American college football season
1997 Utah Utes football |
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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
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Division | Mountain Division |
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Record | 6–5 (5–3 WAC) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Fred Graves (3rd season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Kyle Whittingham (3rd season) |
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Home stadium | Rice Stadium (32,500) |
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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 | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 7:00 pm | Utah State* | | | L 14–21 | 33,804 |
September 6 | 1:00 pm | at Louisville* | | KJZZ | W 27–21 | 35,437 |
September 13 | 7:05 pm | at TCU | | | 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 | | 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* | | | L 13–31 | 39,389 |
October 25 | 1:00 pm | New Mexico | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| | W 15–10 | 28,129 |
November 1 | 1:00 pm | at Tulsa | | | 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 | | ABC | W 20–14 | 65,868 |
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Game summaries
BYU
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Utah | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | BYU | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | - Date: November 22
- Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
- Game start: 1:30 PM MST
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 11:16 | UTAH | Tommy Truhe 27-yard field goal | UTAH 3-0 | | 1 | 3:33 | UTAH | Darnell Arceneaux 4-yard run (Tommy Truhe kick) | UTAH 10-0 | | 1 | 1:19 | BYU | Brian McKenzie 1-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) | UTAH 10-7 | | 2 | 12:11 | BYU | Brian McKenzie 16-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) | BYU 14-10 | | 4 | 14:56 | UTAH | Darnell Arceneaux 8-yard run (Tommy Truhe kick) | UTAH 17-14 | | 4 | 1:39 | UTAH | Tommy Truhe 33-yard field goal | UTAH 20-14 | |
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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).
References
- ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
- ^ "1997 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ^ "1997 scoreboard and statistics". Utah Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- ^ USA Today
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