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The Denver Broncos and Jacksonville Jaguars took 2 wild card spots in the 1997 NFL AFC wild card race; the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets finished level at 9-7 for the last wild card spot. The Miami Dolphins took the last wild card spot on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry.
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AFC Wild Card standings, 1997
Team W L T Pct WCGB L10 Streak (DEN) x 12 4 0 .750 +3 6-4 W1 (JAX) x 11 5 0 .688 +2 6-4 W2 (MIA) x 9 7 0 .563 - 5-5 L2 (NYJ) 9 7 0 .563 - 5-5 L1 (SEA) 8 8 0 .500 1 5-5 W2 (TEN) 8 8 0 .500 1 6-4 W1 (CIN) 7 9 0 .438 2 6-4 W3 (BAL) 6 9 1 .406 2.5 3-6-1 L1 (BUF) 6 10 0 .375 3 3-7 L3 (OAK) 4 12 0 .250 5 2-8 L5 (SD) 4 12 0 .250 5 1-9 L8 (IND) 3 13 0 .188 6 3-7 L1
The top three teams hold the wild card spots. The dashed line on the chart is the pace of the last spot.
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Standings Chart › NFL › 1997 › AFC Wild Card Data from FiveThirtyEight's openly licensed NFL data and the devstopfix results set . Charts update nightly after the last game goes final. The league's own current standings are at NFL.com .
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