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
Record10–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRodney Allison
Defensive coordinatorBill Oliver
Home stadiumJordan–Hare Stadium
1997 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 47:00 p.m.at Virginia*No. 18
ESPNW 28–1745,300
September 1311:30 a.m.Ole MissNo. 16
JPSW 19–981,203
September 206:30 p.m.at No. 10 LSUNo. 12
ESPNW 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. 8
JPSW 23–679,411
October 111:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*daggerNo. 8
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
PPVW 49–1384,761[1]
October 182:30 p.m.No. 7 FloridaNo. 6
CBSL 10–2485,214
October 255:00 p.m.at ArkansasNo. 11
ESPN2W 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. 16
ESPNW 45–3486,117
November 226:30 p.m.AlabamaNo. 13
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama (Iron Bowl)
ESPNW 18–1785,214[2]
December 68:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 TennesseeNo. 11
ABCL 29–3074,896
January 22:00 p.m.vs. Clemson*No. 13
ESPNW 21–1771,212
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP16171616128886111117161313111311
Coaches191816128987111117161313111311

Game summaries

Florida

At Auburn

#7 Florida Gators (5–1) at #6 Auburn Tigers (6–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
Florida 10 0 7724
Auburn 7 3 0010

at Jordan–Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama

  • Date: October 18
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy, 65 °F (18 °C)
  • Game attendance: 85,244
  • Referee: A. Sizemore
  • Box Score
Game information

References

  1. ↑ "Bring on the Gators! Auburn crushes La. Tech". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 12, 1997. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Holmes cookin' - Tigers cash in late fumble to steal historic win". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 23, 1997. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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