1997 Auburn Tigers football team

1997 Auburn Tigers football
1997 Auburn Tigers football
SEC Western Division co-champion; Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl champion
SEC Championship Game, L 29–30 vs. Tennessee
Peach Bowl, W 21–17 vs. Clemson
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 11
Record	10–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Terry Bowden (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Rodney Allison (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Oliver (2nd season)
Home stadium	Jordan–Hare Stadium
	Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, coached by Terry Bowden, finished with a 10–3 record and won the school's first SEC West Division championship, but lost by a point to Tennessee in the 1997 SEC Championship Game. The Tigers ended the season with a #11 ranking in the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll after winning the Peach Bowl against Clemson on January 2.^[1]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	7:00 p.m.	at Virginia*	No. 18	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN	W 28–17	45,300	^[2]
September 13	11:30 a.m.	Ole Miss	No. 16	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	JPS	W 19–9	81,203	^[3]
September 20	6:30 p.m.	at No. 10 LSU	No. 12	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 31–28	80,538	^[4]
September 27	6:00 p.m.	UCF*	No. 8	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	PPV	W 41–14	82,109	^[5]
October 4	11:30 a.m.	at South Carolina	No. 8	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	JPS	W 23–6	79,411	^[6]
October 11	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*	No. 8	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	PPV	W 49–13	84,761	^[7]
October 18	2:30 p.m.	No. 7 Florida	No. 6	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry, College GameDay)	CBS	L 10–24	85,214	^[8]
October 25	5:00 p.m.	at Arkansas	No. 11	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	ESPN2	W 26–21	41,277	^[9]
November 1	1:00 p.m.	Mississippi State	No. 11	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		L 0–20	82,736	^[10]
November 15	4:50 p.m.	at No. 7 Georgia	No. 16	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	W 45–34	86,117	^[11]
November 22	6:30 p.m.	Alabama	No. 13	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Iron Bowl)	ESPN	W 18–17	85,214	^[12]
December 6	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Tennessee	No. 11	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game, rivalry)	ABC	L 29–30	74,896	^[13]
January 2	2:00 p.m.	vs. Clemson*	No. 13	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl, rivalry)	ESPN	W 21–17	71,212	^[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	10	0	7	7	24
Auburn	7	3	0	0	10

Schedule

1997 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 7 Tennessee x$	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 10 Georgia	6	–	2	10	–	2
No. 4 Florida	6	–	2	10	–	2
South Carolina	3	–	5	5	–	6
Kentucky	2	–	6	5	–	6
Vanderbilt	0	–	8	3	–	8
Western Division
No. 11 Auburn xy	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 13 LSU x	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 22 Ole Miss	4	–	4	8	–	4
Mississippi State	4	–	4	7	–	4
Arkansas	2	–	6	4	–	7
Alabama	2	–	6	4	–	7
Championship: Tennessee 30, Auburn 29
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll