1997 Miami Dolphins season

1997 Miami Dolphins season
Head coach	Jimmy Johnson
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd AFC East
Playoff finish	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoff (at Patriots) 3-17

The 1997 Miami Dolphins season was the team's 32nd as a member of the National Football League. The Dolphins improved upon their previous season's output of 8–8, winning nine games. Seven of the team's sixteen games were decided by a field goal or less. This was also the season were the Dolphins released a new logo and new uniforms with a darker aqua and black drop shadow in numbers. The uniforms and logo lasted until the 2012 season.

Roster

1997 Miami Dolphins roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  7 Craig Erickson 13 Dan Marino Running backs (RB) 33 Karim Abdul-Jabbar 32 Jerris McPhail 30 Bernie Parmalee 36 Stanley Pritchett FB Wide receivers (WR) 80 Fred Bennett 88 Charles Jordan 82 Brian Manning 81 O. J. McDuffie 85 Lamar Thomas Tight ends (TE) 84 Troy Drayton 89 Ed Perry

Offensive linemen (OL) 60 John Bock C 76 James Brown T 77 Jeff Buckey G 66 Everett McIver G 61 Tim Ruddy C 69 Keith Sims G 78 Richmond Webb T Defensive linemen (DL) 71 Dunstan Anderson DE 93 Trace Armstrong DE 95 Tim Bowens DT 91 Lorenzo Bromell DE 75 Shane Burton DT 92 Daryl Gardener DT 99 Jason Taylor DE

Linebackers (LB) 57 O. J. Brigance 56 Mike Crawford 51 Anthony Harris 50 Dwight Hollier 59 Derrick Rodgers 54 Zach Thomas Defensive backs (DB) 27 Terrell Buckley CB 25 Corey Harris SS 38 Calvin Jackson CB 34 Tim Jacobs 29 Sam Madison CB 23 George Teague FS Special teams 13 John Kidd P 10 Olindo Mare K

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	TV Time	Attendance
1	August 31, 1997	Indianapolis Colts	W 16–10	NBC 1:00et	70,813
2	September 7, 1997	Tennessee Oilers	W 16–13	NBC 1:00et	64,439
3	September 14, 1997	at Green Bay Packers	L 23–18	NBC 1:00et/12:00ct	60,075
4	September 21, 1997	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 31–21	TNT 8:15et	73,314
5	Bye
6	October 5, 1997	Kansas City Chiefs	W 17–14	NBC 1:00et	71,794
7	October 12, 1997	at New York Jets	W 31–20	NBC 1:00et	75,601
8	October 19, 1997	at Baltimore Ravens	W 24–13	NBC 1:00et	64,354
9	October 27, 1997	Chicago Bears	L 36–33	ABC 9:00et	73,156
10	November 2, 1997	at Buffalo Bills	L 9–6	NBC 1:00et	78,011
11	November 9, 1997	New York Jets	W 24–17	NBC 1:00et	73,809
12	November 17, 1997	Buffalo Bills	W 30–13	ABC 9:00et	74,155
13	November 23, 1997	at New England Patriots	L 27–24	NBC 1:00et	59,002
14	November 30, 1997	at Oakland Raiders	W 34–16	NBC 4:15et/1:15pt	50,569
15	December 7, 1997	Detroit Lions	W 33–30	ESPN 8:15et	72,266
16	December 14, 1997	at Indianapolis Colts	L 41–0	NBC 1:00et	61,282
17	December 22, 1997	New England Patriots	L 14–12	ABC 9:00et	74,379

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Wild Card	December 28, 1997	at New England Patriots	L 17–3	60,041

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
(3) New England Patriots	10	6	0	.625	369	289	W1
(6) Miami Dolphins	9	7	0	.563	339	327	L2
New York Jets	9	7	0	.563	348	287	L1
Buffalo Bills	6	10	0	.375	255	367	L3
Indianapolis Colts	3	13	0	.188	313	401	L1