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New England Patriots — 1997 season

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

Roster (60 players)

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

Player	Pos	No.
Drew Bledsoe	QB	11
Scott Zolak	QB	16
Tom Tupa	QB	19
Curtis Martin	RB	28
Dave Meggett	RB	22
Derrick Cullors	RB	29
Keith Byars	RB	41
Marrio Grier	RB	35
Sam Gash	RB	33
Sedrick Shaw	RB	23
Dietrich Jells	WR	83
Michael Dritlein	WR	0
Shawn Jefferson	WR	84
Terry Glenn	WR	88
Tony Gaiter	WR	17
Troy Brown	WR	80
Vincent Brisby	WR	82
Ben Coates	TE	87
Lovett Purnell	TE	85
Mike Bartrum	TE	86
Bruce Armstrong	OL	78
Damon Denson	OL	61
Danny Villa	OL	75
Dave Wohlabaugh	OL	64
Ed Ellis	OL	66
Heath Irwin	OL	63
Max Lane	OL	68
Mike Gisler	OL	67
Scott Rehberg	OL	60
Todd Rucci	OL	71
Zefross Moss	OL	77
Brandon Mitchell	DL	98
Chad Eaton	DL	90
Chris Sullivan	DL	74
Devin Wyman	DL	72
Ferric Collons	DL	92
Henry Thomas	DL	95
Josh Taves	DL	99
Mark Wheeler	DL	97
Mike D. Jones	DL	96
Willie McGinest	DL	55
Bernard Russ	LB	51
Chris Slade	LB	53
Marty Moore	LB	58
Ted Johnson	LB	52
Tedy Bruschi	LB	54
Todd F. Collins	LB	59
Vernon Crawford	LB	99
Chris Canty	DB	26
Chris Carter	DB	42
Dwayne Provo	DB	37
Jimmy Hitchcock	DB	31
Larry Whigham	DB	25
Lawyer Milloy	DB	36
Mike McGruder	DB	27
Steve Israel	DB	21
Steve Lofton	DB	38
Ty Law	DB	24
Willie Clay	DB	32
Adam Vinatieri	SPEC	4

Where this came from

Roster from nflverse open data, under CC BY 4.0.

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