American college football season
The 1997 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Mountain Division of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Ron McBride, the Utes compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for second in the WAC's Mountain Division. Utah played home games at Robert Rice Stadium in Salt Lake City. Immediately after the final home game, the stadium was torn down and rebuilt into the new Rice–Eccles Stadium, partly in anticipation of the upcoming 2002 Winter Olympics.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 7:00 pm | Utah State* | | | L 14–21 | 33,804 |
September 6 | 1:00 pm | at Louisville* | | KJZZ | W 27–21 | 35,437 |
September 13 | 7:05 pm | at TCU | | | W 32–18 | 25,382 |
September 20 | 7:00 pm | UTEP | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| | W 56–3 | 28,820 |
| 6:00 pm | at Fresno State | | ESPN | L 13–27 | 37,994 |
October 11 | 1:00 pm | SMU | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| | L 19–20 | 26,611 |
October 18 | 2:00 pm | at Oregon* | | | L 13–31 | 39,389 |
October 25 | 1:00 pm | New Mexico | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| | W 15–10 | 28,129 |
November 1 | 1:00 pm | at Tulsa | | | L 13–21 | 19,864 |
November 15 | 1:00 pm | Rice | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| | W 31–14 | 27,049 |
November 22 | 1:30 pm | at BYU | | ABC | W 20–14 | 65,868 |
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Game summaries
BYU
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
• Utah |
10 |
0 | 0 | 10 |
20 |
BYU |
7 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
14 |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 11:16 | UTAH | Tommy Truhe 27-yard field goal | UTAH 3–0 |
| 1 | 3:33 | UTAH | Darnell Arceneaux 4-yard run (Tommy Truhe kick) | UTAH 10–0 |
| 1 | 1:19 | BYU | Brian McKenzie 1-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) | UTAH 10–7 |
| 2 | 12:11 | BYU | Brian McKenzie 16-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) | BYU 14–10 |
| 4 | 14:56 | UTAH | Darnell Arceneaux 8-yard run (Tommy Truhe kick) | UTAH 17–14 |
| 4 | 1:39 | UTAH | Tommy Truhe 33-yard field goal | UTAH 20–14 |
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NFL draft
Two players went in the 1998 NFL draft, including one in the first round (Kevin Dyson).
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