American college football season
The 1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an American football team that represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Woody Widenhofer, the team compiled a 3–8 record, with a conference record of 0–8, and finished sixth in the Eastern Division.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 30 | 6:00 p.m. | North Texas* | | | W 29–12 | 38,281 | [1] |
September 11 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 15 Alabama | - Vanderbilt Stadium
- Nashville, TN
| ESPN | L 0–20 | 41,448 | [2] |
September 20 | 7:00 p.m. | TCU* | - Vanderbilt Stadium
- Nashville, TN
| | W 40–16 | 34,824 | [3] |
September 27 | 6:00 p.m. | at Ole Miss | | | L 3–15 | 36,417 | [4] |
October 4 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 13 LSU | - Vanderbilt Stadium
- Nashville, TN
| PPV | L 6–7 | 37,045 | [5] |
October 11 | 3:00 p.m. | at Northern Illinois* | | | W 17–7 | 17,567 | [6] |
October 18 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 21 Georgia | - Vanderbilt Stadium
- Nashville, TN (rivalry)
| ESPN2 | L 13–34 | 35,124 | [7] |
October 25 | 6:00 p.m. | at South Carolina | | | L 3–35 | 79,014 | [8] |
November 8 | 11:30 a.m. | at No. 13 Florida | | JPS | L 7–20 | 85,301 | [9] |
November 15 | 1:00 p.m. | Kentucky | - Vanderbilt Stadium
- Nashville, TN (rivalry)
| | L 10–21 | 40,256 | [10] |
November 29 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 3 Tennessee | | CBS | L 10–17 | 106,683 | [11] |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: 1998-12-02
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- ^ "Vanderbilt dumps North Texas". The Commercial Appeal. August 31, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nothing doing - Woodyball fails to fix old Vandy problem: no offense". The Tennessean. September 12, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Second-half fold decimates Frogs". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 21, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt unable to back up talk against Ole Miss". The Atlanta Constitution. September 28, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mistakes tear up Vandy". The Commercial Appeal. October 5, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Northern fumbles its big chance". Chicago Tribune. October 12, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Even without Ward, Bulldogs sink Commodores". The Macon Telegraph. October 19, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Turnovers end hope of upset". The Tennessean. October 26, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "To Gators, Vandy is handy". South Florida Sun Sentinel. November 9, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A new song in Music City". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 16, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lewis leads Vols past Vandy". The State. November 30, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1997 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "1997 Final Vanderbilt Stats". Vanderbilt University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
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