Editing 1997 National Championship

{{Infobox EventNoAlliance
| name                  = 1997 National Championship
| image                 = [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/3142 https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=thumb/3142.jpg]
| tag                   = [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/list/1997cmp/1 1997cmp]
| number_teams          = 
| location              = Orlando, Florida
| venue                 = EPCOT Center
| date                  = April 10 - 12, 1997
| chairman_winner       =
| impact_winner         =
| champions             = [[frc71|71]]
| finalists             = [[frc47|47]]
| altlogo               =
| altlogocaption        =
| below                 =
| prevevent             = [[1996cmp]]
| nextevent             = [[1998cmp]]
}}

The 1997 National Championship was the fourth and final official competition of the [[1997]] FIRST Robotics Competition season. The championship took place in several large tents set up at the [[disney|EPCOT Center]] at Walt Disney World from April 10 to 12, 1997. 

==Team list and rankings <ref> [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/43610 1997 FIRST National Championship Seeding List] </ref> ==
{{OldRankingListHeader
|lowerCaption = Season numbers for 1997 are canonical.‎<br />
More information about pre-1998 team numbers is available [[Old team numbers|here]].
}}
|53||{{1997frc1}}

|98||{{1997frc3}}
|76||{{1997frc4}}

|75||{{1997frc7}}

|61||{{1997frc10}}
|79||{{1997frc11}}
|64||{{1997frc12}}
|3||{{1997frc13}}
|7||{{1997frc14}}
|113||{{1997frc15}}
|39||{{1997frc16}}
|58||{{1997frc17}}

|104||{{1997frc20}}
|18||{{1997frc21}}
|90||{{1997frc22}}
|32||{{1997frc23}}
|9||{{1997frc24}}
|85||{{1997frc25}}
|41||{{1997frc26}}
|97||{{1997frc27}}
|12||((1997frc28}}

|63||{{1997frc30}}
|50||{{1997frc31}}
|16||{{1997frc32}}

|44||{{1997frc34}}
|5||{{1997frc35}}
|67||{{1997frc36}}
|28||{{1997frc37}}
|96||{{1997frc38}}
|19||{{1997frc39}}

|34||{{1997frc41}}
|68||{{1997frc42}}
|109||{{1997frc43}}
|62||{{1997frc44}}

|57||{{1997frc46}}
|27||{{1997frc47}}

|100||{{1997frc50}}
|52||{{1997frc51}}
|73||{{1997frc52}}
|59||{{1997frc53}}
|6||{{1997frc54}}

|35||{{1997frc56}}
|47||{{1997frc57}}
|80||{{1997frc58}}
|14||{{1997frc59}}
|65||{{1997frc60}}
|89||{{1997frc61}}

|10||{{1997frc63}}
|72||{{1997frc64}}

|66||{{1997frc66}}
|43||{{1997frc67}}
|48||{{1997frc68}}
|36||{{1997frc69}}

|69||{{1997frc71}}

|82||{{1997frc73}}

|77||{{1997frc76}}
|17||{{1997frc77}}
|70||{{1997frc78}}
|23||{{1997frc79}}
|86||{{1997frc86}}
|4||{{1997frc81}}
|93||{{1997frc82}}
|55||{{1997frc83}}
|105||{{1997frc84}}
|38||{{1997frc85}}
|103||{{1997frc86}}
|54||{{1997frc87}}
|81||{{1997frc88}}
|26||{{1997frc89}}
|22||{{1997frc90}}
|37||{{1997frc91}}
|95||{{1997frc92}}

|8||{{1997frc94}}

|56||{{1997frc96}}

|99||{{1997frc98}}

|33||{{1997frc101}}
|13||{{1997frc102}}
|2||{{1997frc103}}

|108||{{1997frc105}}
|74||{{1997frc106}}

|45||{{1997frc108}}
|25||{{1997frc109}}
|29||{{1997frc110}}
|112||{{1997frc111}}
|49||{{1997frc112}}
|111||{{1997frc113}}
|71||{{1997frc114}}
|15||{{1997frc115}}

|84||{{1997frc117}}

|30||{{1997frc119}}

|46||{{1997frc121}}
|21||{{1997frc122}}
|106||{{1997frc123}}

|42||{{1997frc127}}
|24||{{1997frc128}}

|101||{{1997frc130}}
|107||{{1997frc131}}

|11||{{1997frc134}}
|94||{{1997frc135}}
|92||{{1997frc136}}
|87||{{1997frc137}}
|91||{{1997frc138}}
|20||{{1997frc139}}
|60||{{1997frc140}}
|40||{{1997frc141}}
|83||{{1997frc142}}
|88||{{1997frc143}}
|110||{{1997frc144}}
|102||{{1997frc145}}
|78||{{1997frc146}}

|51||{{1997frc149}}

|1||{{1997frc153}}
|31||{{1997frc154}}
{{TeamListFooter}}


==Award list<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010508081646/http://www.usfirst.org/1995comp/natl_winners.html Results from 1995 FIRST National Championship]</ref>==
{{TeamListHeader
|lowerCaption=}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Chairman's Award]]}}
{{1995frc27}}
{{AwardListSubheader|Chairman's Award Finalists}}
{{1995frc22}}
{{1995frc9}}
{{1995frc38}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Championship Winner]]}}
{{1995frc41}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Championship Finalist]]}}
{{1995frc34}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Founder's Award]]}}
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |[[disney|Walt Disney World/Epcot'95]]
|-
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Offensive Round]]}}
{{1995frc35}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Outstanding Defense]]}}
{{1995frc12}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Play of the Day]]}}
{{1995frc22}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Most Photogenic]]}}
{{1995frc37}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Sportsmanship]]}}
{{1995frc59}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Team Spirit]]}}
{{1995frc38}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Number One Seed]]}}
{{1995frc41}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Rookie All-Star]]}}
{{1995frc5}}
{{1995frc41}}
{{1995frc47}}
{{1995frc50}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Procter & Gamble Creativity Award]]}}
{{1995frc58}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Motorola Quality Award]]}}
{{1995frc40}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Honeywell Leadership in Control Award]]}}
{{1995frc39}}
{{TeamListFooter}}



==Playoff bracket and top ten==
[[File:15318 - 1995 1995cmp ranking.jpg|1000px]]

==Gallery==
<gallery caption="Additional photos on the [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/list/1995cmp/1 FRC Archive]" perrow=3 heights=250px widths=300px>
File:3105 - 1995 1995cmp 1995frc12 1995frc9 frc148 frc45 match robot.jpg|Teams [[frc45|45]] and [[frc148|148]] at the 1995 National Championship [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/3105]
File:3073 - 1995 1995cmp disney.jpg|The award stage near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceship_Earth_(Epcot) Spaceship Earth] [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/3073]
File:3087 - 1995 1995cmp crowd.jpg|The crowd and one of the playing fields [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/3087]

</gallery>

==Notes==
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