1997 BYU Cougars football team

1997 BYU Cougars football
Conference Western Athletic Conference Mountain Division
1997 record 6–5 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach LaVell Edwards
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
#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 #4 Washington* #19 Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT ABC L 42–20   65,978
September 20 8:15 PM at #14 Arizona State* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ FSN W 13–10   62,376
September 27 1:00 PM at SMU #23 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX W 19–16 OT  23,701
October 3 7:00 PM Utah State* #24 Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT KSL W 42–35   65,754
October 11 2:00 PM at Rice #21 Rice Stadium • Houston, TX L 27–14   23,814
October 18 12:00 PM Hawaii Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT KSL W 17–3   64,558
October 25 12:00 PM TCU Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT KSL W 31–10   63,004
November 1 6:30 PM at UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX KSL L 14–3   18,630
November 8 12:00 PM Tulsa Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT KSL W 49–39   64,200
November 15 3:00 PM at New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPN2 L 38–28   30,363
November 22 1:30 PM Utah Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War) ABC L 20–14   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.