1997 New Mexico Lobos football | |
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WAC Mountain Division champion | |
WAC Championship Game, L 13–41 vs. Colorado State | |
Insight.com Bowl, L 14–20 vs. Arizona | |
Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Mountain Division | |
Record | 9–4 (6–2 WAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Dennis Darnell (4th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Gary Patterson (2nd season) |
Home stadium | University Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 2024 [update] .
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 30 | Northern Arizona * | W 33–10 | 25,643 | [1] [2] | |
September 6 | New Mexico State * |
| W 61–24 | ||
September 13 | at UTEP | W 38–20 | 19,857 | ||
September 20 | at Utah State * | W 25–22 | 15,112 | ||
October 4 | SMU |
| W 22–15 | 33,128 | |
October 11 | at San Diego State | W 36–21 | 28,732 | ||
October 18 | Rice |
| L 23–35 | ||
October 25 | at Utah | L 10–15 | 28,129 | ||
November 1 | at TCU | W 40–10 | |||
November 15 | BYU |
| W 38–28 | 30,363 | |
November 22 | Tulsa |
| W 51–13 | 29,217 | |
December 6 | vs. No. 20 Colorado State | L 13–41 | 12,706 | [3] | |
December 27 | at Arizona * | L 14–20 | 49,385 | ||
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Source: [4]
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Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — |
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