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| 1996 Yards per Game (NFL rank) - 1996 Record: 6-10 (third) |
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Rushing | Passing | Total |
| OFFENSE | 100.4 (20) | 172.8 (28) | 273.3 (27) |
| DEFENSE | 115.9 (20) | 229.7 (26) | 345.6 (26) |
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Sideline Sabbaticals |
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Dick Vermeil returns to the NFL coaching ranks after a 14-year sabbatical, the third-longest interval between full-time head coaching stints in league history. Only 15 players were active last season who were in the league when Vermeil last roamed the sidelines, but none played for him on his old team, the Philadelphia Eagles.
Longest Layoffs Between NFL Head Coaching Jobs |
| | Prelayoff job | Age* | Postlayoff job | Age* | Years away |
| Paddy Driscoll | Cardinals | 1920-22 | 24 | Bears | 1956-57 | 60 | 33 |
| Joe Bach | Pirates | 1935-36 | 34 | Steelers |
1952-53 | 51 | 15 |
| Dick Vermeil | Eagles | 1976-82 | 39 | Rams |
1997 | 60 | 14 |
| Ted Marchibroda | Colts | 1975-79 | 44 | Colts |
1992-95 | 61 | 12 |
| Ray Malavasi | Broncos | 1966 | 35 | Rams |
1978-82 | 47 | 11 |
| *At beginning of tenure |
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