1997 Chicago Bears (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	7/27/1997	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-30	L		Dublin, Ireland	Croke Park	30269
Sat	8/2/1997	A	Buffalo Bills	20-17	W	OT	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	33525
Sun	8/10/1997	A	Miami Dolphins	14-21	L		Miami-Dade County, FL	Pro Player Stadium	57782
Sun	8/17/1997	H	Arizona Cardinals	22-10	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	22331
Fri	8/22/1997	H	New Orleans Saints	7-13	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	58656
Mon	9/1/1997	A	Green Bay Packers	24-38	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	60766
Sun	9/7/1997	H	Minnesota Vikings	24-27	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	59263
Sun	9/14/1997	H	Detroit Lions	7-32	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	59147
Sun	9/21/1997	A	New England Patriots	3-31	L		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	59873
Sun	9/28/1997	A	Dallas Cowboys	3-27	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64082
Sun	10/5/1997	H	New Orleans Saints	17-20	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	58865
Sun	10/12/1997	H	Green Bay Packers	23-24	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	62212
Mon	10/27/1997	A	Miami Dolphins	36-33	W	OT	Miami-Dade County, FL	Pro Player Stadium	73156
Sun	11/2/1997	H	Washington Redskins	8-31	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	53032
Sun	11/9/1997	A	Minnesota Vikings	22-29	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	63443
Sun	11/16/1997	H	New York Jets	15-23	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	45642
Sun	11/23/1997	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13-7	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	43955
Thu	11/27/1997	A	Detroit Lions	20-55	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	77904
Sun	12/7/1997	H	Buffalo Bills	20-3	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	39784
Sun	12/14/1997	A	St. Louis Rams	13-10	W		St. Louis, MO	Trans World Dome	66030
Sun	12/21/1997	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	15-31	L		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	70930

Schedule Notes
8/17/1997	Arizona Cardinals	Postponed from 8/16
10/27/1997	Miami Dolphins	Postponed from 10/26

