1997 BYU Cougars football team

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1997 BYU Cougars football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Record6–5 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinator Norm Chow (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorRoger French (17th season)
Offensive scheme Pro spread
Defensive coordinatorKen Schmidt (7th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
Seasons
  1996
1998  
1997 Western Athletic Conference 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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 61:30 pmNo. 4 Washington *No. 19 ABC L 20–4265,978
September 208:15 pmat No. 14 Arizona State * FSN W 13–1062,376
September 271:00 pmat SMU No. 23W 19–16 OT23,701
October 37:00 pm Utah State *No. 24
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
KSL W 42–3565,754
October 117:00 pmat Rice No. 21 ESPN2 L 14–2723,814
October 1812:00 pm Hawaii
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
KSLW 17–364,558
October 2512:00 pm TCU
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
KSLW 31–1063,004
November 16:30 pmat UTEP KSLL 3–1418,630
November 812:00 pm Tulsa
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
KSLW 49–3964,200
November 153:00 pmat New Mexico ESPN2 L 28–3830,363
November 221:30 pm Utah
ABCL 14–2065,868

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP 191919232421
Coaches 171624242125

Roster

1997 BYU Cougars football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 79 Jason Andersen Sr
OL 75 John Tait So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 44 Rob Morris So
LB 46Shay Muirbrook (C)Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

References

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