1997 Jacksonville Jaguars Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Tom Coughlin (11-5)
Location: Jacksonville, Florida

1997 Jacksonville Jaguars Roster
1997 Jacksonville Jaguars Results

The Jacksonville Jaguars 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 0-1.

The Jaguars piled up points with 394 points, and the defense conceded 318. Mark Brunell directed the offense, throwing for 3,281 yards. Keenan McCardell paced the receiving corps, catching 85 passes, while Jimmy Smith accumulated 1,324 receiving yards.

Natrone Means rushed for a team-best 823 yards for Jacksonville.

Deon Figures picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Clyde Simmons sacked quarterbacks 8.5 times, topping a defense credited with 47 sacks.

Tom Coughlin coached the team. The 1997 Jacksonville Jaguars 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
Mark Brunell	435	264	60.7	3281	7.5	18	4.1	7	1.6	75	33	189	91.2
Rob Johnson	28	22	78.6	344	12.3	2	7.1	2	7.1	40	6	29	111.9
Steve Matthews	40	26	65.0	275	6.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	43	1	0	84.9
Bryan Barker	1	1	100.0	22	22.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	22	0	0	118.8
Totals	504	313	62.1	3922	7.8	20	4.0	9	1.8	75	40	218

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Natrone Means	244	823	3.4	20	9
James Stewart	136	555	4.1	33	8
Mark Brunell	48	257	5.4	15	2
Rob Johnson	10	34	3.4	25	1
Ty Hallock	4	21	5.2	11	0
Willie Jackson	3	14	4.7	13	0
Steve Matthews	1	10	10.0	10	0
Daimon Shelton	6	4	0.7	2	0
Randy Jordan	1	2	2.0	2	0
Bryan Barker	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	454	1720	3.8	33	20

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Keenan McCardell	85	1164	13.7	60	5
Jimmy Smith	82	1324	16.1	75	4
James Stewart	41	336	8.2	40	1
Pete Mitchell	35	380	10.9	33	4
Ty Hallock	18	131	7.3	23	1
Willie Jackson	17	206	12.1	45	2
Natrone Means	15	104	6.9	21	0
Derek Brown	8	84	10.5	21	1
Damon Jones	5	87	17.4	26	2
Reggie Barlow	5	74	14.8	29	0
Dana Hall	1	22	22.0	22	0
Will Moore	1	10	10.0	10	0
Totals	313	3922	12.5	75	20

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Mike Hollis	41	41	100.0	36	31	86.1	134
Totals	41	41	100.0	36	31	86.1	134

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bryan Barker	66	2964	44.9	64
Totals	66	2964	44.9	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Reggie Barlow	36	412	11.4	52	0
Totals	36	412	11.4	52	0

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Willie Jackson	32	653	20.4	38	0
Reggie Barlow	10	267	26.7	92	1
Mike Logan	10	236	23.6	39	0
Will Moore	1	36	36.0	36	0
Pete Mitchell	2	17	8.5	12	0
Chris Parker	1	9	9.0	9	0
Travis Davis	1	9	9.0	9	0
Ty Hallock	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	58	1233	21.3	92	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Deon Figures	5	48	9.6	32
Chris Hudson	3	26	8.7	23
Dave Thomas	2	34	17.0	23
Travis Davis	1	23	23.0	23
Jeff Kopp	1	9	9.0	9
Aaron Beasley	1	5	5.0	5
Eddie Robinson	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	14	145	10.4	32

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Clyde Simmons	8.5
Tony Brackens	7.0
Joel Smeenge	6.5
Jeff Lageman	5.0
Don Davey	3.0
Kelvin Pritchett	3.0
Kevin Hardy	2.5
Renaldo Wynn	2.5
Eddie Robinson	2.0
Travis Davis	2.0
Brant Boyer	1.5
James Hamilton	1.0
Esera Tuaolo	1.0
Jeff Kopp	1.0
Bryan Schwartz	0.5
Totals	47.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Dave Thomas	82	76	12	0	0	1	0	0	2
Travis Davis	82.5	72	21	0	0	3	10	0	2
Bryan Schwartz	68.5	58	21		0	1	0	0	0
Deon Figures	57	56	2	0
Eddie Robinson	65	55	20	0	0	2	0	0	0
Kevin Hardy	51.5	48	7
Tony Brackens	42.5	41	3		0	1	0	0	5
Clyde Simmons	37	34	6		0	0	0	0	2
Joel Smeenge	30.5	29	3		0	2	1	0	0
Aaron Beasley	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Renaldo Wynn	25.5	23	5		0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Lageman	25	22	6		0	1	0	0	2
Kelvin Pritchett	26	20	12		0	1	0	0	0
Don Davey	23	18	10		0	0	0	0	2
Brant Boyer	21	18	6
Esera Tuaolo	14.5	13	3
Seth Payne	13	12	2
Dana Hall	11.5	11	1		0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Kopp	10	7	6	0
Kevin Devine	6	6	0
Mike Logan	5	5	0
Jose White	4	3	2
James Hamilton	3	3	0
John Jurkovic	2	1	2
Ricky Parker	0.5	0	1
Bucky Brooks	0.5	0	1
Chris Hudson				0	1	2	32	1	0
Jimmy Smith					1	1	0		0
Dave Widell					0	1	0	0	0
Pete Mitchell					0	1	0		0
Reggie Barlow					2	1	0		0
Willie Jackson					1	0	0		0
Bryan Barker					1	0	-19	0	0
Natrone Means					5	0	0		0
Steve Matthews					1	0	0	0	0
Daimon Shelton					1	0	0	0	0
Mark Brunell					4	0	-5		0
Totals	732	656	152	0	17	19	19	1	17

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Mike Hollis									31	41	0			134
James Stewart	8	1							0	0	0			54
Natrone Means	9	0							0	0	0			54
Keenan McCardell		5							0	0	0			30
Pete Mitchell		4		0					0	0	0			24
Jimmy Smith		4							0	0	0			24
Willie Jackson	0	2		0					0	0	0	1		14
Mark Brunell	2								0	0	0			12
Chris Hudson						0	1	1	0	0	0			12
Damon Jones		2							0	0	0			12
Reggie Barlow		0	0	1					0	0	0			6
Ty Hallock	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Derek Brown		1							0	0	0			6
Rob Johnson	1								0	0	0			6
Totals	20	20	0	1	0	0	1	1	31	41	0	1	0	394