1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern conference
Division	Eastern Division
1997 record	3–8 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach	Woody Widenhofer (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Ed Lambert (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (1st year)
Captain	5 Jamie Duncan Corey Chavous Jay Stallworth Damian Allen John Bradley
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 41,448)

1997 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#7 Tennessee x$		7	–	1		11	–	2
#10 Georgia		6	–	2		10	–	2
#4 Florida		6	–	2		10	–	2
South Carolina		3	–	5		5	–	6
Kentucky		2	–	6		5	–	6
Vanderbilt		0	–	8		3	–	8
Western Division
#11 Auburn xy		6	–	2		10	–	3
#13 LSU x		6	–	2		9	–	3
#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 y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	North Texas*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 29–12	38,281
September 11	7:00 p.m.	No. 15 Alabama	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN	L 0–20	41,448
September 20	7:00 p.m.	TCU*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 40–16	34,824
September 27	6:00 p.m.	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)		L 3–15	36,417
October 4	2:30 p.m.	No. 13 LSU	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	PPV	L 6–7	37,045
October 11	3:00 p.m.	at Northern Illinois*	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL		W 17–7	17,567
October 18	8:00 p.m.	No. 21 Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	ESPN2	L 13–34	35,124
October 25	6:00 p.m.	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		L 3–35	79,014
November 8	11:30 a.m.	at No. 13 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	JPS	L 7–20	85,301
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)		L 10–21	40,256
November 29	11:00 a.m.	at No. 3 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	CBS	L 10–17	106,683
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

↑ "1997 Final Vanderbilt Stats". Vanderbilt University Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 15, 2014.

Vanderbilt Commodores football

Venues	Old Dudley Field (1892–1921) Curry Field (1922) Dudley Field (1922–1980) Vanderbilt Stadium (1980–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee

Culture & lore	History Mr. C Origin of "Commodores" "Dynamite" Marching band Porter Cup 1906 Carlisle game 1910 Yale game 1922 Michigan game IMG Sports Newtork

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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