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1997 Miami Dolphins season

32nd season in franchise history From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1997 Miami Dolphins season
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The 1997 season was the Miami Dolphins' 32nd season in the National Football League (NFL), their 28th overall, their eighth under general manager Eddie Jones and their second under head coach Jimmy Johnson.

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Miami Dolphins first wordmark from 1997.

The Dolphins improved upon their previous season's output of 8–8, winning nine games.[1] Seven of the team's sixteen games were decided by a field goal or less. This was also the season where the Dolphins released a new logo and new uniforms with a darker aqua and dark navy drop shadow in numbers. The uniforms and logo lasted until the 2012 season. During Week 3, the Dolphins were defeated by the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers for the first time in franchise history. This could be argued as the most cursed of all Dolphins seasons because it offered a turnaround where the New England Patriots defeated the Dolphins 3 times in the 1997 season, sweeping them. This was the first of five consecutive playoff appearances for the Dolphins. This season saw the Patriots return three Marino interceptions for touchdowns in New England (two of them in the 2nd quarter of the week 13 matchup, and one in the Wild Card matchup where the Patriots defeated Miami 17–3). The Wild Card loss came less than a week after the Dolphins lost to the Patriots 14–12 on Monday Night Football in Miami for the AFC East division title. Until 2021, this was the last time the Dolphins swept the New York Jets in back-to-back seasons.

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Offseason

NFL draft

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Staff

1997 Miami Dolphins staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – John Gamble
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Junior Wade
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Roster

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1997 Miami Dolphins roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

Practice squad

Reserve

Rookies in italics
53 active, 7 reserve, 5 practice squad
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Schedule

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Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

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Playoffs

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Game summaries

Week 1: vs Indianapolis Colts

Week 1: Indianapolis Colts at Miami Dolphins – Game summary
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at Pro Player Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

  • Date: August 31
  • Game time: 1:00pm EDT
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy, 81 °F (27 °C)
  • Game attendance: 70,813
  • TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Bob Trumpy
  • Recap
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Standings

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References

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