Detroit Lions
9-7-0
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3rd in NFC Central
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PPG
23.7
4th
OPP PPG
19.1
10th
RUSH YDS/G
154.0
2nd
PASS YDS/G
225.3
11th
PPG
23.7
4th
OPP PPG
19.1
10th
RUSH YDS/G
154.0
2nd
PASS YDS/G
225.3
11th
PPG
23.7
4th
OPP PPG
19.1
10th
RUSH YDS/G
154.0
2nd
PASS YDS/G
225.3
11th
The Detroit Lions were 9-7 in 1997. They finished 3rd in the NFC Central and 5th in the NFC. They fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 20 to 10, in the 1997 NFC Wild Card game.