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Detroit Lions — 1997 season

The 1997 Detroit Lions season roster. Game results for this season are not matched here; they begin in the pages from 2002.

Roster (64 players)

Everyone on the roster that season; each name links to that player's page.

Player	Pos	No.
Frank Reich	QB	14
Matt Blundin	QB	12
Scott Mitchell	QB	19
Barry Sanders	RB	20
Cory Schlesinger	RB	30
Ron Rivers	RB	34
Terry Battle	RB	23
Tommy Vardell	RB	44
Glyn Milburn	WR	33
Herman Moore	WR	84
Johnnie Morton	WR	87
Kez McCorvey	WR	83
Tommie Boyd	WR	80
David Sloan	TE	86
Derek Price	TE	82
Eric Stocz	TE	82
Kevin Hickman	TE	82
Pete Chryplewicz	TE	81
Pete Metzelaars	TE	89
Andre Johnson	OL	70
Chris Harrison	OL	74
Eric Beverly	OL	79
Hessley Hempstead	OL	66
Jeff Hartings	OL	64
Juan Roque	OL	73
Kevin Glover	OL	53
Larry Tharpe	OL	71
Mike Compton	OL	77
Ray Roberts	OL	72
Tony Ramirez	OL	75
Tony Semple	OL	62
Kerwin Waldroup	DL	93
Luther Elliss	DL	94
Marc Spindler	DL	92
Marvin Thomas	DL	98
Mike Wells	DL	95
Robert Porcher	DL	91
Shane Bonham	DL	96
Tracy Scroggins	DL	97
Travis Kirschke	DL	67
Antonio London	LB	55
Ben Hanks	LB	50
George Jamison	LB	58
Matt Russell	LB	54
Reggie Brown	LB	59
Richard Jordan	LB	99
Scott Kowalkowski	LB	52
Stephen Boyd	LB	57
Tom Beer	LB	51
Brad Ford	DB	44
Bryant Westbrook	DB	32
Corey Raymond	DB	31
Daryl Porter	DB	38
Greg Jeffries	DB	25
Harry Colon	DB	29
Kevin Abrams	DB	24
Mark Carrier	DB	27
Robert Bailey	DB	35
Ron Rice	DB	28
Ryan Stewart	DB	42
Sean Hill	DB	43
Van Malone	DB	39
Jason Hanson	SPEC	4
John Jett	SPEC	18

Where this came from

Roster from nflverse open data, under CC BY 4.0.

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