1997 St. Louis Rams Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dick Vermeil (5-11)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1997 St. Louis Rams Roster
1997 St. Louis Rams Results

The St. Louis Rams of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

The Rams ran up 299 points, but the defensive squad gave up 359. Tony Banks triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,254 yards. Amp Lee hauled in 61 passes for 825 yards, while Isaac Bruce provided receiving help, too.

Lawrence Phillips carried the ball for a team-leading 633 yards for St. Louis.

The larcenous defense led the way with 39 turnovers. Ryan McNeil picked off 9 opponent throws. Leslie O'Neal topped the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks.

Dick Vermeil coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Tony Banks	487	252	51.7	3254	6.7	14	2.9	13	2.7	76	43	317	71.5
Mark Rypien	39	19	48.7	270	6.9	0	0.0	2	5.1	62	1	9	50.2
Totals	526	271	51.5	3524	6.7	14	2.7	15	2.9	76	44	326

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lawrence Phillips	183	633	3.5	28	8
Jerald Moore	104	380	3.7	26	3
Tony Banks	47	186	4.0	23	1
Amp Lee	28	104	3.7	14	0
Ronald Moore	24	103	4.3	27	1
Craig Heyward	34	84	2.5	8	1
Keith Crawford	2	32	16.0	23	0
David Thompson	16	30	1.9	9	1
Eddie Kennison	3	13	4.3	6	0
Mark Rypien	1	1	1.0	1	0
Mike Horan	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Totals	443	1563	3.5	28	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Amp Lee	61	825	13.5	62	3
Isaac Bruce	56	815	14.6	59	5
Ernie Conwell	38	404	10.6	46	4
Torrance Small	32	488	15.2	46	1
Eddie Kennison	25	404	16.2	76	0
Keith Crawford	11	232	21.1	69	0
Lawrence Phillips	10	33	3.3	17	0
Craig Heyward	8	77	9.6	25	0
Jerald Moore	8	69	8.6	19	0
Aaron Laing	5	31	6.2	11	1
Malcolm Floyd	4	39	9.8	14	0
Ronald Moore	4	34	8.5	13	0
Jermaine Ross	3	37	12.3	14	0
J.T. Thomas	2	25	12.5	16	0
Mitch Jacoby	2	10	5.0	10	0
Zach Wiegert	1	1	1.0	1	0
Mike Gruttadauria	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	271	3524	13.0	76	14

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Jeff Wilkins	32	32	100.0	37	25	67.6	107
Totals	32	32	100.0	37	25	67.6	107

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mike Horan	53	2272	42.9	60
Will Brice	41	1713	41.8	61
Totals	94	3985	42.4	61

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eddie Kennison	34	247	7.3	43
Malcolm Floyd	4	15	3.8	8
Jermaine Ross	2	12	6.0	6
Totals	40	274	6.8	43

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
David Thompson	49	1110	22.7	56
Jermaine Ross	6	130	21.7	42
J.T. Thomas	5	97	19.4	24
Amp Lee	4	71	17.8	19
Ronald Moore	1	17	17.0	17
Eddie Kennison	1	14	14.0	14
Jay Williams	1	10	10.0	10
Jeff Zgonina	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	68	1454	21.4	56

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ryan McNeil	9	127	14.1	75	1
Keith Lyle	8	102	12.8	39	0
Todd Lyght	4	25	6.2	13	0
D'Marco Farr	1	22	22.0	22	0
Leslie O'Neal	1	5	5.0	5	0
Mike Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dexter McCleon	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	25	281	11.2	75	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Leslie O'Neal	10.0
Kevin Carter	7.5
Bill Johnson	4.0
D'Marco Farr	3.0
Keith Lyle	2.0
Mike Jones	2.0
Jeff Zgonina	2.0
Roman Phifer	2.0
Robert Jones	1.0
Todd Lyght	1.0
Bryan Robinson	1.0
Dexter McCleon	1.0
Jay Williams	1.0
Jeff Robinson	0.5
Totals	38.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Todd Lyght	78.5	72	13	0	0	2	0	0	1
Mike Jones	79.5	70	19	0
Keith Lyle	77	70	14	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ryan McNeil	66.5	62	9	0	1	1	0		0
Robert Jones	69.5	61	17
Toby Wright	67.5	60	15		0	1	34	0	1
Roman Phifer	66	57	18
Bill Johnson	48.5	44	9		0	1	0	0	0
Leslie O'Neal	39	35	8	0	0	2	66	1	1
Kevin Carter	37	32	10		0	2	5	0	3
D'Marco Farr	31	26	10	0	0	2	0	0	1
Jeff Zgonina	20	19	2
Taje Allen	18.5	18	1
Gerald McBurrows	17.5	16	3
Billy Jenkins	15.5	13	5
Dexter McCleon	13	13	0	0
Bryan Robinson	10	10	0
Jay Williams	5.5	4	3
Marquis Walker	1	1	0		0	1	0	0	0
Nate Dingle	1	1	0
Zach Wiegert					0	4	0	1	0
Tony Banks					15	3	-27		0
Jerald Moore					4	2	0		0
Ernie Conwell					0	1	0		0
Keith Crawford					0	1	0	0	0
Orlando Pace					0	1	0	0	0
David Thompson					2	1	0		0
Eddie Kennison					2	0	0	0	0
Lawrence Phillips					3	0	0		0
Isaac Bruce					1	0	0		0
Craig Heyward					1	0	0		0
Totals	762	684	156	0	29	25	78	2	10

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jeff Wilkins									25	32	0			107
Lawrence Phillips	8	0							0	0	0			48
Isaac Bruce		5							0	0	0			30
Ernie Conwell		4							0	0	0			24
Amp Lee	0	3		0					0	0	0			18
Jerald Moore	3	0							0	0	0			18
Aaron Laing		1							0	0	0			6
Craig Heyward	1	0							0	0	0			6
Torrance Small		1							0	0	0			6
Leslie O'Neal						0	1		0	0	0			6
Zach Wiegert		0					1		0	0	0			6
Ronald Moore	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Tony Banks	1								0	0	0			6
Ryan McNeil						1			0	0	0			6
David Thompson	1			0					0	0	0			6
Totals	15	14	0	0	0	1	2	0	25	32	0	0	0	299