Tennessee
SEC · 1997 Season · Final
All-Time Resume
- 12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
- Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons · 4 Top 10 · 1× #1
- Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons · 6 Top 10
- Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 7 Top 10
- AP Poll & Postwar Era · 19 seasons · 8 Top 10 · 2× #1
- Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 28 seasons · 9 Top 10
- Pioneer Era · 4 seasons
Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Tennessee head-to-head · History & Eras
1997 Schedule & Results
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Conf | Opp. Record | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Week 2 · Sep 2 |  Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)H2H |  B12 | 6–5 | W 52–17 |
| 3 | Week 3 · Sep 9 |  UCLAH2H |  PAC | 10–2 | W 30–24 |
| 5 | Week 5 · Sep 23 |  Florida (FLORIDA)H2H |  SEC | 10–2 | L 20–33 |
| 7 | Week 7 · Oct 7 |  Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)H2H | SEC | 8–4 | W 31–17 |
| 8 | Week 8 · Oct 14 |  Georgia (GEORGIA)H2H | SEC | 10–2 | W 38–13 |
| 9 | Week 9 · Oct 21 |  Alabama (ALABAMA)H2H | SEC | 4–7 | W 38–21 |
| 11 | Week 11 · Nov 4 |  South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)H2H | SEC | 5–6 | W 22–7 |
| 12 | Week 12 · Nov 11 |  Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)H2H |  USA | 9–3 | W 44–20 |
| 13 | Week 13 · Nov 18 |  Arkansas (ARKANSAS)H2H | SEC | 4–7 | W 30–22 |
| 14 | Week 14 · Nov 25 |  Kentucky (KENTUCKY)H2H | SEC | 5–6 | W 59–31 |
| 15 | Week 15 · Dec 2 |  Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)H2H | SEC | 3–8 | W 17–10 |
| 16 | Regular Season Final · Dec 9 |  Auburn (AUBURN)H2H | SEC | 10–3 | W 30–29 |
| 19 | Final · Jan 6 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA)H2H | B12 | 13–0 | L 17–42 |
Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.
Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).
- UCLA +10
- Georgia +10
- Auburn +10
- Southern Miss +9
- Ole Miss +8
- Texas Tech +6
- South Carolina +5
- Kentucky +5
- Alabama +4
- Arkansas +4
- Vanderbilt +3
- Nebraska 0
- Florida -2
Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.
0.846 Win % · Change -4
Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.
Higher on the chart = better rank.
Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.
Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.