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Tremayne Allen	49	TE	6-2	234	23	Florida	2	0
John Allred	84	TE	6-5	247	23	Southern California	15	4
Darnell Autry	21	RB	5-10	210	21	Northwestern	13	3
Ricky Bell	32	CB	5-10	192	23	North Carolina State	5	0
Fabien Bownes	82	WR	5-11	191	25	Western Illinois	16	0
Todd Burger	63	ROG	6-3	303	27	Penn State	15	15
James Burton	35	CB	5-9	184	26	Hawaii; Fresno State	5	1
Daryl Carter	59	LB	6-2	222	22	Wisconsin	1	0
Marty Carter	23	SS	6-1	212	28	Middle Tennessee State	15	15
Tom Carter	25	LCB	6-0	189	25	Notre Dame	16	16
Tony Carter	30	FB	6-0	234	25	Minnesota	16	10
Jon Clark	72	OT	6-6	345	24	Temple	1	0
Curtis Conway	80	WR	6-1	195	26	El Camino JC; Southern California	7	7
Terry Cousin	24	CB	5-9	183	22	South Carolina	6	0
Bryan Cox	52	MLB	6-4	248	29	Western Illinois	16	15
Ron Cox	54	SLB	6-2	237	29	Fresno State	15	13
Corey Dowden	20	CB	5-11	190	29	Tulane	2	0
Mike Dulaney	38	FB	6-0	237	27	North Carolina	7	0
Bobby Engram	81	WR	5-10	189	24	Penn State	11	11
Jim Flanigan	99	LDT	6-2	289	26	Notre Dame	16	16
Marlon Forbes	46	S-CB	6-1	212	26	Penn State	16	1
Paul Grasmanis	93	RDT	6-3	298	23	Notre Dame	16	1
Chris Gray	62	ROG-LOG	6-4	306	27	Auburn	8	2
Ronnie Harmon	22	RB	5-11	198	33	Iowa	1	0
Raymont Harris	29	RB-FB	6-0	228	27	Ohio State	13	13
Sean Harris	55	SLB	6-3	250	25	Arizona	11	1
Walt Harris	27	RCB	5-11	193	23	Mississippi State	16	16
Andy Heck	64	LOT	6-6	296	30	Notre Dame	16	16
Jimmy Herndon	74	OT	6-8	318	24	Houston	7	0
Michael Hicks	44	RB	6-0	190	24	South Carolina State	3	0
Van Hiles	48	S	6-0	195	22	Kentucky	16	1
Tyrone Hughes	33	DB-RB	5-9	175	27	Nebraska	14	0
Greg Huntington	67	OG	6-3	308	27	Penn State	1	0
Jeff Jaeger	1	K-P	5-11	188	33	Washington	16	0
Keith Jennings	85	TE	6-4	265	31	Clemson	12	12
Erik Kramer	12	QB	6-1	199	33	Los Angeles Pierce JC; North Carolina State	15	13
Harper LeBel	88	TE	6-4	248	34	Colorado State	16	0
Michael Lowery	53	LB	6-0	224	23	Mississippi	16	0
John Mangum	26	FS	5-10	187	30	Alabama	16	16
Anthony Marshall	36	SS	6-1	212	27	Louisiana State	14	1
Barry Minter	92	WLB	6-2	244	27	Tulsa	16	16
Rick Mirer	13	QB	6-3	212	27	Notre Dame	7	3
Chris Penn	86	WR	6-0	198	26	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Tulsa	14	4
Todd Perry	75	LOG	6-5	309	27	Kentucky	11	11
Tony Peterson	57	LB	6-1	229	25	Notre Dame	16	0
Evan Pilgrim	65	C	6-4	303	25	Brigham Young	13	6
Ricky Proehl	87	WR	6-0	190	29	Wake Forest	15	10
Carl Reeves	68	RDE	6-4	267	26	North Carolina State	15	10
Rashaan Salaam	31	RB	6-1	220	23	Colorado	3	3
Todd Sauerbrun	16	P	5-10	210	24	West Virginia	16	0
Bill Schultz	67	LOG	6-5	303	30	Glendale CC; Southern California	8	3
Carl Simpson	98	RDT-RDE	6-2	292	27	Florida State	16	16
Eric Smith	83	WR	5-11	183	26	Northwest Mississippi CC; Louisiana State	7	0
Alonzo Spellman	90	RDE	6-4	290	26	Ohio State	7	5
Tony Stargell	45	CB	5-11	190	31	Tennessee State	1	0
Steve Stenstrom	18	QB	6-2	205	26	Stanford	3	0
John Thierry	91	LDE	6-4	263	26	Alcorn State	9	9
Mark Thomas	95	LDE	6-5	269	28	North Carolina State	16	7
Chris Villarrial	58	C-LOG	6-4	311	24	Indiana (Pennsylvania)	11	11
Ryan Wetnight	89	TE	6-2	236	27	Fresno CC; Stanford	16	3
Casey Wiegmann	60	C	6-2	286	24	Iowa	1	0
James Williams	71	ROT	6-7	335	29	Cheyney	16	16
Tyrone Williams	96	DT	6-4	292	25	Wyoming	3	0
Chris Zorich	97	DT	6-1	281	28	Notre Dame	3	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	38	John Allred	TE	Southern California
3	69	Bob Sapp	G	Washington
4	105	Darnell Autry	RB	Northwestern
4	108	Marcus Robinson	WR	South Carolina
5	141	Van Hiles	DB	Kentucky
6	196	Shawn Swayda	DE	Arizona State
6	200	Richard Hogans	LB	Memphis
6	201	Ricky Parker	DB	San Diego State
7	210	Mike Miano	DT	Missouri State
7	233	Marvin Thomas	DE	Memphis

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	61	72	36	91	3	263
Opponents Totals	78	123	107	113	0	421

