In week 9 of the 1997 NFL season, the Miami Dolphins played the Chicago Bears at Pro Player Stadium on Monday Night Football. The week before that game, Dolphins’ running back Karim Abdul-Jabbar had the best game of his career, running for 3 touchdowns and guiding the team to a win. But for this game against the Bears? He didn’t get one touch in the first half, because he missed practice… to attend the birth of his daughter. This is the story behind Jimmy Johnson’s awful decision
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Videos Mentioned:
World Series Conflict: https://youtu.be/DN0bFRy-29Y
1997 Packers/Patriots: https://youtu.be/WDbzT72rF2A
Members of the 1997 Dolphins:
Kyle Richardson
Craig Erickson
Olindo Mare
Dan Marino
John Kidd
Ray Nealy
Lawrence Phillips
Shawn Wooden
George Teague
Jerry Wilson
Corey Harris
Bracy Walker
Terrell Buckley
Sam Madison
Bernie Parmalee
Jerris McPhail
Karim Abdul-Jabbar
Tim Jacobs
Irving Spikes
Stanley Pritchett
Calvin Jackson
Roosevelt Potts
Jim Kitts
DeWayne Dotson
Dwight Hollier
Anthony Harris
Zach Thomas
Ronnie Ward
Mike Crawford
OJ Brigance
Derrick Rodgers
John Bock
Tim Ruddy
Everett McIver
Mike Sheldon
Keith Sims
Mike Chalenski
Dunstan Anderson
Barron Tanner
Shane Burton
James Brown
Jeff Buckey
Richmond Webb
Brett Perriman
Fred Barnett
OJ McDuffie
Frank Wainright
Brian Manning
Troy Drayton
Lamar Thomas
Qadry Ismail
Charles Jordan
Ed Perry
Daryl Gardener
Trace Armstrong
Tim Bowens
Danny Stubbs
Jason Taylor
Jimmy Johnson (head coach)
Members of the 1997 Bears:
Jeff Jaeger
Erik Kramer
Rick Mirer
Todd Sauerbrun
Steve Stenstrom
Corey Dowden
Darnell Autry
Ronnie Harmon
Marty Carter
Terry Cousin
Tom Carter
John Mangum
Walt Harris
Raymont Harris
Tony Carter
Rashaan Salaam
Ricky Bell
Tyrone Hughes
James Burton
Anthony Marshall
Mike Dulaney
Michael Hicks
Tony Stargell
Marlon Forbes
Van Hiles
Tremayne Allen
Bryan Cox
Michael Lowery
Ron Cox
Sean Harris
Tony Peterson
Chris Villarrial
Daryl Carter
Casey Wiegmann
Chris Gray
Todd Burger
Andy Heck
Evan Pilgrim
William Schultz
Greg Huntington
Carl Reeves
James Williams
Jon Clark
Jimmy Herndon
Todd Perry
Curtis Conway
Bobby Engram
Fabien Bownes
Eric Smith
John Allred
Keith Jennings
Chris Penn
Ricky Proehl
Harper LeBel
Ryan Wetnight
Alonzo Spellman
John Thierry
Barry Minter
Paul Grasmanis
Mark Thomas
Tyrone Williams
Chris Zorich
Carl Simpson
Jim Flanigan
Dave Wannstedt (head coach)
33 Comments
Way too wordy actually makes me dislike you
Bears messed up this season. They won 3 of their last 5 games to finish 4-12, and dropping their draft pick to 5th. They could have drafted Peyton Manning had they continued losing. Instead they took Curtis Enis lol
In todays world that wouldn’t happen since we have paternity leave
Oh in 1993 Houston oilers offensive lineman David Williams missed a game because his wife had a baby and he was fined a game check
kaj was a medicore back anyway 3.6 yards a carry or less most years
losing that game was unaccepted as a dolphin fan i was so pissed that night
Jimmy Johnson had one of the biggest egos in NFL history……….
