1997 Missouri Tigers football team

1997 Missouri Tigers football
Holiday Bowl, L 24–35 vs. Colorado State
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 23
1997 record	7–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Larry Smith (4th season)
Home stadium	Faurot Field (Capacity: 62,023)

1997 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
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		6	–	5
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
† – Coaches Poll National Champion $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 1997 Tigers went 7–5 (5–3 in Big 12 play), ending a streak of 13 consecutive losing seasons. However, the Tigers lost to Colorado State, 35–24, in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Larry Smith.

The loss to eventual National Champion #1 ranked Nebraska in overtime came after the infamous Flea Kicker play.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	6:30 PM	Eastern Michigan*		Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri		W 44–24	52,514
September 13	11:30 AM	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas (Border War)	FSN	L 7–15	38,000
September 20	4:00 PM	at Tulsa*		Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma		W 42–21	40,385
September 27	11:00 AM	No. 7 Ohio State*		Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri	ABC	L 10–31	58,882
October 4	1:00 PM	Iowa State		Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		W 45–21	44,386
October 11	11:30 AM	at No. 22 Kansas State		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	FSN	L 11–41	43,510
October 18	1:00 PM	Texas		Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri		W 37–29	48,451
October 25	11:30 AM	at No. 12 Oklahoma State		Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma	FSN	W 51–50 ^2OT	33,300
November 1	1:30 PM	at Colorado		Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado		W 41–31	43,119
November 8	2:30 PM	No. 1 Nebraska		Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri (Rivalry - Flea Kicker)	ABC	L 38–45 ^OT	66,846
November 15	1:00 PM	Baylor	No. 25	Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri		W 42–24	43,825
December 29	7:00 PM	vs. No. 18 Colorado State*	No. 19	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	L 24–35	50,761
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

↑ "1997 Archive". Missouri Athletics. Archived from the original on January 16, 2000. Retrieved November 7, 2012.

Missouri Tigers football
Venues	Rollins Field (1890–1926) Faurot Field (1926–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry Illinois Iowa State (Telephone Trophy) Kansas: Border War Nebraska (Victory Bell) Oklahoma (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)
Culture and lore	Truman the Tiger Marching Mizzou 1911 Kansas game Fifth Down Game (1990) Flea Kicker
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical Leaders
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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