1997, colorado, state, rams, football, team, represented, colorado, state, university, 1997, ncaa, division, football, season, rams, were, fifth, year, head, coach, sonny, lubick, played, their, home, games, hughes, stadium, fort, collins, colorado, colorado, . The 1997 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I A football season The Rams were led by fifth year head coach Sonny Lubick and played their home games at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins Colorado Colorado State competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference in the Pacific Division They won that division with a 7 1 conference record earning them a spot in the 1997 WAC Championship Game where they defeated New Mexico to earn their third WAC title in four years They were invited to the 1997 Holiday Bowl where they defeated Missouri and were ranked 17th in the final AP Poll of the season the second ranked finish in school history and first since 1994 1997 Colorado State Rams footballWAC championWAC Pacific Division championHoliday Bowl championHoliday Bowl W 35 24 vs MissouriConferenceWestern Athletic ConferenceDivisionPacific DivisionRankingCoachesNo 16APNo 17Record11 2 7 1 WAC Head coachSonny Lubick 5th season Offensive coordinatorSteve Fairchild 1st season Defensive coordinatorLarry Kerr 5th season Home stadiumHughes StadiumSeasons 19961998 1997 Western Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Mountain DivisionNew 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 DivisionNo 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 championx Division champion co championsRankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Schedule 2 Rankings 3 Roster 4 ReferencesSchedule editDateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSourceAugust 30Nevada Hughes StadiumFort Collins COW 45 1329 672September 6at No 8 Colorado No 24Folsom FieldBoulder CO Rocky Mountain Showdown L 21 3153 416September 13at Utah State No 25Romney StadiumLogan UTW 35 2422 097September 20Air ForceNo 23Hughes StadiumFort Collins CO rivalry L 0 2434 071October 4HawaiiHughes StadiumFort Collins COW 63 030 047October 11at San Jose StateSpartan StadiumSan Jose CAW 55 2010 384October 18at WyomingWar Memorial StadiumLaramie WY Border War W 14 734 745October 26TulsaHughes StadiumFort Collins COW 44 827 542November 1at UNLVSam Boyd StadiumWhitney NVW 45 1919 654November 8Fresno StateHughes StadiumFort Collins COW 41 327 641November 22at San Diego StateNo 25Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego CAW 38 1725 704December 6vs New MexicoNo 20Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney NV WAC Championship Game W 41 1312 706 1 December 29vs No 19 Missouri No 18Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego CA Holiday Bowl W 35 2450 761 Non conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game 2 Rankings editSee also 1997 NCAA Division I A football rankings Ranking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked WeekPollPre12345678910111213141516FinalAP 242523 2520201817Coaches 25 2219181716Roster edit1997 Colorado State Rams football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassQB 15 Matt Newton FrRB 36 Kevin McDougal SoG 61 Blaine Saipaia So Defense Pos Name ClassDB 38 John Howell FrDL 90 Greg Pollard So Special teams Pos Name Class Head coachSonny LubickCoordinators assistant coachesBrian Schneider STC TELegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp RedshirtRoster Last update 1998 01 15References edit Western Athletic Conf Championship Akron Beacon Journal Akron Ohio December 7 1997 p C9 Retrieved March 8 2019 via newspapers com 1997 Colorado State Rams Schedule and Results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 Colorado State Rams football team amp oldid 1189515875, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
