| Team: | Arizona Cardinals |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Record: | 4–12 |
| Division Place: | 5th NFC East |
| Coach: | Vince Tobin |
| Owner: | Bill Bidwill |
| Stadium: | Sun Devil Stadium |
| Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| Pro Bowlers: | WR Rob Moore CB Aeneas Williams |
| Shortnavlink: | Cardinals seasons |
The Arizona Cardinals season was the franchise's 99th season, 78th season in the National Football League and the 10th in Arizona. The team was unable to match their previous output of 7–9, instead winning only four games.[1] The Cardinals failed to qualify to the playoffs for the fifteenth consecutive season.
In week 2, the Cardinals ended a 13-game losing streak to the Dallas Cowboys.
See main article: 1997 NFL draft.
| Michael Comer | Linebacker | UTEP |
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 31 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 21–24 | 0–1 | Cinergy Field | 50,298 | ||
| 2 | September 7 | Dallas Cowboys | W 25–22 | 1–1 | Sun Devil Stadium | 71,578 | ||
| 3 | September 14 | at Washington Redskins | L 13–19 | 1–2 | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium | 78,270 | ||
| 4 | Bye | |||||||
| 5 | September 28 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 18–19 | 1–3 | Houlihan's Stadium | 53,804 | ||
| 6 | October 5 | Minnesota Vikings | L 19–20 | 1–4 | Sun Devil Stadium | 45,550 | ||
| 7 | October 12 | New York Giants | L 13–27 | 1–5 | Sun Devil Stadium | 38,959 | ||
| 8 | October 19 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 10–13 | 1–6 | Veterans Stadium | 66,860 | ||
| 9 | October 26 | Tennessee Oilers | L 14–41 | 1–7 | Sun Devil Stadium | 44,030 | ||
| 10 | November 2 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 31–21 | 2–7 | Sun Devil Stadium | 39,549 | ||
| 11 | November 9 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 6–24 | 2–8 | Texas Stadium | 64,302 | ||
| 12 | November 16 | at New York Giants | L 10–19 | 2–9 | Giants Stadium | 68,316 | ||
| 13 | November 23 | at Baltimore Ravens | W 16–13 | 3–9 | Memorial Stadium | 53,976 | ||
| 14 | November 30 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 20–26 | 3–10 | Sun Devil Stadium | 66,341 | ||
| 15 | December 7 | Washington Redskins | L 28–38 | 3–11 | Sun Devil Stadium | 41,537 | ||
| 16 | December 14 | at New Orleans Saints | L 10–27 | 3–12 | Louisiana Superdome | 45,517 | ||
| 17 | December 21 | Atlanta Falcons | W 29–26 | 4–12 | Sun Devil Stadium | 32,003 | ||
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. | ||||||||