1997 Utah Utes football team

1997 Utah Utes football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Division Mountain Division
1997 record 6–5 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach Ron McBride (8th year)
Offensive coordinator Fred Graves (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator Kyle Whittingham (3rd year)
Home stadium Rice Stadium (32,500)
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 Utes were unable to get another bowl bid in the 1997 season, going just 6–5. This was also the last season in the old Rice Stadium. Immediately after the final home game (against Rice University), the stadium was torn down and rebuilt into the new Rice–Eccles Stadium, partly in anticipation of the upcoming 2002 Olympic Games.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 7:00 PM Utah State* Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers) L 14–21   33,804
September 6 1:00 PM at Louisville* Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY KJZZ W 27–21   35,437
September 13 7:05 PM at TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 32–18   25,382
September 20 7:00 PM UTEP Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 56–3   28,820
October 2 6:00 PM at Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA ESPN L 13–27   37,994
October 11 1:00 PM SMU Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 19–20   26,611
October 18 2:00 PM at Oregon* Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR L 13–31   39,389
October 25 1:00 PM New Mexicodagger Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (The Bowl) W 15–10   28,129
November 1 1:00 PM at Tulsa Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK L 13–21   19,864
November 15 1:00 PM Rice Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 31–14   27,049
November 22 1:30 PM at BYU Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War) W 20–14   65,868
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

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Game notes

BYU

1 234Total
• Utah 10 0010 20
BYU 7 700 14

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After the season

NFL draft

Two players went in the 1998 NFL Draft, including one in the first round (Kevin Dyson).

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Kevin Dyson Wide Receiver 1 16 Tennessee Oilers
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala Fullback 6 178 Pittsburgh Steelers

References

  1. ↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  2. ↑ "1997 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. ↑ "1997 scoreboard and statistics". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  4. ↑ USA Today
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