WATCH: Tennessee players recall favorite moment from 1997 SEC Championship season

The Tennessee Volunteers certainly had a memorable season in 1997.

The team, led by star QB Peyton Manning, would head to the SEC Championship Game after going 10-1 in the regular season. Tennessee’s lone loss in the regular season was to Florida. The Vols followed that loss with eight straight wins, climbing all the way to No. 3 in the nation heading into the matchup with Auburn in Atlanta.

The Volunteers would win a 30-29 thriller in what would be the first of back-to-back SEC Championships for Tennessee and head coach Phil Fulmer. Unfortunately, Tennessee would lose to No. 2 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl that year, but the 1997 season remains a highlight for Tennessee.

Tennessee Football shared a video of the 20-year reunion celebrating that team, and there is no denying that the ’97 Vols were a special group:

Champs reunited. #GBO pic.twitter.com/odcTAAb31t

— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) November 21, 2017

Eight players from that ’97 team were selected in the 1998 NFL Draft with Manning going first overall to the Indianapolis Colts.

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.