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, Georgia, on December 6, 1997, and was televised to a national audience on ABC.