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 20–42	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 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.