1997 SEC Championship Game

1997 SEC Championship Game
1997 SEC Championship Game
Conference Championship
	1997 SEC Championship logo
Tennessee Volunteers	Auburn Tigers
(10–1)	(9–2)
30	29
Head coach: ; Phillip Fulmer	Head coach: ; Terry Bowden
AP	Coaches
3	3
AP	Coaches
11	11
Date	December 6, 1997
Season	1997
Stadium	Georgia Dome
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
MVP	QB Peyton Manning, Tennessee
Favorite	Tennessee by 7
Referee	Al Ford
Attendance	74,896
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Keith Jackson (play-by-play); Bob Griese (analyst); Lynn Swann (sideline)
SEC Championship Game
< 1996	1998 >

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

The 1997 SEC Championship Game was won by the Tennessee Volunteers, 30–29, over the Auburn Tigers. The game was played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, on December 6, 1997, and was televised to a national audience on ABC.