1997 Green Bay Packers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 13-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Mike Holmgren (13-3)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1997 Green Bay Packers RosterTeam Record: 13-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Mike Holmgren (13-3)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1997 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
Green Bay moved the ball well, scoring 422 points, while the rigid defensive squad allowed 282. Brett Favre directed the offense, passing for 3,867 yards. Antonio Freeman paced pass catchers, snagging 81 passes for 1,243 yards. Robert Brooks was targeted regularly, too.
Dorsey Levens carried the pigskin for a team-best 1,435 yards for the Packers.
The ball-hawking defense led the way with 32 turnovers. LeRoy Butler picked off 5 opponent throws. Reggie White topped the defensive unit with 11 quarterback sacks.
Mike Holmgren coached the team. The 1997 Green Bay Packers lost in the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Favre | 513 | 304 | 59.3 | 3867 | 7.5 | 35 | 6.8 | 16 | 3.1 | 74 | 25 | 176 | 92.6 |
| Steve Bono | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 29 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 56.3 |
| Totals | 523 | 309 | 59.1 | 3896 | 7.4 | 35 | 6.7 | 16 | 3.1 | 74 | 26 | 191 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorsey Levens | 329 | 1435 | 4.4 | 52 | 7 |
| Brett Favre | 58 | 187 | 3.2 | 16 | 1 |
| Aaron Hayden | 32 | 148 | 4.6 | 21 | 1 |
| William Henderson | 31 | 113 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Robert Brooks | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Antonio Freeman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Bono | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Pederson | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 459 | 1909 | 4.2 | 52 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Freeman | 81 | 1243 | 15.3 | 58 | 12 |
| Robert Brooks | 60 | 1010 | 16.8 | 48 | 7 |
| Dorsey Levens | 53 | 370 | 7.0 | 56 | 5 |
| William Henderson | 41 | 367 | 9.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Mark Chmura | 38 | 417 | 11.0 | 32 | 6 |
| Derrick Mayes | 18 | 290 | 16.1 | 74 | 0 |
| Jeff Thomason | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 27 | 1 |
| Tyrone Davis | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Don Beebe | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Aaron Hayden | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Terry Mickens | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 309 | 3896 | 12.6 | 74 | 35 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Longwell | 48 | 48 | 100.0 | 30 | 24 | 80.0 | 120 |
| Totals | 48 | 48 | 100.0 | 30 | 24 | 80.0 | 120 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Hentrich | 75 | 3378 | 45.0 | 65 |
| Totals | 75 | 3378 | 45.0 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Schroeder | 33 | 342 | 10.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Derrick Mayes | 14 | 141 | 10.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Roell Preston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Prior | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 515 | 9.2 | 46 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Schroeder | 24 | 562 | 23.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Roell Preston | 7 | 211 | 30.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Aaron Hayden | 6 | 141 | 23.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Don Beebe | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Chris Darkins | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Terry Mickens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 1119 | 22.8 | 43 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeRoy Butler | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Prior | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Doug Evans | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 50 | 2 |
| Brian Williams | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Gabe Wilkins | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 77 | 1 |
| Eugene Robinson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Roderick Mullen | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tyrone Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernardo Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 329 | 15.7 | 77 | 3 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie White | 11.0 | 0.0 | |
| Gabe Wilkins | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Santana Dotson | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Gilbert Brown | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| LeRoy Butler | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Seth Joyner | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Eugene Robinson | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Keith McKenzie | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Bernardo Harris | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Evans | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jermaine Smith | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 39.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Robinson | 93.5 | 75 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LeRoy Butler | 87 | 71 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Evans | 71 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bernardo Harris | 89 | 65 | 48 | 0 | |||||
| Brian Williams | 81 | 62 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Williams | 57.5 | 49 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Santana Dotson | 54.5 | 38 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reggie White | 38.5 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabe Wilkins | 40 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Seth Joyner | 29.5 | 25 | 9 | ||||||
| Roderick Mullen | 24 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kuberski | 24.5 | 20 | 9 | ||||||
| Wayne Simmons | 22.5 | 18 | 9 | ||||||
| Mike Prior | 20.5 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 12.5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 |
| Darius Holland | 8.5 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
| George Koonce | 7.5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Lamont Hollinquest | 6 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Paul Frase | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Keith McKenzie | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Jermaine Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Gerald Williams | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Shannon Clavelle | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| William Henderson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Brett Favre | 7 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |||||
| Tyrone Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Earl Dotson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Schroeder | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dorsey Levens | 5 | 1 | -7 | 0 | |||||
| Jeff Thomason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Steve Bono | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Chmura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Antonio Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 777 | 624 | 306 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 10 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ryan Longwell | 24 | 48 | 0 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Dorsey Levens | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | |||||||
| Antonio Freeman | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
| Robert Brooks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Mark Chmura | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Darren Sharper | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Gabe Wilkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Tyrone Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Terry Mickens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Brett Favre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| William Henderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jeff Thomason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Aaron Hayden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bill Schroeder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 9 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 422 |
