1997 Utah Utes football team explained

Year:1997
Team:Utah Utes
Conference:Western Athletic Conference
Division:Mountain Division
Short Conf:WAC
Record:6–5
Conf Record:5–3
Head Coach:Ron McBride
Hc Year:8th
Off Coach:Fred Graves
Oc Year:3rd
Def Coach:Kyle Whittingham
Dc Year:3rd
Stadium:Rice Stadium (32,500)

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

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Game summaries

BYU

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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
1 16 Tennessee Oilers
6 178 Pittsburgh Steelers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ute Record Book. University of Utah. 2009-10-21. 2011-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713210940/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: 1997 record. College Football Data Warehouse. 2009-06-04. 2012-04-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20120420010731/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1486&year=1997. dead.
  3. Web site: 1997 scoreboard and statistics. Utah Official Athletic Site. 2009-06-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071218181457/http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/utah-m-footbl-1997scorbrd.html. 2007-12-18.
  4. https://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores97/97326/97326467.htm USA Today