1997 Auburn Tigers football team

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.

1997 Auburn Tigers football
SEC Western Division co-champion
Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 21–17 vs. Clemson
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 11
1997 record10–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRodney Allison
Defensive coordinatorBill Oliver
Home stadiumJordan–Hare Stadium (Capacity: 85,214)
1997 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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  
Alabama  2 6     4 7  
Arkansas  2 6     4 7  
Championship: Tennessee 30, Auburn 29
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 47:00 p.m.at Virginia*No. 18ESPNW 28–1745,300
September 1311:30 a.m.Ole MissNo. 16JPSW 19–981,203
September 206:30 p.m.at No. 10 LSUNo. 12ESPNW 31–2880,538
September 276:00 p.m.Central Florida*No. 8
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
PPVW 41–1482,109
October 411:30 a.m.at South CarolinaNo. 8JPSW 23–679,411
October 111:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*No. 8
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
PPVW 49–1384,761
October 182:30 p.m.No. 7 FloridaNo. 6
CBSL 10–2485,214
October 255:00 p.m.at ArkansasNo. 11ESPN2W 26–2141,277
November 11:00 p.m.Mississippi StateNo. 11
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
L 0–2082,736
November 154:50 p.m.at No. 7 GeorgiaNo. 16ESPNW 45–3486,117
November 226:30 p.m.AlabamaNo. 13
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama (Iron Bowl)
ESPNW 18–1785,214
December 68:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 TennesseeNo. 11ABCL 29–3074,896
January 22:00 p.m.vs. Clemson*No. 13ESPNW 21–1771,212
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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