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The 1997 season was the Oakland Raiders' 28th in the National Football League, their 38th overall, their 3rd since their return to Oakland, and their first under head coach Joe Bugel. They failed to improve upon their 7–9 from 1996 and finished with a 4–12 record, the worst finish for the Raiders since 1962 ; when they won only once in the ...
Tim Brown was a wide receiver and return specialist who was drafted sixth overall by the Raiders in the 1988 NFL draft. Brown spent 16 seasons with the Raiders, during which time he was an All-Pro, a nine-time Pro Bowler, and was selected to the 1990s All-Decade Team. He had nine seasons with over 1,000 receiving yards and, at the time of his retirement, was second in career receiving yards ...
Russell was selected with the second overall pick in the first round of the 1997 NFL Draft. [4] Russell's seven-year, $22 million contract in 1997 was at the time the richest rookie contract ever signed in the NFL. [5] He went on to have 28.5 career sacks. After making the Pro Bowl in 1998 and 1999, averaging ten sacks per year, he was poised ...
The 1997 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 19–20, 1997, at the Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
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Adam R. Treu (born June 24, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a center for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, joining as a walk-on after playing at Pius X High School in Lincoln, Nebraska.
In 1997, he caught eight passes for 84 yards and one touchdown. In 1998, Brown joined the Oakland Raiders, with whom he started four games and recorded seven catches for 89 yards.In 1999 he signed with the Arizona Cardinals. He played there for 2 years, ending his career in 2000 after playing for 9 years.
The 1997 NFL season was the 78th regular season of the National Football League (NFL). 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 construction of a new stadium in Nashville started.