1997 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1997 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1997 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Cam Cameron in his first year as head coach.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	12:00 pm	at No. 8 North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	L 6–23	57,800
September 13	6:00 pm	Ball State*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 33–6	38,006
September 20	2:00 pm	Kentucky*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)		L 7–49	41,149
September 27	12:00 pm	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN+	L 26–27	78,211
October 4	12:00 pm	No. 6 Michigan	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN+	L 0–37	42,240
October 11	12:30 pm	No. 11 Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 6–38	35,082
October 18	12:30 pm	at No. 11 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN2	L 0–31	92,368
October 25	12:00 pm	at No. 18 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN+	L 0–62	70,397
November 1	2:00 pm	Illinois	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 23–6	32,705
November 15	7:00 pm	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN+	L 12–24	33,905
November 20	1:00 pm	No. 25 Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		L 7–56	46,599
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Victor Allotey	7	198	Guard	Buffalo Bills
Chris Liwienski	7	207	Guard	Detroit Lions

^ "1997 Football Schedule". Indiana University Bloomington Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on October 7, 1999. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
^ "1998 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 26, 2015.

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1997 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 1 Michigan $		8	–	0		12	–	0
No. 12 Ohio State		6	–	2		10	–	3
No. 16 Penn State		6	–	2		9	–	3
No. 15 Purdue		6	–	2		9	–	3
Wisconsin		5	–	3		8	–	5
Iowa		4	–	4		7	–	5
Michigan State		4	–	4		7	–	5
Northwestern		3	–	5		5	–	7
Minnesota		1	–	7		3	–	9
Indiana		1	–	7		2	–	9
Illinois		0	–	8		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll