1997 Kerry Senior Football Championship
The 1997 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 97th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 27 February 1997. The championship ran from 24 July to 2 November 1997.
Laune Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions.
The final was played on 2 November 1997 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between East Kerry and Laune Rangers, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. East Kerry won the match by 1-11 to 0-08 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first title in 27 years.
East Kerry's Paud O'Donoghue was the championship's top scorer with 1-32.
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Overall| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Paud O'Donoghue | East Kerry | 1-32 | 35 | 6 | 5.83 |
| 2 | Pa O'Sullivan | Laune Rangers | 0-26 | 26 | 5 | 5.20 |
| 3 | Dara Ó Cinnéide | West Kerry | 1-15 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 4 | Eoin Moynihan | Austin Stacks | 0-15 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
| 5 | Ian Twiss | Mid Kerry | 0-14 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
| 6 | John Kennedy | Shannon Rangers | 1-10 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |
| 7 | Seán Geaney | West Kerry | 3-03 | 12 | 4 | 3.00 |
| 7 | Darren Aherne | Austin Stacks | 0-12 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Jerry Murphy | East Kerry | 1-08 | 11 | 6 | 1.83 |
| 10 | Gary McGrath | Mid Kerry | 2-04 | 10 | 3 | 3.33 |
| 10 | Tom O'Connell | Mid Kerry | 0-10 | 10 | 2 | 5.00 |
;In a single game
Miscellaneous
- East Kerry win the title for the first time in 27 years.
- The final goes to a replay for the first time since 1994.