1997 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1997 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 16
Record9–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter (14th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky (21st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Michigan $   8 – 0     12 – 0  
No. 12 Ohio State   6 – 2     10 – 3  
No. 16 Penn State   6 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 15 Purdue   6 – 2     9 – 3  
Wisconsin   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Iowa   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Michigan State   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Northwestern   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Minnesota   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Indiana   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Illinois   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1997 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the

University Park, Pennsylvania
.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 63:30 p.m.
University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCW 34–1797,115
September 131:00 p.m.Temple*No. 1
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
W 52–1096,735
September 2012:00 p.m.at Louisville*No. 1
CBSW 57–2139,826
October 412:30 p.m.at IllinoisNo. 2
ESPN2W 41–651,523
October 113:30 p.m.No. 7 Ohio StateNo. 2
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCW 31–2797,282
October 1812:00 p.m.MinnesotadaggerNo. 1
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (Governor's Victory Bell)
ESPN PlusW 16–1596,953
November 112:30 p.m.at NorthwesternNo. 2
ESPNW 30–2747,129
November 83:30 p.m.No. 4 MichiganNo. 2
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCL 8–3497,498
November 1512:00 p.m.at No. 19 PurdueNo. 6
ESPNW 42–1752,156
November 223:30 p.m.No. 24 WisconsinNo. 6
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABCW 35–1096,934
November 291:00 p.m.at Michigan StateNo. 4
ABCL 14–4973,623
January 1, 19981:00 p.m.vs. No. 6 Florida*No. 11
ABCL 6–2172,940
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP
1 (21)1 (22)1 (23)1 (22)1 (25)2 (28)2 (25)2 (26)1 (51)2 (26)2 (25)2 (16)664121116
Coaches2 (9)2 (13)2 (12)2 (14)2 (14)2 (13)2 (11)1 (51)2 (29)2 (20)3 (8)664121217

Roster

1997 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 39 Curtis Enis Jr
WR 2 Chafie Fields So
WR 83 Joe Jurevicius Sr
QB 9 Mike McQueary Sr
G 64 Phil Ostrowski Sr
QB 16 Kevin Thompson So
G 69 Floyd Wedderburn Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 11 LaVar Arrington Fr
DE 86 Courtney Brown So
CB 17 Brad Johnson Jr
SS 4 Derek Fox So
LB 44 Jim Nelson Sr
CB 27 David Macklin So
DE 5 Brad Scioli Jr
LB 43 Brandon Short So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P
 41 Pat Pidgeon So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

NFL Draft

Three Nittany Lions were drafted in the

1998 NFL Draft
.

Round Pick Overall Name Position Team
1st 5 5 Curtis Enis Running back Chicago Bears
2nd 25 55 Joe Jurevicius Wide receiver New York Giants
5th 28 151 Phil Ostrowski
Offensive guard
 San Francisco 49ers

References

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1995-1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.


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