1997 New York Jets Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Parcells (9-7)
Location: New York, New York

1997 New York Jets Roster
1997 New York Jets Results

The New York Jets 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.

New York netted 348 points, while the miserly defensive unit conceded 287. Neil O'Donnell threw for 2,796 yards. Keyshawn Johnson hauled in 70 balls for 963 yards. Wayne Chrebet was targeted regularly, too.

Adrian Murrell rushed for a team-leading 1,086 yards for the Jets.

Otis Smith picked off 6 opponent throws. Mo Lewis sacked quarterbacks 8 times.

Bill Parcells coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Neil O'Donnell	460	259	56.3	2796	6.1	17	3.7	7	1.5	70	45	289	80.3
Glenn Foley	97	56	57.7	705	7.3	3	3.1	1	1.0	35	3	24	86.5
Ray Lucas	4	3	75.0	28	7.0	0	0.0	1	25.0	19	0	0	54.2
Brian Hansen	1	1	100.0	26	26.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	0	0	118.8
Leon Johnson	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	564	319	56.6	3555	6.3	20	3.5	10	1.8	70	48	313

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Adrian Murrell	300	1086	3.6	43	7
Leon Johnson	48	158	3.3	20	2
Richie Anderson	21	70	3.3	19	0
Ray Lucas	6	55	9.2	17	0
Neil O'Donnell	32	36	1.1	19	1
Jerald Sowell	7	35	5.0	10	0
Lorenzo Neal	10	28	2.8	8	0
Dedric Ward	2	25	12.5	21	0
Chuck Clements	2	-3	-1.5	-1	0
Glenn Foley	3	-5	-1.7	-1	0
Totals	431	1485	3.4	43	10

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Keyshawn Johnson	70	963	13.8	39	5
Wayne Chrebet	58	799	13.8	70	3
Jeff Graham	42	542	12.9	47	2
Fred Baxter	27	276	10.2	37	3
Adrian Murrell	27	106	3.9	23	0
Richie Anderson	26	150	5.8	19	1
Kyle Brady	22	238	10.8	24	2
Dedric Ward	18	212	11.8	33	1
Leon Johnson	16	142	8.9	20	0
Lorenzo Neal	8	40	5.0	14	1
Alex Van Dyke	3	53	17.7	18	2
Corwin Brown	1	26	26.0	26	0
Jerald Sowell	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	319	3555	11.1	70	20

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
John Hall	36	36	100.0	41	28	68.3	120
Totals	36	36	100.0	41	28	68.3	120

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Brian Hansen	71	3068	43.2	58
John Hall	3	144	48.0	57
Totals	74	3212	43.4	58

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Leon Johnson	51	619	12.1	66	1
Dedric Ward	8	55	6.9	12	0
Totals	59	674	11.4	66	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Aaron Glenn	28	741	26.5	96	1
Leon Johnson	12	319	26.6	101	1
Alex Van Dyke	6	138	23.0	30	0
Lorenzo Neal	2	22	11.0	22	0
Dedric Ward	2	10	5.0	11	0
Wayne Chrebet	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jason Ferguson	1	1	1.0	1	0
Bobby Hamilton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Fred Baxter	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	54	1236	22.9	101	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Otis Smith	6	158	26.3	51	3
Ray Mickens	4	2	0.5	2	0
Victor Green	3	89	29.7	39	0
Jerome Henderson	1	45	45.0	45	0
Mo Lewis	1	43	43.0	43	1
Marcus Coleman	1	24	24.0	24	0
Pepper Johnson	1	13	13.0	13	0
Aaron Glenn	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	18	379	21.1	51	4

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Mo Lewis	8.0
Hugh Douglas	4.0
Jason Ferguson	3.5
Marvin Jones	3.0
Rick Lyle	3.0
Rick Terry	2.0
James Farrior	1.5
Ray Mickens	1.0
Dwayne Gordon	1.0
Bobby Hamilton	1.0
Victor Green	1.0
Totals	29.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Victor Green	106	89	34	0	0	0	0	0	2
Marvin Jones	107	87	40		0	1	0	0	2
Jerome Henderson	66.5	57	19	0
Otis Smith	63.5	57	13	0	0	2	40		1
Aaron Glenn	59.5	54	11	0	1	0	0		0
James Farrior	62	53	18		0	0	0	0	1
Mo Lewis	58.5	45	27	0	0	1	26		2
Dwayne Gordon	53.5	42	23
Ernie Logan	40	35	10
Hugh Douglas	35	31	8		0	0	0	0	3
Rick Lyle	36	30	12		0	1	2	0	0
Pepper Johnson	32.5	26	13	0
Ray Mickens	25.5	25	1	0	0	0	0		2
Jason Ferguson	27	23	8
Rick Terry	19	16	6
Corwin Brown	16	14	4		0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Hamilton	18.5	13	11
Chad Cascadden	12.5	12	1		0	1	0	0	0
Raymond Austin	10	8	4
Marcus Coleman	9	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ronnie Dixon	5.5	4	3
Leon Johnson					5	5	0		0
Neil O'Donnell					9	2	-1		0
Adrian Murrell					4	2	0		0
Richie Anderson					2	1	0		0
Lonnie Palelei					0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Graham					0	1	0		0
Roger Duffy					2	1	-22	0	0
Glenn Foley					1	0	0	0	0
Fred Baxter					1	0	0		0
Dedric Ward					1	0	0		0
Kyle Brady					1	0	0		0
Totals	863	729	268	0	27	20	45	0	14

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
John Hall									28	36	0			120
Adrian Murrell	7	0							0	0	0			42
Keyshawn Johnson		5							0	0	0			30
Leon Johnson	2	0	1	1					0	0	0			24
Fred Baxter		3		0					0	0	0			18
Wayne Chrebet		3		0					0	0	0			18
Otis Smith						3			0	0	0			18
Alex Van Dyke		2		0					0	0	0			12
Kyle Brady		2							0	0	0			12
Jeff Graham		2							0	0	0			12
Ray Mickens						0		1	0	0	0			6
Mo Lewis						1			0	0	0			6
Dedric Ward	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Aaron Glenn				1		0			0	0	0			6
Lorenzo Neal	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Neil O'Donnell	1								0	0	0			6
Richie Anderson	0	1							0	0	0			6
Totals	10	20	1	2	0	4	0	1	28	36	0	0	0	348