| Game Name: | WAC Championship Game |
| Subheader: | 2nd WAC Championship Game |
| Date Game Played: | December 6 |
| Year Game Played: | 1997 |
| Football Season: | 1997 |
| Stadium: | Sam Boyd Stadium |
| City: | Whitney, Nevada |
| Visitor School: | University of New Mexico |
| Visitor Name Short: | New Mexico |
| Visitor Nickname: | Lobos |
| Visitor Record: | 9–2 |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | RV |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 25 |
| Visitor Coach: | Dennis Franchione |
| Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home School: | Colorado State University |
| Home Name Short: | Colorado State |
| Home Nickname: | Rams |
| Home Record: | 9–2 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 20 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 18 |
| Home Coach: | Sonny Lubick |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 10 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 24 |
| Attendance: | 12,706 |
| Us Network: | ABC |
The 1997 WAC Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 6, 1997, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. This was the 2nd and penultimate WAC Championship Game and determined the 1997 champion of the Western Athletic Conference. The game featured the New Mexico Lobos, champions of the Mountain division, and the Colorado State Rams, champions of the Pacific division. Colorado State would win the game 41–13.[1] [2]
See main article: 1997 Colorado State Rams football team.
See main article: 1997 New Mexico Lobos football team.