1997 Jacksonville Jaguars season
1997 Jacksonville Jaguars season | |
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Head coach | Tom Coughlin |
Home field | Alltel Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 11–5 |
Division place | 2nd AFC Central |
Playoff finish | Lost Wild Card (Broncos) 42–17 |
Pro Bowlers |
T Tony Boselli QB Mark Brunell WR Jimmy Smith P Bryan Barker K Mike Hollis |
Uniform | |
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The 1997 Jacksonville Jaguars season was the team's third year in the National Football League. The teams won 11 games and made the playoffs as a wild card team, but lost their first game to the Denver Broncos.
The team also made a couple of changes to the uniforms. They change the numbers to new font style numbers and added black side panels to the uniforms. During the offseason the team had changed the font style numbers on the jerseys with the skinnier style with a black drop shadow in the back of the numbers but during the team 1997 preseason games there were several complaints that the announcers and the viewers had a hard time recognizing the numbers on the players. So the team decided to make the jersey numbers wider and removed the drop shadow numbers by the beginning of the regular season
Offseason
NFL Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
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1 | 21 | Renaldo Wynn | Defensive tackle | Notre Dame |
2 | 50 | Mike Logan | Cornerback | West Virginia |
3 | 79 | James Hamilton | Linebacker | North Carolina |
4 | 114 | Seth Payne | Defensive tackle | Cornell University |
5 | 147 | Damon Jones | Tight end | Southern Illinois |
6 | 184 | Daimon Shelton | Running back | Sacramento State |
7 | 221 | Jon Hesse | Linebacker | Nebraska |
Personnel
Staff
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Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Roster
Regular season
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | TV Time | Attendance |
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1 | August 31, 1997 | at Baltimore Ravens | W 28–27 | NBC 4:15pm | |
2 | September 7, 1997 | New York Giants | W 40–13 | FOX 4:15pm | |
3 | Bye | ||||
4 | September 22, 1997 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 30–21 | ABC 9:00pm | |
5 | September 28, 1997 | at Washington Redskins | L 24–12 | NBC 1:00pm | |
6 | October 5, 1997 | Cincinnati Bengals | W 21–13 | NBC 1:00pm | |
7 | October 12, 1997 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 38–21 | FOX 1:00pm | |
8 | October 19, 1997 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 26–22 | NBC 1:00pm | |
9 | October 26, 1997 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 23–17 (OT) | NBC 4:15pm | |
10 | November 2, 1997 | at Tennessee Oilers | W 30–24 | NBC 4:15pm | |
11 | November 9, 1997 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 24–10 | NBC 1:00pm | |
12 | November 16, 1997 | Tennessee Oilers | W 17–9 | NBC 1:00pm | |
13 | November 23, 1997 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 31–26 | NBC 1:00pm | |
14 | November 30, 1997 | Baltimore Ravens | W 29–27 | NBC 1:00pm | |
15 | December 7, 1997 | New England Patriots | L 26–20 | NBC 1:00pm | |
16 | December 14, 1997 | at Buffalo Bills | W 20–14 | NBC 1:00pm | |
17 | December 21, 1997 | at Oakland Raiders | W 20–9 | NBC 4:15pm |
Standings
AFC Central | |||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
(2) Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 372 | 307 | L1 |
(5) Jacksonville Jaguars | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 394 | 318 | W2 |
Tennessee Oilers | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 333 | 310 | W1 |
Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 355 | 405 | W3 |
Baltimore Ravens | 6 | 9 | 1 | .406 | 326 | 345 | L1 |
Playoffs
Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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Wildcard | December 27, 1997 | at Denver Broncos (4) | L 42–17 |
AFC Wild Card Game vs Denver Broncos
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Jaguars | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
Broncos | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 42 |
at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado
- Date: December 27, 1997
- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MST
After upsetting the Broncos in the playoffs in the previous year, the Jaguars fell short in the re-match. John Elway lead the Broncos to a 42-17 win over the visiting Jaguars, throwing for 223 yards and a touchdown. Mark Brunell was 18 for 32 for 203 yards, but had no touchdowns on top of an interception. Similar to the year before when the Broncos couldn’t stop Natrone Means and the Jaguars running game, the Jaguars struggled all game to contain the Broncos running attack. Terrell Davis carried 31 times for 184 yards and two touchdowns. Nonetheless, the game was close throughout, as the Broncos led by only 21-17 late in the 3rd. But the Broncos would score 21 unanswered points in the 4th quarter, ending the Jaguars season.
Awards and records
- Mike Hollis, franchise record (tied), most field goals in one game, 5 field goals (November 30, 1997)[1]
- Mike Hollis, franchise record (tied), most field goals in one season, 31 field goals (November 30, 1997)[1]
- Mike Hollis, franchise record, most field goals in one season (tied), 31 field goals[1]
- Mike Hollis, franchise record, most points in one season, 134 points[1]
- James Stewart, franchise record, most touchdowns in one game, 5 touchdowns (October 12, 1997)[1]
- James Stewart, franchise record, most points in one game, 30 points (October 12, 1997)[1]