1997 Big 12 Championship Game

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1997 Big 12 Championship Game
Conference Championship
1234Total
Nebraska162131454
Texas A&M0301215
DateDecember 6, 1997
Season 1997
Stadium Alamodome
Location San Antonio, TX
MVP Ahman Green (RB, Nebraska)
Referee Hal Dowden
Attendance64,824
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
Announcers Brent Musburger and Dan Fouts
Big 12 Championship Game
 < 1996   1998 > 
1997 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northern Division
No. 2 Nebraska † xy$  8 0   13 0  
No. 8 Kansas State  %  7 1   11 1  
No. 23 Missouri  5 3   7 5  
Colorado  3 5   5 6  
Kansas  3 5   5 6  
Iowa State  1 7   1 10  
Southern Division
No. 20 Texas A&M xy  6 2   9 4  
No. 24 Oklahoma State  5 3   8 4  
Texas Tech  5 3   6 5  
Texas  2 6   4 7  
Oklahoma  2 6   4 8  
Baylor  1 7   2 9  
Championship: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • † – Coaches Poll National Champion
    $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Contents

Teams

Nebraska

Texas A&M

Game summary

1997 Big 12 Championship Game
Period1234Total
No. 2 Nebraska162131454
No. 14 Texas A&M0301215

at AlamodomeSan Antonio, Texas

Game information
First quarter
  • (10:18) NEB – Scott Frost 6 yard run, Kris Brown kick (Drive: 8 plays, 55 yards, 3:07; NEB 7–0)
  • (6:13) NEB – Kris Brown 27 yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards, 2:57; NEB 10–0)
  • (2:19) NEB – Kris Brown 26 yard field goal (Drive: 5 plays, 17 yards, 2:37; NEB 13–0)
  • (0:00) NEB – Kris Brown 31 yard field goal (Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards, 1:18; NEB 16–0)
Second quarter
  • (11:18) NEB – Ahman Green 25 yard run, Kris Brown kick (Drive: 4 plays, 64 yards, 1:28; NEB 23–0)
  • (8:53) TAMU – Kyle Bryant 32 yard field goal (Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 2:25; NEB 23–3)
  • (5:19) NEB – Ahman Green 1 yard run, Kris Brown kick (Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 3:34; NEB 30–3)
  • (0:25) NEB – Scott Frost 2 yard run, Kris Brown kick (Drive: 6 plays, 73 yards, 2:12; NEB 37–3)
Third quarter
  • (7:22) NEB – Kris Brown 44 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 9 yards, 1:10; NEB 40–3)
Fourth quarter
  • (11:13) NEB – Ahman Green 6 yard run, Kris Brown kick (Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards, 3:47; NEB 47–3)
  • (8:25) TAMU – Derrick Spiller 13 yard pass from Branndon Stewart, Stewart pass failed (Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 2:48; NEB 47–9)
  • (3:38) TAMU – Jason Glenn 35 yard fumble return, Randy McCown pass failed (Drive: 1 plays, 35 yards, 0:10; NEB 47–15)
  • (1:03) NEB – Frankie London 3 yard run, Ted Retzlaff kick (Drive: 5 plays, 22 yards, 2:35; NEB 54–15)

Statistics

StatisticsNEBTAM
First downs2513
Plays–yards85–53671–277
Rushes–yards67–33523–13
Passing yards201264
Passing: comp–att–int12–18–021–48–2
Time of possession34:2325:37
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
NebraskaPassing Scott Frost 12–18, 201 yds
Rushing Ahman Green 34 car, 179 yds, 3 TD
ReceivingMatt Davison3 rec, 68 yds
Texas A&MPassing Branndon Stewart 18–38, 227 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Sirr Parker 10 car, 28 yds
ReceivingDerrick Spiller4 rec, 89 yds, 1 TD

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