1997 Arizona Cardinals season

1997 Arizona Cardinals season
Head coach	Vince Tobin
Owner	Bill Bidwill
Home field	Sun Devil Stadium
Results
Record	4–12
Division place	5th NFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1997 Arizona Cardinals season was the 78th season the franchise was in the National Football League and 10th in Arizona. The team was unable to match their previous output of 7–9, instead winning only four games.^[1] The Cardinals failed to qualify to the playoffs for the fifteenth consecutive season.

Personnel

Staff

1997 Arizona Cardinals staff

Front office

President – Bill Bidwill
Vice President – Larry Wilson
Vice President and General Counsel – Michael Bidwill
Vice President of Player Personnel – Bob Ferguson
Assistant to the President – Rod Graves

Head coaches

Head Coach – Vince Tobin

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Dick Jamieson
Running Backs – Johnny Roland
Wide Receivers – Vic Rapp
Tight Ends/Quality Control – Geep Chryst
Offensive Line – Carl Mauck

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Dave McGinnis
Defensive Line – Joe Greene
Linebackers – Glenn Pires
Defensive Backs – Larry Marmie

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Al Everest

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Bob Rogucki

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	August 31, 1997	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 24–21	50,298
2	September 7, 1997	Dallas Cowboys	W 25–22	71,578
3	September 14, 1997	at Washington Redskins	L 19–13	78,270
4	Bye
5	September 28, 1997	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 19–18	53,804
6	October 5, 1997	Minnesota Vikings	L 20–19	45,550
7	October 12, 1997	New York Giants	L 27–13	38,959
8	October 19, 1997	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 13–10	66,860
9	October 26, 1997	Tennessee Oilers	L 41–14	44,030
10	November 2, 1997	Philadelphia Eagles	W 31–21	39,549
11	November 9, 1997	at Dallas Cowboys	L 24–6	64,302
12	November 16, 1997	at New York Giants	L 10–19	68,316
13	November 23, 1997	at Baltimore Ravens	W 16–13	53,976
14	November 30, 1997	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 26–20	66,341
15	December 7, 1997	Washington Redskins	L 38–28	41,537
16	December 14, 1997	at New Orleans Saints	L 27–10	45,517
17	December 21, 1997	Atlanta Falcons	W 29–26	32,003

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
⁽³⁾ New York Giants	10	5	1	.656	307	265	W3
Washington Redskins	8	7	1	.531	327	289	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	6	9	1	.406	317	372	L3
Dallas Cowboys	6	10	0	.375	304	314	L5
Arizona Cardinals	4	12	0	.250	283	379	W1

References

↑ 1997 Arizona Cardinals
↑ "Team official promoted to vice president-player personnel". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. February 4, 1997. Retrieved December 28, 2013.

Arizona Cardinals

Founded in 1898 Played in Chicago (1920–1959), St. Louis (1960–1987), and formerly the Phoenix Cardinals (1988–1993) Based in Glendale, Arizona Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona

Franchise	History in Chicago in St. Louis Seasons Head Coaches Players Quarterbacks First-round draft picks

Stadiums	Normal Park Comiskey Park Forbes Field Soldier Field Busch Stadium Busch Memorial Stadium Sun Devil Stadium University of Phoenix Stadium

Culture	Charles Bidwill Bill Bidwill Cheerleaders Big Red (mascot) Jerry Maguire "A Tale of Two Springfields" (The Simpsons episode)

Lore	1925 Chicago Cardinals–Milwaukee Badgers scandal 1925 NFL Championship controversy Card-Pitt Million Dollar Backfield 2006 game vs. Chicago Bears

Rivalries	Kansas City Chiefs

Division championships (7)	1947 1948 1974 1975 2008 2009 2015

Conference championships (1)	2008

League championships (2)	1925 1947

Retired numbers	8 40 77 88 99

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: West Division

Seasons (96)	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Chicago / St. Louis / Phoenix / Arizona Cardinals seasons

Chicago 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 St. Louis 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Phoenix 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Arizona 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

1997 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Baltimore	Denver	Arizona	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cincinnati	Kansas City	Dallas	Detroit	Carolina
Miami	Jacksonville	Oakland	NY Giants	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	Philadelphia	Minnesota	St. Louis
NY Jets	Tennessee	Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay	San Francisco

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