1997 Jacksonville Jaguars season

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1997 Jacksonville Jaguars season
Head coach Tom Coughlin
Home field Alltel Stadium
Results
Record11–5
Division place2nd AFC Central
Playoff finishLost 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
AFCS-1997-Uniform-JAX.PNG

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.

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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.

Offseason

Draft

1997 Jacksonville Jaguars draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
121 Renaldo Wynn   Defensive tackle Notre Dame
250 Mike Logan   Cornerback West Virginia
379 James Hamilton   Linebacker North Carolina
4114 Seth Payne   Defensive tackle Cornell
5147 Damon Jones   Tight end Southern Illinois
6184 Daimon Shelton   Running back Sacramento State
7221 Jon Hesse   Linebacker Nebraska
      Made roster    †    Pro Football Hall of Fame     *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

1997 Jacksonville Jaguars staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Larry Pasquale
  • Assistant special teams – Joe Baker

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Jerry Palmieri
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Jeff Hurd

Roster

1997 Jacksonville Jaguars final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
53 active, 6 inactive, 4 practice squad


Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1August 31, 1997at Baltimore Ravens W 28–271–0 Memorial Stadium 61,018
2September 7, 1997 New York Giants W 40–132–0 Alltel Stadium 70,581
3Bye
4September 22, 1997 Pittsburgh Steelers W 30–213–0Alltel Stadium73,016
5September 28, 1997at Washington Redskins L 12–243–1 Jack Kent Cooke Stadium 74,421
6October 5, 1997 Cincinnati Bengals W 21–134–1Alltel Stadium67,128
7October 12, 1997 Philadelphia Eagles W 38–215–1Alltel Stadium69,150
8October 19, 1997at Dallas Cowboys L 22–265–2 Texas Stadium 64,464
9October 26, 1997at Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–23 (OT)5–3 Three Rivers Stadium 57,011
10November 2, 1997at Tennessee Oilers W 30–246–3 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 27,208
11November 9, 1997 Kansas City Chiefs W 24–107–3Alltel Stadium70,444
12November 16, 1997 Tennessee Oilers W 17–98–3Alltel Stadium70,070
13November 23, 1997at Cincinnati Bengals L 26–318–4 Cinergy Field 55,158
14November 30, 1997 Baltimore Ravens W 29–279–4Alltel Stadium63,712
15December 7, 1997 New England Patriots L 20–269–5Alltel Stadium73,446
16December 14, 1997at Buffalo Bills W 20–1410–5 Rich Stadium 41,231
17December 21, 1997at Oakland Raiders W 20–911–5 Oakland Coliseum 40,032

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTPFPASTK
(2) Pittsburgh Steelers 1150.688372307L1
(5) Jacksonville Jaguars 1150.688394318W2
Tennessee Oilers 880.500333310W1
Cincinnati Bengals 790.438355405W3
Baltimore Ravens 691.406326345L1

Postseason

Schedule

RoundDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
Wild CardDecember 27, 1997at Denver Broncos (4)L 17–420–1 Mile High Stadium 74,481

Game summaries

AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs (4) Denver Broncos

AFC Wild Card Playoffs: (5) Jacksonville Jaguars at (4) Denver Broncos – Game summary
Period1234Total
Jaguars0710017
Broncos14702142

at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: December 27, 1997
  • Game time: 2:00 p.m. MST
  • Game attendance: 74,481

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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