1997 Kentucky Wildcats 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 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the Eastern Division. They played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team was coached by Hal Mumme.

Schedule

August 301:30 PMLouisville*

• Commonwealth Stadium
• Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Governor's Cup)

W 38–24 59,186 September 612:30 PMat Mississippi State

• Scott Field
• Starkville, Mississippi (Rivalry)

JPSL 27–35 30,121 September 202:00 PMat Indiana*

• Memorial Stadium
• Bloomington, Indiana

W 49–7 41,149 September 273:30 PMNo. 1 Florida

• Commonwealth Stadium
• Lexington, Kentucky

CBSL 28–55 59,224 October 47:00 PMNo. 20 Alabama

• Commonwealth Stadium
• Lexington, Kentucky

PPVW 40-34 ^OT59,226 October 1112:30 PMat South Carolina

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, South Carolina

JPSL 24–38 75,936 October 187:00 PMNE Louisiana*

• Commonwealth Stadium
• Lexington, Kentucky

W 49–14 57,500 October 253:30 PMat No. 16 Georgia

• Sanford Stadium
• Athens, Georgia

CBSL 13–23 85,672 November 16:30 PMNo. 16 LSU

• Commonwealth Stadium
• Lexington, Kentucky

ESPN2L 28–63 58,450 November 152:00 PMat Vanderbilt

• Vanderbilt Stadium
• Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry)

W 21–10 40,256 November 2212:30 PMNo. 5 Tennessee

• Commonwealth Stadium
• Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel)

ESPN2L 31–59 61,076