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.[1] 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
1997 record10–2 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coachBob Toledo (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorAl Borges (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRocky Long (2nd season)
Home stadiumRose Bowl
(Capacity: 98,636)
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
See also: 1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings § Preseason polls

Schedule
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

Game summaries

Washington State Cougars
See also: 1997 Washington State Cougars football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 21 7 3 3 34
Cougars 14 21 0 2 37

Tennessee Volunteers
See also: 1997 Tennessee Volunteers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Volunteers 0 24 3 3 30
Bruins 7 7 3 7 24

Texas Longhorns
See also: 1997 Texas Longhorns football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 28 14 21 3 66
#11 Longhorns 0 0 3 0 3

Arizona Wildcats
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 Cougars
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

Oregon Ducks
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 Beavers
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 Golden Bears
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

Stanford Cardinal
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 Huskies
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

USC Trojans
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.

Texas A&M Aggies (Cotton Bowl Classic)
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
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 1955 W 21–0

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

Rankings
See also: 1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final 
AP NR NR NR RV 24 24 22 18 17 13 12 10 9 7 6 5 5 5 
Coaches RV RV NR RV RV RV 25 19 18 16 13 11 10 9 7 6 6 5 
Harris Not released Not released 
BCS Not released Not released

Awards and honors

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

1998 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1998 NFL Draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Shaun Williams124Free SafetyNew York Giants
Skip Hicks369Running BackWashington Redskins
Chad Overhauser7217Offensive GuardChicago Bears
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References
  1. http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1998/rsrc/1998-Classic-Recap.pdf
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