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]
See main article: 1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.