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 Playoffs (at Broncos) 17–42 |
Pro Bowlers | T Tony Boselli QB Mark Brunell WR Jimmy Smith P Bryan Barker K Mike Hollis |
Uniform | |
The 1997 Jacksonville Jaguars season was the franchise's 3rd season in the National Football League and the 3rd under head coach Tom Coughlin. The team looked to reach the AFC Championship for the second straight year following a surprising run in 1996. The Jaguars improved upon their previous 9-7 record and won 11 games. They made the playoffs as a wild card team, playing the Denver Broncos on the road for the second straight year. This time they lost to the Broncos 42–17, bringing the Jaguars’ season to an end.
The team also made a couple of changes to the uniforms. They changed 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 to a skinnier style with a black drop shadow in the back of the numbers. During the team's 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.
1997 Jacksonville Jaguars draft | |||||
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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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 | |
5 | 147 | Damon Jones | Tight end | Southern Illinois | |
6 | 184 | Daimon Shelton | Running back | Sacramento State | |
7 | 221 | Jon Hesse | Linebacker | Nebraska | |
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career |
Player | Position | College |
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Curtis Anderson | Cornerback | Pittsburgh |
Jamie Baisley | Linerbacker | Indiana |
Isaac Curtis | Tight end | Kentucky |
Kevin Devine | Cornerback | California |
Todd Fordham | Tackle | Florida State |
Lance Funderburk | Quarterback | Valdosta State |
James Kidd | Wide receiver | Colorado |
Jabbar Threats | Defensive end | Michigan State |
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
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1 | August 31, 1997 | at Baltimore Ravens | W 28–27 | 1–0 | Memorial Stadium | 61,018 |
2 | September 7, 1997 | New York Giants | W 40–13 | 2–0 | Alltel Stadium | 70,581 |
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4 | September 22, 1997 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 30–21 | 3–0 | Alltel Stadium | 73,016 |
5 | September 28, 1997 | at Washington Redskins | L 12–24 | 3–1 | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium | 74,421 |
6 | October 5, 1997 | Cincinnati Bengals | W 21–13 | 4–1 | Alltel Stadium | 67,128 |
7 | October 12, 1997 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 38–21 | 5–1 | Alltel Stadium | 69,150 |
8 | October 19, 1997 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 22–26 | 5–2 | Texas Stadium | 64,464 |
9 | October 26, 1997 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 17–23 (OT) | 5–3 | Three Rivers Stadium | 57,011 |
10 | November 2, 1997 | at Tennessee Oilers | W 30–24 | 6–3 | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | 27,208 |
11 | November 9, 1997 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 24–10 | 7–3 | Alltel Stadium | 70,444 |
12 | November 16, 1997 | Tennessee Oilers | W 17–9 | 8–3 | Alltel Stadium | 70,070 |
13 | November 23, 1997 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 26–31 | 8–4 | Cinergy Field | 55,158 |
14 | November 30, 1997 | Baltimore Ravens | W 29–27 | 9–4 | Alltel Stadium | 63,712 |
15 | December 7, 1997 | New England Patriots | L 20–26 | 9–5 | Alltel Stadium | 73,446 |
16 | December 14, 1997 | at Buffalo Bills | W 20–14 | 10–5 | Rich Stadium | 41,231 |
17 | December 21, 1997 | at Oakland Raiders | W 20–9 | 11–5 | Oakland Coliseum | 40,032 |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
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 |
Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
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Wild Card | December 27, 1997 | at Denver Broncos (4) | L 17–42 | 0–1 | Mile High Stadium | 74,481 |
Period | 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
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 could not 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.
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