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1997 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1997 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Bob Toledo. It was Toledo's second season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 10–2 overall, and were Pacific-10 Conference co-champions with a 7–1 record. The Bruins were invited to play in the Cotton Bowl Classic against Texas A&M on January 1, 1998. Though the Bruins were down 16–7 at the half, Cade McNown, the offensive MVP of the game, led the team to a 29–23 victory. The team was ranked #5 in the final AP Poll and #5 in the final Coaches' Poll.

1997 UCLA Bruins football
Pac-10 co-champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
Record10–2 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAl Borges (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRocky Long (2nd season)
Home stadiumRose Bowl
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 9 Washington State +   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 5 UCLA +   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 14 Arizona State   6 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 18 Washington   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Arizona   4 – 4     7 – 5  
USC   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Oregon   3 – 5     7 – 5  
Stanford   3 – 5     5 – 6  
California   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Oregon State   0 – 8     3 – 8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Pre-season edit

See also: 1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings § Preseason polls

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3012:30 pmat Washington State
ABCL 34–3726,000
September 612:30 pmNo. 3 Tennessee*
ABCL 24–3062,619
September 1312:30 pmat No. 11 Texas*
ABCW 66–377,203
September 273:30 pmArizonaNo. 24
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
FSNW 40–2750,188
October 43:30 pmHouston*No. 22
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
FSW2W 66–1038,004
October 113:30 pmat OregonNo. 18
FXW 39–3142,314
October 183:30 pmOregon StateNo. 17
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
FSNW 34–1038,165
October 253:30 pmCaliforniaNo. 13
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 35–1752,858
November 13:30 pmat StanfordNo. 12
FSNW 27–754,332
November 1512:30 pmNo. 13 WashingtonNo. 9
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
ABCW 52–2885,697
November 2212:30 pmat USCNo. 7
ABCW 31–2491,350
January 110:30 amvs. No. 20 Texas A&M*No. 5
CBSW 29–2359,215
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Roster edit

1997 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 87 Danny Farmer So
OT 71 Kris Farris Jr
RB 20 Skip Hicks Sr
QB 18 Cade McNown Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 35 Larry Atkins Jr
LB 50 Brendon Ayanbadejo Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 2 Chris Sailer
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Game summaries edit

At Washington State edit

See also: 1997 Washington State Cougars football team
UCLA at Washington State
1 234Total
Bruins 7 7137 34
• Cougars 3 2770 37
       
Scoring summary
1UCLASkip Hicks 2-yard run (Chris Sailer kick)UCLA 7–0
WSURian Lindell ?-yard field goalUCLA 7–3
214:43UCLASkip Hicks 9-yard run (Chris Sailer kick)UCLA 14–3
11:07WSUMichael Black 17-yard run (Rian Lindell kick)UCLA 14–10
8:13WSUNian Talor 57-yard pass from Ryan Leaf (Rian Lindell kick failed)WSU 16–14
4:35WSURyan Leaf 1-yard run (Rian Lindell kick)WSU 23–14
0:54WSUNian Talor 29-yard pass from Ryan Leaf (Rian Lindell kick failed)WSU 30–14
312:50UCLASkip Hicks 2-yard run (kick failed)WSU 30–21
11:51WSUChris Jackson 78-yard pass from Ryan Leaf (Rian Lindell kick)WSU 37–21
2:22UCLADanny Farmer 6-yard pass from Cade McNown (pass failed)WSU 37–27
414:13UCLASkip Hicks 4-yard run (Chris Sailer kick)WSU 37–34

[1]

No. 3 Tennessee edit

See also: 1997 Tennessee Volunteers football team
Tennessee at UCLA
1 234Total
• No. 3 Volunteers 9 1533 30
Bruins 0 3318 24

*Source: Box score

[2]

At Texas edit

See also: 1997 Texas Longhorns football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 10 28 21 7 66
#11 Longhorns 0 0 3 0 3

[3]

Arizona edit

See also: 1997 Arizona Wildcats football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 20 0 27
#24 Bruins 31 6 0 3 40

Houston edit

See also: 1997 Houston Cougars football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 0 0 3 10
#22 Bruins 42 7 7 10 66

At Oregon edit

See also: 1997 Oregon Ducks football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Bruins 27 3 6 3 39
Ducks 21 7 3 0 31

Oregon State edit

See also: 1997 Oregon State Beavers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 10 0 0 0 10
#17 Bruins 14 14 3 3 34

California edit

See also: 1997 California Golden Bears football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 14 3 0 0 17
#13 Bruins 0 14 14 7 35

At Stanford edit

See also: 1997 Stanford Cardinal football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Bruins 14 7 3 3 27
Cardinal 0 0 7 0 7

Washington edit

See also: 1997 Washington Huskies football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Huskies 17 3 8 0 28
#9 Bruins 3 14 21 14 52

At USC edit

See also: 1997 USC Trojans football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Bruins 10 7 7 7 31
Trojans 14 7 3 0 24

The Bruins retained the Victory Bell for the seventh straight year.

Vs. Texas A&M Aggies (Cotton Bowl Classic) edit

UCLA vs. Texas A&M
(Cotton Bowl Classic)
1 234Total
• No. 5 Bruins 0 7148 29
No. 20 Aggies 7 970 23
Main article: 1998 Cotton Bowl Classic
See also: 1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team

Rankings edit

See also: 1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP———RV2424221817131210976555
CoachesRVRV—RVRVRV2519181613111097665
HarrisNot releasedNot released
BCSNot releasedNot released

Awards and honors edit

Skip Hicks, Chad Overhauser, and Chris Sailer were selected to the 1997 College Football All-America Team.

1998 NFL Draft edit

The following players were selected in the 1998 NFL Draft.

Player Round Pick Position NFL Team
Shaun Williams 1 24 Free Safety New York Giants
Skip Hicks 3 69 Running back Washington Redskins
Chad Overhauser 7 217 Offensive guard Chicago Bears

References edit

  1. ^ "No More Please, Bruins Stuffed". The Los Angeles Times. August 31, 1997. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Home Groan / Tennessee 30, UCLA 24". The Los Angeles Times. September 7, 1997. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "UCLA 66, No. 11 Texas 3". AP News. September 13, 1997. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
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