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1997 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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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  
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 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the college football season of 1997–98. The team's head coach was Mike DuBose, who was entering his first year at Alabama. They played their home games at both Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama and competed in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference. Alabama would finish with a record of 4–7 record in suffering the program's first losing season since the 1984 season. The loss against Kentucky marked Alabama's first ever overtime game, as overtime rules for college football had gone into effect the previous season.

Schedule

August 3011:30 a.m.Houston*No. 16

JPSW 42–1781,591 September 117:00 p.m.at VanderbiltNo. 15

ESPNW 20–041,448 September 2011:30 a.m.ArkansasNo. 11

JPSL 16–1770,123 September 272:00 p.m.Southern Miss*No. 21

PPVW 27–1483,091 October 46:00 p.m.at KentuckyNo. 20

PPVL 34–40 OT59,226 October 186:00 p.m.No. 9 Tennessee

ESPNL 21–3883,091 October 2511:30 a.m.at No. 25 Ole Miss

JPSW 29–2041,548 November 11:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*dagger

PPVL 20–2670,123 November 82:30 p.m.No. 14 LSU

CBSL 0–2770,123 November 1511:30 a.m.No. 17 Mississippi State

JPSL 20–3270,123 November 226:00 p.m.at No. 13 Auburn

ESPNL 17–1885,214

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References

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