1997 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1997 Wyoming Cowboys football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Division	Pacific Division
1997 record	7–6 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach	Dana Dimel (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Todd Whitten (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Vic Koenning (1st season)
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 33,500)
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 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cowboys were led by first-year head coach Dana Dimel and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished the season with a 7–6 record overall and a 4–4 record in the Western Athletic Conference to finish 4th in the Pacific Division.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
August 28	at No. 9 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 10–24	89,122
September 6	Iowa State*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 56–10	20,857
September 13	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 35–6
September 20	San Jose State	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 30–10
September 27	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 19–20	50,971
October 4	Montana*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 28–13	18,608
October 11	at Nevada*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 34–30
October 18	Colorado State	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (rivalry)	L 7–14
October 25	at SMU	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 17–22	22,403
November 1	San Diego State	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 41–17	15,157
November 8	UNLV	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 35–23
November 15	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 3–14
November 22	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	L 7–24	30,035
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries[]

Ohio State[]

Iowa State[]

Hawai'i[]

San Jose State[]

Colorado[]

Montana[]

Nevada[]

Colorado State[]

SMU[]

San Diego State[]

UNLV[]

Air Force[]

Fresno State[]

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