1997 National Football League season
| Regular season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | August 31, 1997 – December 22, 1997 |
| Playoffs | |
| Start date | December 27, 1997 |
| AFC Champions | Denver Broncos |
| NFC Champions | Green Bay Packers |
| Super Bowl XXXII | |
| Date | January 25, 1998 |
| Site | Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California |
| Champions | Denver Broncos |
| Pro Bowl | |
| Date | February 1, 1998 |
| Site | Aloha Stadium |
The 1997 NFL season was the 78th regular season of the National Football League. The Oilers relocated from Houston, Texas to Nashville, Tennessee. The newly renamed Tennessee Oilers played their home games during this season at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee while a new stadium in Nashville began construction. Houston would rejoin the NFL with the expansion Texans in 2002.
This was the last season to date that TNT broadcast NFL games, as well as the last for NBC until 2006. When the TV contracts were renewed near the end of the season, Fox retained the National Football Conference package, CBS took over the American Football Conference package and ESPN won the right to televise all of the Sunday night games.
Due to Game 7 of the 1997 World Series, the Chicago Bears–Miami Dolphins game at Pro Player Stadium was delayed one day to Monday, October 27.
The Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers both changed their uniforms, and the new uniforms for both teams were introduced during this season.
The season ended with Super Bowl XXXII when the Denver Broncos defeated the Green Bay Packers 31–24 at the Qualcomm Stadium. This broke the National Football Conference's streak of 13 consecutive Super Bowl victories.
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