| Event | 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 28 September 1997 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Brian White (Wexford) | ||||||
| Attendance | 65,601 | ||||||
The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 110th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Kerry bridged an 11-year gap, the longest in their history, helped by nine Maurice Fitzgerald points. [1] Fitzgerald also broke Billy O'Shea's leg on the pitch. [2]
Mayo in their second final appearance in a row, were hoping to bridge a gap that stretched back to their All-Ireland SFC title winning team of 1951. [3] They failed, and would lose again to Kerry in 2004 and 2006. Subsequent All-Ireland SFC final defeats followed for Mayo at the hands of Donegal in 2012 and Dublin in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020... Tyrone in 2021...
       Kerry |     Mayo |
