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1997 UCLA Bruins football team

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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

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.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 3012:30 pmat Washington StateABCL 34–3726,000
September 612:30 pmNo. 3 Tennessee*ABCL 24–3062,619[1]
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. 18FXW 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. 12FSNW 27–754,332
November 1512:30 pmNo. 13 WashingtonNo. 9
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
ABCW 52–2885,697
November 2212:30 pmat USCNo. 7ABC, FSW2W 31–2491,350
January 110:30 amvs. No. 20 Texas A&M*No. 5CBSW 29–2359,215
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Roster

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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 Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

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At Washington State

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UCLA at Washington State
1 234Total
Bruins 7 7137 34
Cougars 3 2770 37
       

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No. 3 Tennessee

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Tennessee at UCLA
1 234Total
No. 3 Volunteers 9 1533 30
Bruins 0 3318 24

*Source: Box score

[3]

At Texas

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 10 28 21 7 66
#11 Longhorns 0 0 3 0 3

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Arizona

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 20 0 27
#24 Bruins 31 6 0 3 40

Houston

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 0 0 3 10
#22 Bruins 42 7 7 10 66

At Oregon

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1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Bruins 27 3 6 3 39
Ducks 21 7 3 0 31

Oregon State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 10 0 0 0 10
#17 Bruins 14 14 3 3 34

California

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1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 14 3 0 0 17
#13 Bruins 0 14 14 7 35

At Stanford

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1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Bruins 14 7 3 3 27
Cardinal 0 0 7 0 7

Washington

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1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Huskies 17 3 8 0 28
#9 Bruins 3 14 21 14 52

At USC

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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)

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UCLA vs. Texas A&M
(Cotton Bowl Classic)
1 234Total
No. 5 Bruins 0 7148 29
No. 20 Aggies 7 970 23

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
APRV2424221817131210976555
CoachesRVRVRVRVRV2519181613111097665
HarrisNot releasedNot released
BCSNot releasedNot released

Awards and honors

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

1998 NFL Draft

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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

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  1. ^ "Bruins rally comes up short against Tennessee". The San Bernardino County Sun. September 7, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "No More Please, Bruins Stuffed". The Los Angeles Times. August 31, 1997. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Home Groan / Tennessee 30, UCLA 24". The Los Angeles Times. September 7, 1997. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  4. ^ "UCLA 66, No. 11 Texas 3". AP News. September 13, 1997. Retrieved September 24, 2022.