Football Park · Sat 28 Jun 1997 · 30,827 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port AdelaidePORT | 5.1 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 69 |
| FremantleFRE | 4.2 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 54 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 69 and 54.
Port Adelaide won by 15 points.
10.9 (69) — 7.12 (54)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wilson | 15 | 17 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Brayden Lyle | 15 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| David Brown | 14 | 11 | 25 | 2 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| Adam Heuskes | 19 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Matthew Primus | 12 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Roger James | 11 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Eagleton | 16 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rombotis | 10 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Shane Bond | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Donald Dickie | 7 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Darren Mead | 7 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Brent Heaver | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Josh Francou | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Shayne Breuer | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Brendon Lade | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Fabian Francis | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Damian Squire | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigel Fiegert | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Stephen Paxman | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Cummings | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Gavin Wanganeen | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Callaghan | 25 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Andrew Wills | 15 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dale Kickett | 11 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Shane Parker | 11 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Dhurrkay | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Gale | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Matthew Burton | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Toia | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Gavin Mitchell | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Quenton Leach | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Heath Black | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Chisholm | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Mann | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ben Allan | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Norrish | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen OReilly | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew McGovern | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kingsley Hunter | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Trent Carroll | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Bandy | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| James Clement | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |