1997 WAC Championship Game

1997 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Mountain Division
	Pacific Division
	Championship: Colorado State 41, New Mexico 13
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1997 WAC Championship Game
1997 WAC Championship Game
2nd WAC Championship Game
New Mexico Lobos	Colorado State Rams
(9–2)	(9–2)
13	41
Head coach: ; Dennis Franchione	Head coach: ; Sonny Lubick
AP	Coaches
RV	25
AP	Coaches
20	18
Date	December 6, 1997
Season	1997
Stadium	Sam Boyd Stadium
Location	Whitney, Nevada
Attendance	12,706
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
WAC Championship Game
< 1996	1998 >

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]

Teams[]

Colorado State[]

New Mexico[]

Game summary[]

1997 WAC Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 6 BYU	3	7	3	0	13
No. 20 Wyoming	0	10	7	24	41

at Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, Nevada

Date: December 6, 1997
TV: ABC
WAC game summary

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics[]

Statistics	UNM	CSU
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
New Mexico	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Colorado State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

References[]

^ "Colorado State 41, New Mexico 13". UPI. December 6, 1997. Archived from the original on 2021-11-20. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
^ "Western Athletic Conf. Championship". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. December 7, 1997. p. C9. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via newspapers.com.

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[1] "Colorado State 41, New Mexico 13". UPI. December 6, 1997. Archived from the original on 2021-11-20. Retrieved November 20, 2021.

[2] "Western Athletic Conf. Championship". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. December 7, 1997. p. C9. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via newspapers.com.

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v t Western Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
Years	1996 1997 1998
Venues	Sam Boyd Stadium (1996–1998)

v t Colorado State Rams football
Venues	Durkee Field (1899–1911) Colorado Field (1912–1967) Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium (1968–2016) Canvas Stadium (2017–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force (Ram–Falcon Trophy) Colorado (Rocky Mountain Showdown) Wyoming (Border War)
Culture & lore	CAM the Ram Fight Song
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders School records Consensus All-Americans Hall of Fame inductees
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v t New Mexico Lobos football
Venues	University Field (1892–1937) Zimmerman Field (1938–1959) University Stadium (1960–2019 and 2021–present) Sam Boyd Stadium (2020)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arizona: (Kit Carson Rifle: 1938–1990) New Mexico State: Rio Grande Rivalry (Maloof Trophy: 1993–2000)
Culture & lore	Lobo "Hail, New Mexico" Spirit Marching Band Red Menace
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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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