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1997 Missouri Tigers football team

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Conference
  
Big 12 Conference

Coaches
  
No. 23

1997 record
  
7–5 (5–3 Big 12)

Division
  
North Division

AP
  
No. 23

Head coach
  

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.

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1997 Missouri Tigers football team Wikipedia


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