1997 San Jose State Spartans football team

1997 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Division	Pacific Division
1997 record	4–7 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach	Dave Baldwin (1st season)
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 31,218)
Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

1997 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t	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
No. 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 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The team was led by head coach Dave Baldwin, in his first year as head coach at San Jose State. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1997 season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 4–4 WAC).

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	at No. 17 Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, California (rivalry)		L 12–28	37,500
September 13	Wisconsin*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California		L 10–56	23,042[1]
September 20	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming		L 10–30
October 4	at Oregon State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 12–26	19,168[2]
October 11	Colorado State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California		L 20–55
October 18	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas		W 10–7
October 25	Air Force	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California	ESPN2	W 25–22
November 1	Fresno State[note 1]	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California (rivalry)		L 12–53	18,753[3]
November 8	at San Diego State	Jack Murphy Stadium[note 2] San Diego, California		L 21–48	29,869[4]
November 15	Hawaii	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California		W 38–17	9,437[5]
November 22	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada		W 55–48 OT	15,141[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from no poll released prior to the game

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Game Summaries[]

at No. 17 Stanford[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
No. 17 Cardinal					0

Wisconsin[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Badgers					0
Spartans					0

at Wyoming[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Cowboys					0

at Oregon State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Beavers					0

Colorado State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams					0
Spartans					0

at UTEP[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Miners					0

Air Force[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons					0
Spartans					0

Fresno State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs					0
Spartans					0

at San Diego State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Aztecs					0

Hawaii[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors					0
Spartans					0

at UNLV[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Rebels					0

Team players in the NFL[]

No San Jose State Spartans were selected in the 1998 NFL Draft.^[9]

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