1997 Big 12 Championship Game

August 2023 Big 12 Championship Game Conference Championship Big 12 Conference logo December 6 1997 1997 Alamodome San Antonio, TX University of Nebraska–Lincoln Nebraska Cornhuskers 11–0 2 2 Tom Osborne 16 21 3 14 Texas A&M University Texas A&M Aggies 9–2 14 14 R. C. Slocum 0 3 0 12 Ahman Green (RB, Nebraska) Hal Dowden 64,824 ABC Brent Musburger and Dan Fouts 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.https://big12sports.com/news/2011/6/1/205160610.aspx All-Time Big 12 Championships big12sports.com Big 12 Conference 23 October 2021 The game featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers, champions of the North division, and the Texas A&M Aggies, champions of the South division.Top-Notch Victory by No. 2 Nebraska https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-07-sp-61687-story.html Los Angeles Times Associated Press November 19, 2021 December 7, 1997 live https://web.archive.org/web/20211119230011/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-07-sp-61687-story.html 2021-11-19 Teams Nebraska 1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team Texas A&M 1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team Game summary Big 12 Conference white; text-align:center; autocollapse #fff #eee 1997 Big 12 Championship Game December 6, 1997 3:30 p.m. CST No. 2 Nebraska 16 21 3 14 No. 14 Texas A&M 0 3 0 12 Alamodome • San Antonio, Texas ABC Brent Musburger and Dan Fouts Big 12 game summary 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 Left Nebraska Cornhuskers NEB Texas A&M Aggies TAM 25 85–536 67–335 201 12–18–0 34:23 13 71–277 23–13 264 21–48–2 25:37 Right Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Scott Frost 12–18, 201 yds Ahman Green 34 car, 179 yds, 3 TD Matt Davison 3 rec, 68 yds Branndon Stewart 18–38, 227 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT Sirr Parker 10 car, 28 yds Derrick Spiller 4 rec, 89 yds, 1 TD References Championship Game Category:Big 12 Championship Game Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football games Category:Texas A&M Aggies football games Category:American football competitions in San Antonio Category:December 1997 sports events in the United States Category:1997 in sports in Texas Category:1990s in San Antonio