1997 BYU Cougars football team

1997 BYU Cougars football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Division Mountain Division
1997 record 6–5 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach LaVell Edwards (26th season)
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
(Capacity: 65,000)
1997 WAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
New Mexico x  6 –2     9 –4  
Rice  5 –3     7 –4  
SMU  5 –3     6 –5  
Utah  5 –3     6 –5  
BYU  4 –4     6 –5  
UTEP  3 –5     4 –7  
Tulsa  2 –6     2 –9  
TCU  1 –7     1 –10  
Pacific Division
No. 17 Colorado State x$  7 –1     11 –2  
Air Force  6 –2     10 –3  
Fresno State  5 –3     6 –6  
Wyoming  4 –4     7 –6  
San Diego State  4 –4     5 –7  
San Jose State  4 –4     4 –7  
UNLV  2 –6     3 –8  
Hawaii  1 –7     3 –9  
Championship: Colorado State 41, New Mexico 13
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 6 1:30 PM No. 4 Washington* No. 19 Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah ABC L 20–42   65,978
September 20 8:15 PM at No. 14 Arizona State* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona FSN W 13–10   62,376
September 27 1:00 PM at SMU No. 23 Cotton Bowl • Dallas W 19–16 OT  23,701
October 3 7:00 PM Utah State* No. 24 Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah KSL W 42–35   65,754
October 11 7:00 PM at Rice No. 21 Rice Stadium • Houston ESPN2 L 14–27   23,814
October 18 12:00 PM Hawaii Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah KSL W 17–3   64,558
October 25 12:00 PM TCU Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah KSL W 31–10   63,004
November 1 6:30 PM at UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas KSL L 3–14   18,630
November 8 12:00 PM Tulsa Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah KSL W 49–39   64,200
November 15 3:00 PM at New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico ESPN2 L 28–38   30,363
November 22 1:30 PM Utah Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah (Holy War) ABC L 14–20   65,868
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "1997 schedule". Brigham Young University Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
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