1997 BYU Cougars football team

1997 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Division	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	1:30 PM	No. 4 Washington*	No. 19	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	ABC	L 20–42	65,978
September 20	8:15 PM	at No. 14 Arizona State*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 13–10	62,376
September 27	1:00 PM	at SMU	No. 23	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX		W 19–16 ^OT	23,701
October 3	7:00 PM	Utah State*	No. 24	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	KSL	W 42–35	65,754
October 11	2:00 PM	at Rice	No. 21	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		L 14–27	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 3–14	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 28–38	30,363
November 22	1:30 PM	Utah		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War)	ABC	L 14–20	65,868
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

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

BYU Cougars football

Venues	LaVell Edwards Stadium (1964–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Utah: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Utah State (Beehive Boot, The Old Wagon Wheel)

Culture & lore	Cosmo the Cougar "The Cougar Song" BYU Cougar Marching Band Miami Beach Brawl

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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National championship seasons in bold

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