1997 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1997 SEC football standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	Championship: Tennessee 30, Auburn 29
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

Georgia Bulldogs football
1997 Georgia Bulldogs football
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 33–6 vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	#10
AP	#10
1997 record	10–2 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Jim Donnan
Defensive coordinator	Joe Kines
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (86,117)
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The 1997 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season The Bulldogs completed the season with a 10–2 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	1:00 PM	Arkansas State*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 38–7	79,145
September 13	3:30 PM	South Carolina	#25	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	CBS	W 31–15	86,117
September 20	1:00 PM	NE Louisiana*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 42–3	74,113
October 4	1:00 PM	Mississippi State	#19	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 47–0	83,211
October 11	3:30 PM	at #10 Tennessee	#15	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	CBS	L 13–38	106,656
October 18	9:00 PM	at Vanderbilt	#21	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN2	W 34–13	35,124
October 25	3:30 PM	Kentucky	#18	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	CBS	W 23–13	85,672
November 1	3:30 PM	vs. #6 Florida	#15	Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic)	CBS	W 37–17	84,297
November 15	5:30 PM	#16 Auburn	#7	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	L 34–45	86,117
November 22	2:00 PM	at Ole Miss	#14	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		W 21–14	35,473
November 29	1:00 PM	at Georgia Tech*	#14	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	W 27–24	46,015
January 1	11:00 AM	vs. Wisconsin*	#11	Houlihan's Stadium • Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	ESPN	W 33–6	56,186
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

v t e Georgia Bulldogs football
Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Clemson Florida Georgia Tech: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	All games Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band First forward pass 1927 Yale game
People	Head coaches Steadman V. Sanford Larry Munson Morgan Blake NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders
Seasons	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
National championship seasons in bold

1997 SEC football standings
v t e	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