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	33:08	305	94	188	23	91/253 36.0%	14/27 51.9%	107	867
Opponents Totals	26:52	281	97	156	28	60/189 31.7%	3/9 33.3%	93	763

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jeff Jaeger	0	20	20	100.0	0	0	21	26	80.8	0	83
Raymont Harris	10	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	60
Ricky Proehl	7	0	0		1	2	0	0		0	44
Chris Penn	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Bobby Engram	2	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	14
Erik Kramer	2	0	0		0	2	0	0		0	12
Darnell Autry	1	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	8
Rick Mirer	1	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	8
Curtis Conway	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Ryan Wetnight	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Jim Flanigan	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	2
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	2
Team Totals	28	20	20	100.0	5	8	21	26	80.8	1	263
Opponents Totals	50	45	45	100.0	2	5	24	32	75.0	0	421

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jeff Jaeger	21	26	80.8	1	52	0/0	8/9	8/10	4/6	1/1
Team Totals	21	26	80.8	1	52	0/0	8/9	8/10	4/6	1/1
Opponents Totals	24	32	75.0			0/0	9/9	12/12	3/9	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Raymont Harris	275	1033	3.8	68t	10	52	3	2	0
Darnell Autry	112	319	2.8	17	1	12	0	0	2
Rashaan Salaam	31	112	3.6	17	0	4	0	0	2
Erik Kramer	27	83	3.1	31	2	13	1	0	5
Rick Mirer	20	78	3.9	20	1	5	1	0	2
Tony Carter	9	56	6.2	16	0	3	0	0	0
Curtis Conway	3	17	5.7	10	0	1	0	0	0
Michael Hicks	4	14	3.5	8	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Smith	1	12	12.0	12	0	1	0	0	0
Todd Sauerbrun	2	8	4.0	8	0	1	0	0	1
Steve Stenstrom	1	6	6.0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Ronnie Harmon	2	6	3.0	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tyrone Hughes	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Harper LeBel	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Penn	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	490	1746	3.6	68t	14	94	5	2	13
Opponents Totals	421	1858	4.4	76	18	97	18	5	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Erik Kramer	477	275	57.7	188	3011	6.3	10.9	78t	14	2.9	14	2.9	25	149	2862	158	26	6	74.0
Rick Mirer	103	53	51.5	44	420	4.1	7.9	34	0	0.0	6	5.8	16	92	328	26	2	0	37.7
Steve Stenstrom	14	8	57.1	4	70	5.0	8.8	18	0	0.0	2	14.3	2	19	51	4	0	0	31.0
Curtis Conway	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	595	336	56.5	237	3501	5.9	10.4	78t	14	2.4	22	3.7	43	260	3241	188	28	6	66.1
Opponents Totals	476	273	57.4	190	3289	6.9	12.0	89t	25	5.3	13	2.7	38	259	3030	156	45	6	84.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Ricky Proehl	58	753	13.0	78t	7	39	8	3	2
Chris Penn	47	576	12.3	33	3	39	6	0	1
Ryan Wetnight	46	464	10.1	34	1	23	5	0	1
Bobby Engram	45	399	8.9	23	2	22	1	0	1
Curtis Conway	30	476	15.9	55t	1	18	5	3	0
Raymont Harris	28	115	4.1	16	0	7	0	0	1
Tony Carter	24	152	6.3	19	0	11	0	0	0
Keith Jennings	14	164	11.7	23	0	8	2	0	0
Fabien Bownes	12	146	12.2	21	0	8	1	0	0
Darnell Autry	9	59	6.6	14	0	2	0	0	0
John Allred	8	70	8.8	18	0	2	0	0	0
Tyrone Hughes	8	68	8.5	16	0	5	0	0	0
Eric Smith	2	22	11.0	12	0	2	0	0	0
Rashaan Salaam	2	20	10.0	18	0	1	0	0	0
Ronnie Harmon	2	8	4.0	6	0	1	0	0	0
Tremayne Allen	1	9	9.0	9	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	336	3501	10.4	78t	14	188	28	6	6
Opponents Totals	273	3289	12.0	89t	25	156	45	6	4

