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1997 Big 12 Championship Game
Conference Championship
Nebraska Cornhuskers Texas A&M Aggies
(11–0) (9–2)
54 15
Head coach: 
Tom Osborne		 Head coach: 
R. C. Slocum
AP Coaches
22
AP Coaches
1414
1234 Total
Nebraska 1621314 54
Texas A&M 03012 15
DateDecember 6, 1997
Season 1997
Stadium Alamodome
Location San Antonio, TX
MVP Ahman Green (RB, Nebraska)
RefereeHal Dowden
Attendance64,824
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
Announcers Brent Musburger and Dan Fouts
Big 12 Championship Game
 < 1996  1998 > 
1997 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 2 Nebraska † xy$   8 – 0     13 – 0  
No. 8 Kansas State  %   7 – 1     11 – 1  
No. 23 Missouri   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Colorado   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Kansas   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Iowa State   1 – 7     1 – 10  
South Division
No. 20 Texas A&M xy   6 – 2     9 – 4  
No. 24 Oklahoma State   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Texas Tech   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Texas   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Oklahoma   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Baylor   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Championship: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • † – Coaches Poll National Champion
    $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 6, 1997, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. This was the 2nd Big 12 Championship Game and determined the 1997 champion of the Big 12 Conference. [1] The game featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers, champions of the North division, and the Texas A&M Aggies, champions of the South division. [2]

Teams

Nebraska

Main article: 1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Texas A&M

Main article: 1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team

Game summary

1997 Big 12 Championship Game
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 2 Nebraska 16 21 31454
No. 14 Texas A&M 0 3 01215

at Alamodome • San Antonio, Texas

Game information
First quarter
  • (10:18) NEB – Scott Frost 6 yard run, Kris Brown kick (Drive: 8 plays, 55 yards, 3:07; NEB 7–0)
  • (6:13) NEB – Kris Brown 27 yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards, 2:57; NEB 10–0)
  • (2:19) NEB – Kris Brown 26 yard field goal (Drive: 5 plays, 17 yards, 2:37; NEB 13–0)
  • (0:00) NEB – Kris Brown 31 yard field goal (Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards, 1:18; NEB 16–0)
Second quarter
  • (11:18) NEB – Ahman Green 25 yard run, Kris Brown kick (Drive: 4 plays, 64 yards, 1:28; NEB 23–0)
  • (8:53) TAMU – Kyle Bryant 32 yard field goal (Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 2:25; NEB 23–3)
  • (5:19) NEB – Ahman Green 1 yard run, Kris Brown kick (Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 3:34; NEB 30–3)
  • (0:25) NEB – Scott Frost 2 yard run, Kris Brown kick (Drive: 6 plays, 73 yards, 2:12; NEB 37–3)
Third quarter
  • (7:22) NEB – Kris Brown 44 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 9 yards, 1:10; NEB 40–3)
Fourth quarter
  • (11:13) NEB – Ahman Green 6 yard run, Kris Brown kick (Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards, 3:47; NEB 47–3)
  • (8:25) TAMU – Derrick Spiller 13 yard pass from Branndon Stewart, Stewart pass failed (Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 2:48; NEB 47–9)
  • (3:38) TAMU – Jason Glenn 35 yard fumble return, Randy McCown pass failed (Drive: 1 plays, 35 yards, 0:10; NEB 47–15)
  • (1:03) NEB – Frankie London 3 yard run, Ted Retzlaff kick (Drive: 5 plays, 22 yards, 2:35; NEB 54–15)

Statistics

Statistics NEB TAM
First downs 25 13
Plays–yards 85–536 71–277
Rushes–yards 67–335 23–13
Passing yards 201 264
Passing: comp–att–int 12–18–0 21–48–2
Time of possession 34:23 25:37
Team Category Player Statistics
Nebraska Passing Scott Frost 12–18, 201 yds
Rushing Ahman Green 34 car, 179 yds, 3 TD
Receiving Matt Davison 3 rec, 68 yds
Texas A&M Passing Branndon Stewart 18–38, 227 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Sirr Parker 10 car, 28 yds
Receiving Derrick Spiller 4 rec, 89 yds, 1 TD

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Big 12 Championships". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Top-Notch Victory by No. 2 Nebraska". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. December 7, 1997. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.


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