Editing 1997 National Championship

{{Infobox EventNoAlliance
| name                  = 1997 National Championship
| image                 = [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/44334 https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=thumb/44334/thumb.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       = [[frc47|47]]
| 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 parking lot of [[disney|EPCOT Center]] at Walt Disney World from April 10 to 12, 1997. Practice matches and load-in occured on April 10th, with seeding matches taking place on the 11th and the double elimination tournament and awards ceremony happening on April 12th.

==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]].
}}
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{{TeamListFooter}}


==Award list<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19980128115154/http://www.usfirst.org/1997comp/fl_winners.html Results from the 1997 National Championship]</ref>==
{{OldAwardListHeader
|lowerCaption=}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Chairman's Award]]}}
{{1997frc47}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|Chairman's Award Finalists}}
{{1997frc16}}
{{1997frc148}}
{{1997frc171}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Founder's Award]]}}
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |Mr. Francois Castaing & Chrysler Corporation
|-
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[National Champion]]}}
{{1997frc71}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Runner-Up]]}}
{{1997frc47}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Number One Seed]]}}
{{1997frc190}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Procter & Gamble Creativity Award]]}}
{{1997frc13}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Honeywell Leadership in Control Award]]}}
{{1997frc71}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Motorola Quality Award]]}}
{{1997frc121}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Johnson & Johnson Best Sportsmanship Award]]}}
{{1997frc175}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Chrysler Team Spirit Award]]}}
{{1997frc128}}
{{1997frc20}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Autodesk Award for Excellence in Engineering Creativity and Communication]]}}
{{1997frc192}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Woodie Flowers Award]] presented by Small Parts}}
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |Ms. Elizabeth Calef - Physics Teacher, Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School ([[frc88|team 88]])
|-
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Daniel Webster College Scholarship Award]]}}
{{1997frc59}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Worcester Polytechnic Institute Design Innovation Scholarship Award]]}}
{{1997frc148}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Rookie All-Star]]}}
{{1997frc162}}
{{1997frc67}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Best Offensive Round]]}}
{{1997frc88}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Outstanding Defense]]}}
{{1997frc148}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Best Play of the Day]]}}
{{1997frc146}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Lightest Machine in Finals]]}}
{{1997frc147}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Most Photogenic]]}}
{{1997frc15}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Judges' Dead Ringer Award]]}}
{{1997frc108}}
{{OldAwardListSubheader|[[Judges' Against All Odds Award]]}}
{{1997frc-29}}
{{TeamListFooter}}

==Partial bracket and top ten==

==Event program==
<pdf>https://www.frcarchive.com/frcwiki/images/b/b1/97_eventprog_natls.PDF</pdf>

==Gallery==
<gallery caption="Additional photos on the [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/list/1997cmp/1 FRC Archive]" perrow=3 heights=250px widths=300px>
File:10 - 1997 1997cmp crowd woodie flowers.jpg|[[Woodie Flowers]] on stage with a giant statue of himself [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/10]
File:3577 - 1997 1997cmp disney.jpg|Part of the closing ceremonies put on by Disney [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/3577]
File:16 - 1997 1997cmp 1997frc138 1997frc77 crowd disney frc106 frc161 match.jpg|The crowd and one of the playing fields [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/16]

</gallery>

==Notes==
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