1997 Miami Dolphins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Jimmy Johnson (9-7)
Location: Miami, Florida
1997 Miami Dolphins RosterTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Jimmy Johnson (9-7)
Location: Miami, Florida
1997 Miami Dolphins Results
The Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Dolphins ran up 339 points, and the defense conceded 327. Dan Marino led the charge, passing for 3,780 yards. O.J. McDuffie hauled in 76 passes for 943 yards.
Karim Abdul-Jabbar carried the ball for a team-best 892 yards for Miami.
Terrell Buckley intercepted 4 opponent throws. Trace Armstrong topped the defensive unit with 5.5 sacks.
Jimmy Johnson coached the team. The 1997 Miami Dolphins lost in the Wild Card.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Marino | 548 | 319 | 58.2 | 3780 | 6.9 | 16 | 2.9 | 11 | 2.0 | 55 | 20 | 132 | 80.7 |
| Craig Erickson | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 165 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.6 | 27 | 2 | 21 | 50.4 |
| Totals | 576 | 332 | 57.6 | 3945 | 6.8 | 16 | 2.8 | 12 | 2.1 | 55 | 22 | 153 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karim Abdul-Jabbar | 283 | 892 | 3.2 | 22 | 15 |
| Irving Spikes | 63 | 180 | 2.9 | 14 | 2 |
| Jerris McPhail | 17 | 146 | 8.6 | 71 | 1 |
| Bernie Parmalee | 18 | 59 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Lawrence Phillips | 18 | 44 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Charles Jordan | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Craig Erickson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stanley Pritchett | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| John Kidd | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Potts | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Nealy | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Marino | 18 | -14 | -0.8 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 430 | 1343 | 3.1 | 71 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.J. McDuffie | 76 | 943 | 12.4 | 55 | 1 |
| Troy Drayton | 39 | 558 | 14.3 | 30 | 4 |
| Jerris McPhail | 34 | 262 | 7.7 | 19 | 1 |
| Karim Abdul-Jabbar | 29 | 261 | 9.0 | 36 | 1 |
| Lamar Thomas | 28 | 402 | 14.4 | 26 | 2 |
| Bernie Parmalee | 28 | 301 | 10.8 | 29 | 1 |
| Charles Jordan | 27 | 471 | 17.4 | 44 | 3 |
| Brett Perriman | 19 | 309 | 16.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Fred Barnett | 17 | 166 | 9.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Ed Perry | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 10 | 1 |
| Brian Manning | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Irving Spikes | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Stanley Pritchett | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Potts | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Lawrence Phillips | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DeWayne Dotson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 332 | 3945 | 11.9 | 55 | 16 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olindo Mare | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 36 | 28 | 77.8 | 117 |
| Totals | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 36 | 28 | 77.8 | 117 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kidd | 52 | 2247 | 43.2 | 58 |
| Kyle Richardson | 11 | 480 | 43.6 | 54 |
| Olindo Mare | 5 | 235 | 47.0 | 53 |
| Totals | 68 | 2962 | 43.6 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Jordan | 26 | 273 | 10.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 26 | 0 |
| O.J. McDuffie | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 335 | 10.5 | 38 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Spikes | 24 | 565 | 23.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Jerris McPhail | 15 | 314 | 20.9 | 39 | 0 |
| Corey Harris | 11 | 224 | 20.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Qadry Ismail | 8 | 166 | 20.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Potts | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ed Perry | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Charles Jordan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Anthony Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Hollier | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 63 | 1298 | 20.6 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrell Buckley | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| George Teague | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Shawn Wooden | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sam Madison | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Zach Thomas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trace Armstrong | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Taylor | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Derrick Rodgers | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Tim Bowens | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Shane Burton | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jerry Wilson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Daryl Gardener | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Danny Stubbs | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Anthony Harris | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Calvin Jackson | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Zach Thomas | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 31.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Thomas | 103 | 78 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Terrell Buckley | 76 | 67 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| Calvin Jackson | 68.5 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Wooden | 69.5 | 56 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Rodgers | 68 | 56 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Anthony Harris | 58.5 | 50 | 17 | ||||||
| Tim Bowens | 41 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Daryl Gardener | 42 | 32 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jason Taylor | 36 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Corey Harris | 36 | 29 | 14 | ||||||
| Trace Armstrong | 36 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| George Teague | 29.5 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shane Burton | 22.5 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dwight Hollier | 25.5 | 16 | 19 | ||||||
| Barron Tanner | 19 | 16 | 6 | ||||||
| Sam Madison | 18.5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tim Jacobs | 17 | 15 | 4 | ||||||
| Jerry Wilson | 9.5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dunstan Anderson | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Chalenski | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Danny Stubbs | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Bracy Walker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Marino | 8 | 3 | -17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Irving Spikes | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| O.J. McDuffie | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Craig Erickson | 2 | 2 | -13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brian Manning | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| O.J. Brigance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Jordan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ed Perry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Fred Barnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Lamar Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jerris McPhail | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Karim Abdul-Jabbar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Bernie Parmalee | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 789.5 | 640 | 299 | 0 | 23 | 30 | -3 | 3 | 15 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Olindo Mare | 28 | 33 | 0 | 117 | ||||||||||
| Karim Abdul-Jabbar | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||||||
| Troy Drayton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Charles Jordan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Irving Spikes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Lamar Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jerris McPhail | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| O.J. McDuffie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Bernie Parmalee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Terrell Buckley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Tim Bowens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Brett Perriman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Fred Barnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ed Perry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 339 |
