1997 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Bill Cowher (11-5)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1997 Pittsburgh Steelers Roster
1997 Pittsburgh Steelers Results

The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.

Pittsburgh scored 372 points, while the defensive unit conceded 307. Jerome Bettis piled up yardage, accumulating a 1,665 yards for the Steelers.

Kordell Stewart tossed for 3,020 yards. Yancey Thigpen paced the receiving corps, grabbing 79 passes for 1,398 yards.

The opportunistic defense pounced on 34 turnovers. Darren Perry and Donnell Woolford each intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Carnell Lake sacked opposing passers 6 times, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 48 sacks.

Bill Cowher coached the team. The 1997 Pittsburgh Steelers lost in the Conference Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Kordell Stewart	440	236	53.6	3020	6.9	21	4.8	17	3.9	69	20	152	75.2
Mike Tomczak	24	16	66.7	185	7.7	1	4.2	2	8.3	28	0	0	68.9
Mike Quinn	2	1	50.0	10	5.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	0	0	64.6
Totals	466	253	54.3	3215	6.9	22	4.7	19	4.1	69	20	152

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jerome Bettis	375	1665	4.4	34	7
Kordell Stewart	88	476	5.4	74	11
George Jones	72	235	3.3	32	1
Fred McAfee	13	41	3.2	9	0
Courtney Hawkins	5	17	3.4	11	0
Will Blackwell	2	14	7.0	11	0
Mike Tomczak	7	13	1.9	17	0
Jon Witman	5	11	2.2	4	0
Tim Lester	2	9	4.5	6	0
Yancey Thigpen	1	3	3.0	3	0
Curtis Marsh	1	2	2.0	2	0
Josh Miller	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Totals	572	2479	4.3	74	19

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Yancey Thigpen	79	1398	17.7	69	7
Charles Johnson	46	568	12.3	49	2
Courtney Hawkins	45	555	12.3	44	3
Mark Bruener	18	117	6.5	18	6
George Jones	16	96	6.0	25	1
Jerome Bettis	15	110	7.3	19	2
Will Blackwell	12	168	14.0	46	1
Tim Lester	10	51	5.1	14	0
Mitch Lyons	4	29	7.2	13	0
Fred McAfee	2	44	22.0	30	0
Curtis Marsh	2	14	7.0	8	0
Mike Adams	1	39	39.0	39	0
Troy Sadowski	1	12	12.0	12	0
Kirk Botkin	1	11	11.0	11	0
Jon Witman	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	253	3215	12.7	69	22

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Norm Johnson	40	40	100.0	25	22	88.0	106
Totals	40	40	100.0	25	22	88.0	106

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Josh Miller	64	2729	42.6	72
Totals	64	2729	42.6	72

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Will Blackwell	23	149	6.5	15
Courtney Hawkins	4	68	17.0	30
Andre Coleman	5	5	1.0	5
Totals	32	222	6.9	30

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Will Blackwell	32	791	24.7	97	1
Andre Coleman	24	487	20.3	24	0
Mike Adams	10	215	21.5	31	0
Mike Vrabel	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	67	1493	22.3	97	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Donnell Woolford	4	91	22.8	34
Darren Perry	4	77	19.2	42
Carnell Lake	3	16	5.3	11
Chris Oldham	2	16	8.0	8
Levon Kirkland	2	14	7.0	11
Chad Scott	2	-4	-2.0	0
Kevin Henry	1	36	36.0	36
Myron Bell	1	10	10.0	7
Steve Conley	1	-3	-3.0	-3
Totals	20	253	12.6	42

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Carnell Lake	6.0
Jason Gildon	5.0
Levon Kirkland	5.0
Kevin Henry	4.5
Earl Holmes	4.0
Steve Conley	4.0
Nolan Harrison	4.0
Chris Oldham	4.0
Greg Lloyd	3.5
Myron Bell	1.5
Mike Vrabel	1.5
Orpheus Roye	1.0
Randy Fuller	1.0
Joel Steed	1.0
Oliver Gibson	1.0
Darren Perry	1.0
Totals	48.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Levon Kirkland	110.5	95	31	0	0	1	0	0	1
Darren Perry	73	68	10	0	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Holmes	81.5	67	29		0	1	0	0	0
Donnell Woolford	48.5	46	5	0
Chad Scott	46	45	2	0
Carnell Lake	51.5	43	17	0	0	1	38	1	2
Jason Gildon	47	41	12		0	2	32	1	0
Myron Bell	49	40	18	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Henry	43	35	16	0	0	2	0	0	0
Greg Lloyd	41	30	22		1	3	61	0	3
Randy Fuller	29	28	2		0	0	0	0	1
Joel Steed	37.5	27	21		0	1	0	0	0
Nolan Harrison	26.5	22	9		0	0	0	0	2
Chris Oldham	22	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
Mike Vrabel	15.5	14	3		0	1	0	0	2
Oliver Gibson	9.5	9	1		0	1	0	0	0
Donta Jones	9	6	6		0	1	6	0	0
Steve Conley	5.5	5	1	0
J.B. Brown	5	5	0
Orpheus Roye	3.5	3	1		0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Olsavsky	3.5	3	1
Lee Flowers	1	1	0		0	1	0	0	0
Carlos Emmons	1	1	0
Will Blackwell					3	2	0		0
Yancey Thigpen					1	1	0		0
George Jones					3	1	0		0
Jerome Bettis					6	1	0		0
Kordell Stewart					6	1	-1		0
Andre Coleman					1	0	0	0	0
Mike Adams					1	0	0	0	0
Courtney Hawkins					1	0	0		0
Mark Bruener					1	0	0		0
Fred McAfee					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	759.5	655	209	0	25	22	136	2	16

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Norm Johnson									22	40	0			106
Kordell Stewart	11								0	0	0			66
Jerome Bettis	7	2							0	0	0			54
Yancey Thigpen	0	7							0	0	0	1		44
Mark Bruener		6							0	0	0			36
Courtney Hawkins	0	3	0						0	0	0			18
Will Blackwell	0	1	0	1					0	0	0			12
Charles Johnson		2							0	0	0			12
George Jones	1	1							0	0	0			12
Carnell Lake						0	1		0	0	0			6
Jason Gildon							1		0	0	0			6
Totals	19	22	0	1	0	0	2	0	22	40	0	1	0	372