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Walt Harris	5	30	6.0	12	0
Tom Carter	3	12	4.0	12	0
John Mangum	2	4	2.0	4	0
Anthony Marshall	2	0	0.0	0	0
Marty Carter	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	13	60	4.6	14	0
Opponents Totals	22	328	14.9	38t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Todd Sauerbrun	95	4059	42.7	67	11	26	13	3	727	3112	32.8
Jeff Jaeger	1	18	18.0	18	0	0	1	0	0	18	18.0
Team Totals	96	4077	42.5	67	11	26	14	3	727	3130	32.6
Opponents Totals	81	3526	43.5	72	12	28			321	2965	36.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Tyrone Hughes	36	7	258	7.2	19	0	0	0	2
Ricky Proehl	8	1	59	7.4	14	0	0	0	0
Bobby Engram	1	0	4	4.0	4	0	0	0	0
Mike Dulaney	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	46	8	321	7.0	19	0	0	0	3
Opponents Totals	52	16	727	14.0	83t	2

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	OSA	OSR
Todd Sauerbrun	34	2073	61.0	2	7	23	514	4	0
Jeff Jaeger	31	1817	58.6	2	0	29	723	2	0
Team Totals	65	3890	59.8	4	7	52	1237	6	0
Opponents Totals						79	1964

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+	FUM
Tyrone Hughes	43	1008	23.4	58	29	3	0
Fabien Bownes	19	396	20.8	36	10	0	0
Eric Smith	10	196	19.6	28	5	0	0
Tony Carter	2	34	17.0	19	0	0	0
Bobby Engram	2	27	13.5	20	1	0	0
John Allred	2	21	10.5	11	0	0	0
Ryan Wetnight	1	9	9.0	9	0	0	0
Anthony Marshall	0	3		3L	0	0	1
Team Totals	79	1694	21.4	58	45	3	1
Opponents Totals	52	1237	23.8	69

SACKS	NO	YDS
Jim Flanigan	6.0
Barry Minter	6.0
Bryan Cox	5.0
Carl Simpson	4.5
Mark Thomas	4.5
Anthony Marshall	3.0
John Thierry	3.0
Alonzo Spellman	2.0
Marty Carter	1.0
Ron Cox	1.0
John Mangum	1.0
Paul Grasmanis	0.5
Carl Reeves	0.5
Team Totals	38.0	259.0
Opponents Totals	43.0	260.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Darnell Autry	2		0	0	0	0	0
Fabien Bownes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Todd Burger	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tony Carter	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bryan Cox	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Dulaney	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Engram	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Flanigan	0	0	0	3	3	3	0
Paul Grasmanis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Raymont Harris	1		0	0	0	0	0
Walt Harris	1		0	1	1	0	0
Tyrone Hughes	2		2	0	2	0	0
Erik Kramer	11		3	0	3	-14	0
Harper LeBel	1		0	1	1	0	0
John Mangum	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Anthony Marshall	1		1	1	2	10	0
Barry Minter	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Rick Mirer	4		1	0	1	-4	0
Chris Penn	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tony Peterson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Evan Pilgrim	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ricky Proehl	2		0	0	0	0	0
Carl Reeves	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rashaan Salaam	2		0	0	0	0	0
Todd Sauerbrun	1		0	0	0	-9	0
Steve Stenstrom	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mark Thomas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ryan Wetnight	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	33	21	12	17	29	-14	0
Opponents Totals	25	17	7	19	26		4

Keith Armstrong	Special Teams
Clarence Brooks	Defensive Line
Matt Cavanaugh	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Ivan Fears	Wide Receivers
Carlos Mainord	Defensive Backs
Willie Peete	Running Backs
Ted Plumb	Receivers-Tight Ends
Greg Schiano	Defensive Assistant
Bob Slowik	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Tony Wise	Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line