The 1975 Boston Red Sox Scratch A 7-Year Itch
The 1975 Boston Red Sox scratched the seven-year itch, won the pennant and nearly ended the franchise’s now 57-year drought on winning the whole thing.
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1997 New York Jets: The Arrival Of Bill Parcells
Coming into 1997, the New York Jets had been barely relevant for over a decade. Since 1986, they had only made the playoffs once and that 1991 run was at 8-8. In 1996, the Jets bottomed out at 1-15. In the offseason, New York hired Bill Parcells. Not only were the Jets getting an all-time […]
1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Dungy, Defense & A Breakthrough Year
Coming into 1997, it had been a long time since Tampa Bay Buccaneer fans had seen playoff football—or even anything resembling a competitive team. Since the 1979-82 stretch where they made three postseason trips in four years, the Bucs had not only failed to make the playoffs, they also never had a winning season, never […]
1997 Minnesota Vikings: Dennis Green’s 1st Playoff Win
The Minnesota Vikings entered the 1997 season as an established contender. They had made the playoffs four times in their five seasons under head coach Dennis Green. One thing they had not done, however, was actually win a postseason game. After a wild roller-coaster ride of a regular season, the Vikings again made the playoffs—and […]
1997 Washington Redskins: A Season Of Missed Opportunities
The Washington Redskins entered 1997 looking for a breakthrough. Norv Turner had taken over in 1994 and his rebuilding project showed signs of life by 1996, when the Redskins nearly made the playoffs. Improvement was expected in ’97. But while Washington was still competitive and stayed in the hunt to the bitter end, the postseason […]
1997 New York Giants: A New Coach & A Division Title
The New York Giants were on a four-year decline coming into the 1997 season. After making the playoffs in 1993 under Dan Reeves, the Giants steadily slipped and then bottomed out with an 11-21 record over 1995-96. New York made a coaching change, hired Jim Fassel and won the NFC East for the first time […]
Roaring Forward: The 1997 Jacksonville Jaguars Prove They Belong
The 1997 Jacksonville Jaguars came into the season on a high. As a second-year franchise in 1996, they shocked the world with a late-season run to squeak into the playoffs and then reached the AFC Championship Game. Was that real or was it a fluke? In ’97, the Jags enjoyed a stronger regular season, got […]
1997 Dallas Cowboys: The End Of An Era
The Dallas Cowboys were the NFL’s gold standard in the first half of the 1990s. From 1991 through 1996, they made the playoffs every year, won five NFC East titles and captured three Super Bowl trophies. But all runs come to an end eventually and 1997 was the year the Cowboys fell out of the […]
1997 Detroit Lions: A Playoff Return & An MVP
After missing the postseason, the 1997 Detroit Lions got back on track and Barry Sanders won a co-MVP award. Read the game-by-game narrative of how it unfolded.
1997 San Francisco 49ers: New Coach, Same Outcome
1997 was a year of change for the San Francisco 49ers, with Steve Mariucci taking over as head coach. For almost two decades the franchise had been the gold standard in the NFL—winning Super Bowl titles under Bill Walsh in 1981, 1984 and 1988, and then doing it twice more under George Seifert in 1989 […]
This One’s For John: The 1997 Denver Broncos Super Bowl Journey
Everything was about redemption for the 1997 Denver Broncos, both short-term and long-term. In the short-term, this was a team that had the #1 seed in the AFC playoffs in 1996 and lost in a big upset at home to the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the long-term, 37-year-old quarterback John Elway had yet to win a […]
1996 Jacksonville Jaguars: An Improbable AFC Championship Game Trip
The 1996 Jacksonville Jaguars were in just their second season of existence. To no one’s surprise, they had gone 4-12 in their first year. To everyone’s surprise, they made a stunning late season push in 1996 to sneak into the playoffs. And to everyone’s shock, Tom Coughlin’s Jags then made it all the way to […]