1997-98 New Orleans Saints Stats


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1997-98 New Orleans Saints Stats
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Team Stats | QB Stats | Rushing Stats | Receiving Stats | Field Goal Stats | Punting Stats | Punt Return Stats | Kick Return Stats | Defensive Stats | Interception Stats
Team Statistics Saints Opponents
Total 1st Downs 2935 280
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty) 1008 - 1620 - 307 95 - 168 - 17
3rd Down Conversions 696 / 2649 102 / 252
4th Down Conversions 178 / 277 7 / 12
Total Offensive Yards 4045 4645
Offense (Plays - Average Yards) 925 - 4.4 1073 - 4.3
Total Rushing Yards 1461 1764
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards) 417 - 3.5 496 - 3.6
Total Passing Yards 2901 2881
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average) 228 - 458 - 33 - 6.3 293 - 518 - 16 - 5.6
Sacks 50 59
Field Goals 23 / 27 28 / 36
Touchdowns 23 35
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive) 9 - 13 - 1 - 1 11 - 21 - 1 - 2
Turnover Ratio -24

1997-98 Saints Passing Stats

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Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% Long Sck Sack/Lost Rating
Heath Shuler203 106 1288 52.20% 6.30 2 1.00% 14 6.90% 89 21 132 46.6
Billy Joe Hobert131 61 891 46.60% 6.80 6 4.60% 8 6.10% 49 4 29 59.0
Danny Wuerffel91 42 518 46.20% 5.70 4 4.40% 8 8.80% 47 18 116 42.3
Doug Nussmeier32 18 183 56.20% 5.70 0 0.00% 3 9.40% 24 6 32 33.7
Mario Bates1 1 21 100.00% 21.00 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 21 0 0 158.3
Randal Hill0 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 1 8 0.0

1997-98 Saints Rushing Stats

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Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Ray Zellars156 552 3.5 27 4
Mario Bates119 440 3.7 74 4
Troy Davis75 271 3.6 20 0
Heath Shuler22 38 1.7 8 1
Billy Joe Hobert12 36 3.0 15 0
Andre Hastings4 35 8.8 27 0
Doug Nussmeier8 30 3.8 15 0
Danny Wuerffel6 26 4.3 10 0
Fred McCrary8 15 1.9 8 0
Randal Hill1 11 11.0 11 0
Wes Bender5 9 1.8 6 0
Eric Guliford1 -2 -2.0 -2 0

1997-98 Saints Receiving Stats

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Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD
Randal Hill55 761 13.8 89 2
Andre Hastings48 722 15.0 39 5
Eric Guliford27 362 13.4 47 1
Ray Zellars31 263 8.5 38 0
John Farquhar17 253 14.9 42 1
Irv Smith17 180 10.6 25 1
Keith Poole4 98 24.5 49 2
Troy Davis13 85 6.5 18 0
Brett Bech3 50 16.7 22 0
Mario Bates5 42 8.4 15 0
Daryl Hobbs2 41 20.5 21 1
Fred McCrary4 17 4.2 11 0
Nicky Savoie1 14 14.0 14 0
Tony Johnson1 13 13.0 13 0

1997-98 Saints Field Goal Stats

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Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Doug Brien1-1 2-2 10-10 6-9 0-0 0-0

1997-98 Saints Punting Stats

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Player Punts Yards Long Avg Blk Ret RetY IN 20 Net Avg
Mark Royals88 4038 66 45.9 0 50 706 21 34.9

1997-98 Saints Punt Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Long TD
Eric Guliford47 26 10.6 32 0
Andre Hastings1 0 -2.0 -2 0

1997-98 Saints Kick Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Yds/Ret Long TD
Eric Guliford43 0 1128 26.2 102 102
Troy Davis9 0 173 19.2 29 29
Brett Bech3 0 47 15.7 30 30
Fred McCrary2 0 26 13.0 15 15
Jared Tomich1 0 0 0.0 0 0

1997-98 Saints Defensive Stats

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Player Total Solo Assist Sck Sfty Fumb
Winfred Tubbs162 116 46 2.5 0 2
Mark Fields104 84 20 8.0 0 4
Sammy Knight93 76 17 0.0 0 0
Alex Molden69 58 11 4.0 0 3
Wayne Martin63 53 10 10.5 0 1
Anthony Newman63 53 10 0.0 0 0
Richard Harvey52 45 7 3.0 0 1
Eric Allen50 45 5 0.0 0 0
Mickey Washington46 41 5 0.0 0 1
Joe Johnson45 38 7 8.5 0 1
Pio Sagapolutele35 24 11 2.0 0 0
La'Roi Glover33 24 9 6.5 0 1
Darren Mickell32 20 12 3.5 0 0
Keith Mitchell29 25 4 4.0 0 0
Brady Smith29 21 8 5.0 0 0
Rob Kelly27 20 7 0.0 0 1
Vashone Adams20 16 4 0.0 0 1
Je'Rod Cherry20 19 1 0.0 0 0
Chris Hewitt17 13 4 0.0 0 1
Jared Tomich13 12 1 1.0 0 0

1997-98 Saints Interception Stats

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Player Int Yds Yds/Int Long TD
Sammy Knight5 75 15.0 39 0
Mickey Washington2 30 15.0 30 0
Eric Allen2 27 13.5 27 0
Winfred Tubbs2 21 10.5 15 0
Anthony Newman3 19 6.3 17 0
Rob Kelly1 15 15.0 15 0
Richard Harvey1 7 7.0 7 0

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