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Cincinnati

Bengals

HC Bruce Coslet OC Ken Anderson DC Dick LeBeau

1997 season
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7–9 Regular season · -50 point diff

Franchise 57 seasons 405–474–4 all-time 16 playoff trips 0 Super Bowls

22.2 Points / game #10 of 30
25.3 Allowed / game #27 of 30
348 Yards / game #9 of 30
368 Yds allowed / game #28 of 30
35 Sacks #24 of 30
9 Giveaways #1 of 30

Results

  1. W1 W 24–21
  2. @ W2 L 10–23
  3. W3Bye
  4. @ W4 L 20–38
  5. W5 L 14–31
  6. @ W6 L 13–21
  7. @ W7 L 7–30
  8. W8 L 10–26
  9. @ W9 L 27–29
  10. W10 W 38–31
  11. @ W11 W 28–13
  12. @ W12 L 3–20
  13. W13 W 31–26
  14. @ W14 L 42–44
  15. W15 W 41–14
  16. W16 W 31–24
  17. W17 W 16–14

Team leaders

Passing Jeff Blake 2,125 yds · 8 TD · 7 INT
Rushing Corey Dillon 1,129 yds · 10 TD · 4.8 Y/C
Receiving Darnay Scott 54 rec · 797 yds · 5 TD
Tackles Sam Shade 96 tkl · 81 solo
Sacks Gerald Dixon 8.5 sacks · 2 FF
Interceptions Corey Sawyer 4 INT

Margin by game

Points won or lost by Win Loss
  1. +3 1
  2. −13 2
  3. −18 4
  4. −17 5
  5. −8 6
  6. −23 7
  7. −16 8
  8. −2 9
  9. +7 10
  10. +15 11
  11. −17 12
  12. +5 13
  13. −2 14
  14. +27 15
  15. +7 16
  16. +2 17