1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern conference
Division	Eastern Division
1997 record	3–8 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach	Woody Widenhofer (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Ed Lambert (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (1st season)
Captain	5 Jamie Duncan Corey Chavous Jay Stallworth Damian Allen John Bradley
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 41,448)

1997 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 7 Tennessee x$		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 10 Georgia		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 4 Florida		6	–	2					10	–	2
South Carolina		3	–	5					5	–	6
Kentucky		2	–	6					5	–	6
Vanderbilt		0	–	8					3	–	8
Western Division
No. 11 Auburn xy		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 13 LSU x		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 22 Ole Miss		4	–	4					8	–	4
Mississippi State		4	–	4					7	–	4
Alabama		2	–	6					4	–	7
Arkansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Championship: Tennessee 30, Auburn 29
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	North Texas*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 29–12	38,281
September 11	7:00 p.m.	No. 15 Alabama	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPN	L 0–20	41,448
September 20	7:00 p.m.	TCU*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 40–16	34,824
September 27	6:00 p.m.	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)		L 3–15	36,417
October 4	2:30 p.m.	No. 13 LSU	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	PPV	L 6–7	37,045
October 11	3:00 p.m.	at Northern Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		W 17–7	17,567
October 18	8:00 p.m.	No. 21 Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 13–34	35,124
October 25	6:00 p.m.	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 3–35	79,014
November 8	11:30 a.m.	at No. 13 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	JPS	L 7–20	85,301
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		L 10–21	40,256
November 29	11:00 a.m.	at No. 3 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	CBS	L 10–17	106,683
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 6 Greg Zolman Fr QB 17 Damian Allen Sr RB 23 Tyrone Yarbrough Jr RB 35 Marcus A. Williams Sr G 51 Jim Anguiano Jr WR 81 Todd Yoder So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Fred Vinson Jr CB 4 Corey Chavous Sr CB 30 Damien Charley Jr LB 49 Jamie Duncan Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Woody Widenhofer Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1998-12-02

References

1. "1997 Final Vanderbilt Stats". Vanderbilt University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved October 15, 2014.