1997 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
DivisionPacific Division
Record7–6 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTodd Whitten (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorVic Koenning (1st season)
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 33,500)
1997 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
August 28at No. 9 Ohio State*
L 10–2489,122
September 6Iowa State*
W 56–1020,857
September 13at Hawaii
W 35–6
September 20San Jose State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 30–10
September 27at Colorado*
L 19–2050,971
October 4Montana*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 28–1318,608
October 11at Nevada*
W 34–30
October 18Colorado State
L 7–1434,745
October 25at SMU
L 17–2222,403
November 1San Diego State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 41–1715,157
November 8UNLV
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 35–23
November 15at Air Force
L 3–14
November 22at Fresno State
L 7–2430,035
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Ohio State

Wyoming Cowboys at Ohio State Buckeyes
Period 1 2 34Total
Wyoming 3 0 7010
Ohio State 10 0 14024

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: August 28, 1997
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 75°, Clear, wind 5-10 N
  • Game attendance: 89,112
  • Referee: J. Kemerling
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • OSU - Stanley Jackson 41-yard run (Dan Stultz kick)
  • WYO - Cory Wedel 38-yard field goal
  • OSU - Dan Stultz kick 40-yard field goal

Second quarter

  • No scoring

Third quarter

  • OSU - Michael Wiley 32-yard run (Dan Stultz kick)
  • OSU - Dee Miller 45-yard pass from Stanley Jackson (Dan Stultz kick)
  • WYO - Mike Jenkins 11-yard run (Cory Wedel kick)

Fourth quarter

  • No scoring

Iowa State

Hawai'i

San Jose State

Colorado

Montana

Nevada

Colorado State

SMU

San Diego State

UNLV

Air Force

Fresno State

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 210. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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