1997 Big Ten Conference Team Defense

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Record: 72-60, .545 W-L% (4th of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 4.80 (4th of 11), SOS: 3.15 (4th of 11)

Conference Champion: Michigan

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 6 (Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Purdue)

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Team Defense

Team Defense Table
				Passing					Rushing				Total Offense				Penalties		Turnovers
Rk	School	G	Pts	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	1D	No.	Yds	Fum	Int	TO
1	Michigan	11	8.9	13.2	26.5	49.7	115.9	0.4	33.5	91.0	2.7	0.5	60.0	206.9	3.4	11.3	6.6	54.8	0.4	2.0	2.4
2	Ohio State	12	11.6	13.3	30.0	44.4	143.7	0.5	38.3	124.3	3.2	0.6	68.3	267.9	3.9	14.2	4.0	33.3	0.9	1.6	2.5
3	Iowa	11	12.9	11.5	25.8	44.7	144.3	1.1	34.2	100.2	2.9	0.5	60.0	244.5	4.1	12.8	5.3	49.5	0.8	1.6	2.5
4	Michigan State	11	16.9	15.5	29.6	52.1	185.7	0.9	35.5	115.4	3.3	0.6	65.1	301.1	4.6	15.5	5.7	46.9	0.7	1.6	2.4
5	Penn State	11	21.2	18.6	33.4	55.9	217.5	1.4	42.8	181.9	4.2	1.2	76.2	399.4	5.2	21.4	5.5	54.5	0.3	1.1	1.4
6	Purdue	11	22.5	18.9	32.3	58.6	224.8	1.4	44.2	179.5	4.1	1.4	76.5	404.4	5.3	21.6	5.1	41.0	1.0	1.8	2.8
7	Wisconsin	12	22.8	14.3	24.4	58.4	213.5	1.1	36.1	151.7	4.2	1.3	60.5	365.2	6.0	16.3	5.5	44.5	1.3	0.7	2.0
8	Northwestern	12	24.0	16.3	27.3	59.8	203.2	1.5	44.4	188.5	4.2	1.4	71.8	391.7	5.5	21.1	5.5	44.9	1.3	0.8	2.2
9	Minnesota	12	27.8	16.2	28.7	56.4	233.5	1.8	40.9	133.9	3.3	1.3	69.6	367.4	5.3	18.3	5.7	47.4	1.2	0.8	2.0
10	Indiana	11	32.6	16.7	29.6	56.4	232.2	1.8	40.6	180.9	4.5	1.7	70.3	413.1	5.9	20.7	6.3	53.6	0.6	1.3	1.9
11	Illinois	11	33.5	15.6	26.2	59.7	207.2	2.2	44.7	210.5	4.7	1.5	70.9	417.7	5.9	20.4	5.8	43.1	1.1	0.9	2.0

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