1997 New Mexico Lobos football team

1997 New Mexico Lobos football
WAC Mountain Division champion
Insight.com Bowl, L 14–20 vs. Arizona
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Division Mountain Division
1997 record 9–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach Dennis Franchione (6th season)
Home stadium University Stadium
(Capacity: 31,218)
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 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Lobos were led by sixth-year head coach Dennis Franchione, in his final year with the team, and played their home games at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They finished the regular season atop the Mountain Division of the Western Athletic Conference with a 6–2 conference record, and lost to Colorado State in the 1997 WAC Championship Game. New Mexico was invited to the 1997 Insight.com Bowl, their first bowl game since 1961, where they lost to Arizona, 14–20.

The season is also notable for the Lobos because their brief appearance in the Coaches' Poll in Week 15 is the last time that the team has been featured in either the Coaches' Poll or the AP Poll, as of 2016.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
August 30 Northern Arizona* University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 33–10  
September 6 New Mexico State* University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry) W 61–24  
September 13 at UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX W 38–20  
September 20 at Utah State* Romney Stadium • Logan, UT W 25–22  
October 4 SMU University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 22–15  
October 11 at San Diego State Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, CA W 36–21  
October 18 Rice University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM L 23–35  
October 25 at Utah Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 10–15  
November 1 at TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 40–10  
November 15 BYU University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 38–28  
November 22 Tulsa University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 51–13  
December 6 vs. No. 18 Colorado State No. 25 Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV (WAC Championship Game) L 13–41  
December 27 at Arizona* Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Insight.com Bowl; rivalry) L 14–20  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

Source:[1]

References

  1. ↑ "1997 New Mexico Lobos Schedule & Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.


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