1997 New York Giants season

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1997 New York Giants season
Head coach Jim Fassel
Home field Giants Stadium
Results
Record 10–5–1
Division place 1st NFC East
Playoff finish Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Vikings) 23–22
Timeline
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The 1997 New York Giants season was the team's 73rd season in the National Football League. On January 15, Jim Fassel was named as the fifteenth coach in club history.[1] The team improved upon their previous season's output of 6–10, winning ten games[2] and qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in four seasons.

Contents

Offseason [edit]

NFL Draft [edit]

Main article: 1997 NFL Draft
1997 New York Giants Draft Selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice
1 7 Ike Hilliard WR Florida
2 36 Tiki Barber RB Virginia
3 68 Ryan Phillips LB Idaho
3 95 Brad Maynard P Ball State
4 103 Pete Monty LB Wisconsin
5 136 Sam Garnes S Cincinnati
6 171 Mike Cherry QB Murray State
7 208 Matt Keneley DT USC

[3]

Regular season [edit]

Schedule [edit]

Week Date Opponent Result TV Time Attendance
1 August 31, 1997 Philadelphia Eagles W 31–17 FOX 1:00et
77,344
2 September 7, 1997 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 40–13 FOX 4:00et
70,581
3 September 14, 1997 Baltimore Ravens L 24–23 NBC 1:00et
69,768
4 September 21, 1997 at St. Louis Rams L 13–3 FOX 1:00et/12:00ct
64,642
5 September 28, 1997 New Orleans Saints W 14–9 FOX 1:00et
68,891
6 October 5, 1997 Dallas Cowboys W 20–17 FOX 1:00et
77,137
7 October 12, 1997 at Arizona Cardinals W 27–13 FOX 4:00et/1:00mt
38,959
8 October 19, 1997 at Detroit Lions W 26–20 (OT) FOX 4:00et
70,069
9 October 26, 1997 Cincinnati Bengals W 29–27 NBC 1:00et
72,584
10 Bye
11 November 9, 1997 at Tennessee Oilers L 10–6 FOX 1:00et/12:00ct
26,744
12 November 16, 1997 Arizona Cardinals W 19–10 FOX 1:00et
68,316
13 November 23, 1997 at Washington Redskins T 7–7 (OT) ESPN 8:15et
75,703
14 November 30, 1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 20–8 FOX 4:00et
68,678
15 December 7, 1997 at Philadelphia Eagles W 31–21 FOX 1:00et
67,084
16 December 13, 1997 Washington Redskins W 30–10 FOX 12:30et
77,571
17 December 21, 1997 at Dallas Cowboys W 20–7 FOX 1:00et/12:00ct
63,746

Standings [edit]

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

Playoffs [edit]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
Wild Card December 27, 1997 Minnesota Vikings L 23–22
77,497

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.133
  2. ^ 1997 New York Giants
  3. ^ "New York Giants NFL Draft History". NFL.com. Retrieved 2010-04-04. 
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