Corey Dillon had the most rushing yards in his rookie season by a running back in 1997, with 1,129 yards.
- Regular season
| NAME | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | C. Dillon | 1,129 | 1997 | 16 | 233 | 4.8 | 70.6 | 10 | 259 | 27 | 9.6 | 16.2 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | W. Dunn | 978 | 1997 | 16 | 224 | 4.4 | 61.1 | 4 | 462 | 39 | 11.8 | 28.9 | 3 | ||
| 3 | | A. Smith | 840 | 1997 | 16 | 194 | 4.3 | 52.5 | 8 | 177 | 28 | 6.3 | 11.1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | F. Lane | 809 | 1997 | 13 | 182 | 4.4 | 62.2 | 7 | 27 | 8 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | T. Barber | 511 | 1997 | 12 | 136 | 3.8 | 42.6 | 3 | 299 | 34 | 8.8 | 24.9 | 1 | ||
| 6 | | B. Hanspard | 335 | 1997 | 16 | 53 | 6.3 | 20.9 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 8.8 | 3.3 | 1 | ||
| 7 | | D. Autry | 319 | 1997 | 13 | 112 | 2.8 | 24.5 | 1 | 59 | 9 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | J. Graham | 299 | 1997 | 13 | 81 | 3.7 | 23.0 | 2 | 51 | 12 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | T. Davis | 271 | 1997 | 16 | 75 | 3.6 | 16.9 | 0 | 85 | 13 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | G. Jones | 235 | 1997 | 16 | 72 | 3.3 | 14.7 | 1 | 96 | 16 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | | L. Johnson | 158 | 1997 | 16 | 48 | 3.3 | 9.9 | 2 | 142 | 16 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | D. Cullors | 101 | 1997 | 15 | 22 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | K. Bynum | 97 | 1997 | 13 | 30 | 3.2 | 7.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | J. Sowell | 35 | 1997 | 9 | 7 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | D. Thompson | 30 | 1997 | 11 | 16 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | D. Staley | 29 | 1997 | 16 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11.0 | 1.4 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | M. Edwards | 17 | 1997 | 15 | 5 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0 | 48 | 6 | 8.0 | 3.2 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | E. Lane | 13 | 1997 | 15 | 5 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | D. Shelton | 4 | 1997 | 13 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | | C. Levitt | 3 | 1997 | 10 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 12.0 | 2.4 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | K. Cotton | 2 | 1997 | 15 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | | R. Nealy | 2 | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | P. Hape | 1 | 1997 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 1 |
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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Rams| AFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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