who was the offensive player of the year in 1997

Barry Sanders won the Offensive Player of the Year award in 1997.

NAMEOPOYSEASONTMGPYDSYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1
1997
16
2,358
147.4
14
2,053
128.3
11
305
19.1
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
NAMEDATEOPOYSEASONTMOPPYDSTDRUSH YDSRUSH TDREC YDSREC TDKR YDSKR TDPR YDSPR TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
12/21/1997
1
1997
vs
194
1
184
1
10
0
0
0
0
0
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
12/14/1997
1
1997
@
175
0
138
0
37
0
0
0
0
0
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
12/7/1997
1
1997
@
139
1
137
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11/27/1997
1
1997
vs
175
3
167
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11/23/1997
1
1997
vs
226
2
216
2
10
0
0
0
0
0
6Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11/16/1997
1
1997
vs
142
0
108
0
34
0
0
0
0
0
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11/9/1997
1
1997
@
114
1
105
1
9
0
0
0
0
0
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11/2/1997
1
1997
@
105
0
105
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10/19/1997
1
1997
vs
126
1
105
1
21
0
0
0
0
0
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10/12/1997
1
1997
@
222
3
215
2
7
1
0
0
0
0
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10/5/1997
1
1997
@
106
0
107
0
-1
0
0
0
0
0
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9/28/1997
1
1997
vs
159
0
139
0
20
0
0
0
0
0
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9/21/1997
1
1997
@
130
1
113
0
17
1
0
0
0
0
14Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9/14/1997
1
1997
@
164
0
161
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
15Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9/7/1997
1
1997
vs
122
1
20
0
102
1
0
0
0
0
16Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
8/31/1997
1
1997
vs
59
0
33
0
26
0
0
0
0
0
Average0.1147.40.9128.30.719.10.20.00.00.00.0
Total12,358142,0531130530000

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