1997-98 New Orleans Saints Stats

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	1997-98 New Orleans Saints Stats
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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 Shuler	203	106	1288	52.20%	6.30	2	1.00%	14	6.90%	89	21	132	46.6
Billy Joe Hobert	131	61	891	46.60%	6.80	6	4.60%	8	6.10%	49	4	29	59.0
Danny Wuerffel	91	42	518	46.20%	5.70	4	4.40%	8	8.80%	47	18	116	42.3
Doug Nussmeier	32	18	183	56.20%	5.70	0	0.00%	3	9.40%	24	6	32	33.7
Mario Bates	1	1	21	100.00%	21.00	1	100.00%	0	0.00%	21	0	0	158.3
Randal Hill	0	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 Zellars	156	552	3.5	27	4
Mario Bates	119	440	3.7	74	4
Troy Davis	75	271	3.6	20	0
Heath Shuler	22	38	1.7	8	1
Billy Joe Hobert	12	36	3.0	15	0
Andre Hastings	4	35	8.8	27	0
Doug Nussmeier	8	30	3.8	15	0
Danny Wuerffel	6	26	4.3	10	0
Fred McCrary	8	15	1.9	8	0
Randal Hill	1	11	11.0	11	0
Wes Bender	5	9	1.8	6	0
Eric Guliford	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0

1997-98 Saints Receiving Stats

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Player	Rec	Yds	Yds/Rec	Long	TD
Randal Hill	55	761	13.8	89	2
Andre Hastings	48	722	15.0	39	5
Eric Guliford	27	362	13.4	47	1
Ray Zellars	31	263	8.5	38	0
John Farquhar	17	253	14.9	42	1
Irv Smith	17	180	10.6	25	1
Keith Poole	4	98	24.5	49	2
Troy Davis	13	85	6.5	18	0
Brett Bech	3	50	16.7	22	0
Mario Bates	5	42	8.4	15	0
Daryl Hobbs	2	41	20.5	21	1
Fred McCrary	4	17	4.2	11	0
Nicky Savoie	1	14	14.0	14	0
Tony Johnson	1	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 Brien	1-1	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 Royals	88	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 Guliford	47	26	10.6	32	0
Andre Hastings	1	0	-2.0	-2	0

1997-98 Saints Kick Return Stats

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Player	Returns	FC	Yds	Yds/Ret	Long	TD
Eric Guliford	43	0	1128	26.2	102	102
Troy Davis	9	0	173	19.2	29	29
Brett Bech	3	0	47	15.7	30	30
Fred McCrary	2	0	26	13.0	15	15
Jared Tomich	1	0	0	0.0	0	0

1997-98 Saints Defensive Stats

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Player	Total	Solo	Assist	Sck	Sfty	Fumb
Winfred Tubbs	162	116	46	2.5	0	2
Mark Fields	104	84	20	8.0	0	4
Sammy Knight	93	76	17	0.0	0	0
Alex Molden	69	58	11	4.0	0	3
Wayne Martin	63	53	10	10.5	0	1
Anthony Newman	63	53	10	0.0	0	0
Richard Harvey	52	45	7	3.0	0	1
Eric Allen	50	45	5	0.0	0	0
Mickey Washington	46	41	5	0.0	0	1
Joe Johnson	45	38	7	8.5	0	1
Pio Sagapolutele	35	24	11	2.0	0	0
La'Roi Glover	33	24	9	6.5	0	1
Darren Mickell	32	20	12	3.5	0	0
Keith Mitchell	29	25	4	4.0	0	0
Brady Smith	29	21	8	5.0	0	0
Rob Kelly	27	20	7	0.0	0	1
Vashone Adams	20	16	4	0.0	0	1
Je'Rod Cherry	20	19	1	0.0	0	0
Chris Hewitt	17	13	4	0.0	0	1
Jared Tomich	13	12	1	1.0	0	0

1997-98 Saints Interception Stats

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Player	Int	Yds	Yds/Int	Long	TD
Sammy Knight	5	75	15.0	39	0
Mickey Washington	2	30	15.0	30	0
Eric Allen	2	27	13.5	27	0
Winfred Tubbs	2	21	10.5	15	0
Anthony Newman	3	19	6.3	17	0
Rob Kelly	1	15	15.0	15	0
Richard Harvey	1	7	7.0	7	0

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