Johnson's entire tenure with the Dolphins was an abysmal failure. He ruined Dan Marino's career. Marino stopped being a Pro Bowl player as soon as Johnson arrived. He changed the offensive philosophy. He made terrible personnel decisions. Didn't get Marino any receivers. The offense ranked near the bottom of the NFL. He stubbornly clinged to the running game even though it wasn't working. Every year he would draft another running back and the cycle would repeat itself. In 98 he took undersized John Avery after trading down 10 spots. He could have had Randy Moss. After the season Johnson would sulk and cry and give some stupid speech about wanting to quit because things weren't working out. His final game was a 62 -7 loss to Jacksonville. Marino's final game also. The worst farewell ever. All because of Johnson's arrogance, ineptitude and believing his own hype.
jimmy wasn't exactly the nicest coach. he was a hard ass and didn't mind calling out star players like marino saying he was washed up and keeping the dolphins from winning that last season.
The statement that Jimmy had personal issue with him holds no weight. That was always the kind of coach Jimmy was. I dont remember which America's game it was but Troy Aikman (i think) said that they were afraid to lose because of Jimmy's coaching style
That ought a become a video subject, the Kareem v. Karim lawsuit.
This was the game that got pushed to MNF due to game 7 of the World Series (which the Marlins won). It aired on ABC in Chicago and Miami, with the ESPN SNF team of the time on the call.
I am a long time Dolphins fan and honestly wasn't overly impressed with Jimmy Johnson.
This by the way wasn't the first time the Bears came to Miami for an MNF game. They did so twice before 1997, including a memorable game at the Orange Bowl in 1985 where the eventual champion Bears suffered their only loss of the season. They played at Miami on MNF in 2002 as well.
This also was one of the few night home games in which the Dolphins wore white jerseys. Usually this happens because the game was intended for Sunday afternoon, exceptions being their night home games in 1996.
The NFC Central and AFC East teams that played on October 27, 1997 had their respective rivalries bookend the 1997 MNF season – Bears at Packers week 1 and Patriots at Dolphins week 17.
Didn't realized Jimmy Johnson had a hypocritical moment in his career. I definitely can NOT respect his decision on this matter.
Jimmy Johnson also cut a player because he had asthma.
I think he was "sending a message" to other players to not miss a practice. I also wonder if he had issues with this player being Muslim. Regardless, definitely taints Jimmy Johnson's legacy some. Such a dumb decision. You don't demote a player for the birth of a baby. Late to practice or skipping practice? Sure!
Jimmy Johnson, Survivor *legend*!
JJ worships his own authority above winning or family, especially an employee’s family. Whenever he goes to church or endorses the importance of family, he is a hypocrite.
So what you're saying is Jimmy Johnson is based af
It was originally scheduled on Sunday caused in Game 7 of the World Series
@8:24: Sorry, JG9, but Islam is a religion, not a language. It would be like saying "amen" means "may it be done" in Judaism. I think you meant to say that's what the name means "in Arabic".
What kind of message does it send that a guy gets benched for putting his family first and actually showing up for the birth of his daughter, when so many “fathers” are completely absent from their kids’ lives? This is inexcusable.
That child is 25 now. I'm old…
Man it was a very different era when babies were born. I remember the Houston Oilers controversy
I remember the name controversy. Sharmon Shah changed his name while at UCLA to Karim Abdul-Jabbar after speaking with the imam. Either the imam thought it would be cute, was one of the most incredulous people in history since the RB also wore #33 as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul-Karim_al-Jabbar>
Jimmy Johnson: Douchebag Coach
Chris Berman used to call Karim Abdul-Jabbar highlights as if he was calling a basketball game as Marv Albert.
Abdul Jabbar should have demanded a trade from this joke of an organization and coach.
This was an epic collapse in 1997, but the Dolphins bigger collapses that season were all 3 games vs New England. oy vey!
That 24-13 win over the Ravens was the second Dolphins game I attended, and the first Fins win I ever saw in person.