who scored the most touchdowns in the nfl in 1997

Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar got the most total touchdowns in 1997, with 16 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS	PPG
1	Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar A. al-Jabbar	16	1997	MIA	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	96	6.0
2	Terrell Davis T. Davis	15	1997	DEN	15	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	96	6.4
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	14	1997	DET	16	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	84	5.3
4	Cris Carter C. Carter	13	1997	MIN	16	0	13	0	0	0	3	0	84	5.3
5	Antonio Freeman A. Freeman	12	1997	GB	16	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	72	4.5
6	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	12	1997	SEA	15	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	72	4.8
7	James Jett J. Jett	12	1997	OAK	16	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	72	4.5
8	Dorsey Levens D. Levens	12	1997	GB	16	7	5	0	0	0	1	0	74	4.6
9	Rod Smith R. Smith	12	1997	DEN	16	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	72	4.5
10	Marcus Allen M. Allen	11	1997	KC	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	4.1
11	Kordell Stewart K. Stewart	11	1997	PIT	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	4.1
12	Mike Alstott M. Alstott	10	1997	TB	15	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	60	4.0
13	Jamal Anderson J. Anderson	10	1997	ATL	16	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	60	3.8
14	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	10	1997	CIN	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	3.8
15	Raymont Harris R. Harris	10	1997	CHI	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	4.6
16	Derrick Alexander D. Alexander	9	1997	BAL	15	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	54	3.6
17	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	9	1997	PIT	15	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	54	3.6
18	Bert Emanuel B. Emanuel	9	1997	ATL	16	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	54	3.4
19	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	9	1997	DAL	16	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	54	3.4
20	Natrone Means N. Means	9	1997	JAX	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	3.9
21	James Stewart J. Stewart	9	1997	JAX	16	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	54	3.4
22	Chris Calloway C. Calloway	8	1997	NYG	16	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	48	3.0
23	Ben Coates B. Coates	8	1997	NE	16	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	48	3.0
24	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	8	1997	IND	16	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	48	3.0
25	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	8	1997	OAK	16	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	48	3.0

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Bears	3	1	0	.750
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