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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 394 points (24.6/g), 3rd of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 318 points (19.9/g), 15th.
Differential of 76 points (4.8/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 10.0-6.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.6/g), 6th.
Coached by Tom Coughlin (11-5-0)
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1997 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | August 31 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Baltimore Ravens | 28 | 27 | 19 | 411 | 303 | 108 | 1 | 22 | 373 | 301 | 72 | 3 |
| 2 | Sun | September 7 | box | W | 2-0 | New York Giants | 40 | 13 | 22 | 375 | 252 | 123 | 1 | 13 | 206 | 167 | 39 | 3 | |
| 3 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mon | September 22 | box | W | 3-0 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30 | 21 | 23 | 343 | 303 | 40 | 19 | 306 | 153 | 153 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun | September 28 | box | L | 3-1 | @ | Washington Redskins | 12 | 24 | 11 | 204 | 134 | 70 | 2 | 20 | 336 | 223 | 113 | 3 |
| 6 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | 4-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 21 | 13 | 21 | 308 | 148 | 160 | 17 | 348 | 200 | 148 | |||
| 7 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | 5-1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 38 | 21 | 21 | 306 | 157 | 149 | 1 | 23 | 393 | 303 | 90 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 19 | box | L | 5-2 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 22 | 26 | 15 | 271 | 229 | 42 | 1 | 24 | 337 | 238 | 99 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 26 | box | L | 5-3 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 23 | 16 | 267 | 194 | 73 | 1 | 26 | 439 | 298 | 141 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | 6-3 | @ | Tennessee Oilers | 30 | 24 | 17 | 290 | 155 | 135 | 2 | 15 | 302 | 195 | 107 | 2 |
| 11 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | 7-3 | Kansas City Chiefs | 24 | 10 | 16 | 332 | 182 | 150 | 2 | 22 | 413 | 265 | 148 | 5 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | 8-3 | Tennessee Oilers | 17 | 9 | 21 | 352 | 249 | 103 | 2 | 17 | 320 | 184 | 136 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 23 | box | L | 8-4 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 26 | 31 | 20 | 415 | 280 | 135 | 3 | 24 | 327 | 203 | 124 | |
| 14 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | 9-4 | Baltimore Ravens | 29 | 27 | 23 | 404 | 313 | 91 | 1 | 17 | 221 | 163 | 58 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 7 | box | L | 9-5 | New England Patriots | 20 | 26 | 23 | 341 | 234 | 107 | 2 | 16 | 282 | 227 | 55 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | 10-5 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 20 | 14 | 20 | 388 | 297 | 91 | 1 | 24 | 335 | 192 | 143 | 3 |
| 17 | Sun | December 21 | box | W | 11-5 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 20 | 9 | 20 | 417 | 274 | 143 | 19 | 300 | 192 | 108 | 1 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sat | December 27 | box | L | 11-6 | @ | Denver Broncos | 17 | 42 | 14 | 237 | 187 | 50 | 2 | 28 | 511 | 201 | 310 | 2 |