1997 Big 12 Championship Game Explained

Game Name:Big 12 Championship Game
Subheader:Conference Championship
Date Game Played:December 6
Year Game Played:1997
Football Season:1997
Stadium:Alamodome
City:San Antonio, TX
Visitor School:University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Visitor Name Short:Nebraska
Visitor Nickname:Cornhuskers
Visitor Record:11–0
Visitor Rank Ap:2
Visitor Rank Coaches:2
Visitor Coach:Tom Osborne
Visitor 1Q:16
Visitor 2Q:21
Visitor 3Q:3
Visitor 4Q:14
Home School:Texas A&M University
Home Name Short:Texas A&M
Home Nickname:Aggies
Home Record:9–2
Home Rank Ap:14
Home Rank Coaches:14
Home Coach:R. C. Slocum
Home 1Q:0
Home 2Q:3
Home 3Q:0
Home 4Q:12
Mvp:Ahman Green (RB, Nebraska)
Referee:Hal Dowden
Attendance:64,824
Us Network:ABC
Us Announcers:Brent Musburger and Dan Fouts

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

See main article: 1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.

Texas A&M

Game summary

Statistics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All-Time Big 12 Championships. big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. 23 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Top-Notch Victory by No. 2 Nebraska . Los Angeles Times . Associated Press . November 19, 2021 . December 7, 1997 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211119230011/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-07-sp-61687-story.html . 2021-11-19 .