1997 Football

5-6 overall · 3-5 Big 12 Rick Neuheisel

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Schedule & Results Roster Team Stats

Tackles — click column headers to sort

#	Player	UA	Ast	Total	Sacks	Sack Yds	TFL	TFL Yds	TFZ
	Ryan SutterLeader	98	72	170	0.0	0	3.0	3	—
	Hannibal Navies	85	45	130	2.0	7	9.0	34	—
	Mike Phillips	42	39	81	2.0	9	5.0	14	—
	Ryan Black	37	39	76	1.0	0	1.0	2	—
	Ryan Olson	49	27	76	3.0	11	6.0	17	—
	Viliami Maumau	45	31	76	1.0	17	4.0	20	—
	Nick Ziegler	35	33	68	5.5	32	10.0	42	—
	Terrell Cade	26	32	58	3.0	12	3.0	12	—
	Marcus Washington	29	28	57	0.0	0	2.0	8	—
	Brandon Southward	25	20	45	0.0	0	4.0	10	—
35	Ty Gregorak	19	19	38	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
82	Brady McDonnell	20	17	37	1.0	0	7.0	12	—
	Ron Merkerson	22	14	36	0.0	0	2.0	3	—
1	Ben Kelly	27	9	36	0.0	0	1.0	2	—
	Damen Wheeler	18	12	30	1.0	5	2.0	13	—
	Rashidi Barnes	17	11	28	2.0	15	2.0	15	—
	Aaron Marshall	13	14	27	0.5	4	3.0	11	—
80	Ian Loper	11	13	24	1.0	2	1.0	2	—
	Jesse Warren	9	8	17	0.0	0	1.0	1	—
	Clifton Peters	5	6	11	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
	Elton Davis	5	2	7	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
26	John Sanders	2	0	2	1.0	16	1.0	16	—
46	Wes Pratt	1	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
61	Zach Engraff	0	1	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
	Team Totals	640	492	1,132	24.0	130	67.0	237	—

Notes

A dash (—) indicates a statistic not yet available for that season or player; 0 is a verified zero.

Defensive season statistics from 1983–2022 are the official totals compiled from coaches' film review and may differ from in-game statistics.