony Carter					0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Engram					1	1	0		0
Fabien Bownes					0	1	0	0	0
Evan Pilgrim					0	1	0	0	0
Todd Burger					0	1	0	0	0
Mike Faulkerson					1	0	0	0	0
Ryan Wetnight					1	0	0		0
Ricky Proehl					2	0	0		0
Raymont Harris					1	0	0		0
Darnell Autry					2	0	0		0
Todd Sauerbrun					1	0	-9	0	0
Chris Penn					1	0	0		0
Steve Stenstrom					1	0	0	0	0
Rashaan Salaam					2	0	0	0	0
Totals	739.5	636	207	0	33	29	-14	0	13

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jeff Jaeger									21	20	0			83
Raymont Harris	10	0							0	0	0			60
Ricky Proehl		7	0						0	0	0	1		44
Chris Penn	0	3							0	0	0			18
Bobby Engram		2	0	0					0	0	0	1		14
Erik Kramer	2								0	0	0			12
Darnell Autry	1	0							0	0	0	1		8
Rick Mirer	1								0	0	0	1		8
Curtis Conway	0	1							0	0	0			6
Ryan Wetnight		1		0					0	0	0			6
Jim Flanigan									0	0	0	1		2
Totals	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	20	0	5	0	261