1997 Jacksonville Jaguars season

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 won 11 games and made the playoffs as a wild card team, but lost their first game to the Denver Broncos.

1997 Jacksonville Jaguars season
Head coachTom Coughlin
Home fieldAlltel Stadium
Results
Record11–5
Division place2nd AFC Central
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs
(at Broncos) 17–42
Pro BowlersT Tony Boselli
QB Mark Brunell
WR Jimmy Smith
P Bryan Barker
K Mike Hollis
Uniform

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
Main article: 1997 NFL Draft
1997 Jacksonville Jaguars draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
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

Personnel

Staff
1997 Jacksonville Jaguars staff
Front office
  • Chairman/president/chief executive officer – Wayne Weaver
  • Senior vice president of football operations – Michael Huyghue
  • Director of college scouting – Rick Reiprish
  • Director of pro personnel – Ron Hill
  • Assistant director of pro personnel – Fran Foley
  • College scout – Louis Clark
  • College scout - Gene Smith
  • College scout – Rick Mueller

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
  • 63 Michael Cheever C (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 92 Don Davey DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 64 John Jurkovic DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 55 Tom McManus MLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 39 Chris Parker RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 94 Kelvin Pritchett DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve)


Practice squad

  • 75 Harold Gragg DE
  • 59 Tyrone Hines LB
  • 35 Malcolm Thomas RB
  • 65 Craig Warren T


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


Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
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
3 Bye
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.

Standings
AFC Central
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

Postseason
Main article: 1997–98 NFL playoffs

Schedule
Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
Wild Card December 27, 1997 at Denver Broncos (4) L 42–17 0–1 Mile High Stadium 74,481

AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs (4) Denver Broncos
AFC Wild Card Playoffs: (5) Jacksonville Jaguars at (4) Denver Broncos – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 0 7 10017
Broncos 14 7 02142

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.

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, 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]

References
  1. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 52


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