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American college football season
1997 Pacific-10 Conference
Coaches No. 5 AP No. 5 Record 10–2 (7–1 Pac-10) Head coach Offensive coordinator Al Borges (2nd season)Defensive coordinator Rocky Long (2nd season)Home stadium Rose Bowl Seasons
The 1997 UCLA Bruins football team represented the
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 .
Pre-season Schedule Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 12:30 pm at Washington State ABC L 34–3726,000 September 6 12:30 pm No. 3 Tennessee * ABC L 24–3062,619 September 13 12:30 pm at No. 11 Texas * ABC W 66–377,203 September 27 3:30 pm Arizona No. 24 FSN W 40–2750,188 October 4 3:30 pm Houston * No. 22 FSW2 W 66–1038,004 October 11 3:30 pm at Oregon No. 18 FX W 39–3142,314 October 18 3:30 pm Oregon State No. 17 FSN W 34–1038,165 October 25 3:30 pm California No. 13 W 35–1752,858 November 1 3:30 pm at Stanford No. 12 FSN W 27–754,332 November 15 12:30 pm No. 13 Washington No. 9 ABC W 52–2885,697 November 22 12:30 pm at USC No. 7 ABC W 31–2491,350 January 1 10:30 am vs. No. 20 Texas A&M * No. 5 CBS W 29–2359,215 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Roster
1997 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Game summaries At Washington State
UCLA at Washington State
1
2 3 4 Total
Bruins
7
7 13 7
34
• Cougars
3
27 7 0
37
Scoring summary 1 UCLA Skip Hicks 2-yard run (Chris Sailer kick) UCLA 7–0 WSU Rian Lindell ?-yard field goalUCLA 7–3 2 14:43 UCLA Skip Hicks 9-yard run (Chris Sailer kick) UCLA 14–3 11:07 WSU Michael Black 17-yard run (Rian Lindell kick) UCLA 14–10 8:13 WSU Nian Talor 57-yard pass from Ryan Leaf (Rian Lindell kick failed) WSU 16–14 4:35 WSU Ryan Leaf 1-yard run (Rian Lindell kick) WSU 23–14 0:54 WSU Nian Talor 29-yard pass from Ryan Leaf (Rian Lindell kick failed) WSU 30–14 3 12:50 UCLA Skip Hicks 2-yard run (kick failed) WSU 30–21 11:51 WSU Chris Jackson 78-yard pass from Ryan Leaf (Rian Lindell kick) WSU 37–21 2:22 UCLA Danny Farmer 6-yard pass from Cade McNown (pass failed) WSU 37–27 4 14:13 UCLA Skip Hicks 4-yard run (Chris Sailer kick) WSU 37–34
[1]
No. 3 Tennessee
Tennessee at UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 3 Volunteers
9
15 3 3
30
Bruins
0
3 3 18
24
Date: September 6Location: PDT
Elapsed time: 3:41Game attendance: 62,619*Source: Box score
[2]
At Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
10
28
21
7
66
#11 Longhorns
0
0
3
0
3
[3]
Arizona
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
0
20
0
27
#24 Bruins
31
6
0
3
40
Houston
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
0
0
3
10
#22 Bruins
42
7
7
10
66
At Oregon
1
2
3
4
Total
#18 Bruins
27
3
6
3
39
Ducks
21
7
3
0
31
Oregon State
1
2
3
4
Total
Beavers
10
0
0
0
10
#17 Bruins
14
14
3
3
34
California
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Bears
14
3
0
0
17
#13 Bruins
0
14
14
7
35
At Stanford
1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Bruins
14
7
3
3
27
Cardinal
0
0
7
0
7
Washington
1
2
3
4
Total
#13 Huskies
17
3
8
0
28
#9 Bruins
3
14
21
14
52
At USC
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)
UCLA vs. Texas A&M Cotton Bowl Classic )
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 5 Bruins
0
7 14 8
29
No. 20 Aggies
7
9 7 0
23
Date: January 1Location: Dallas, TX
Game attendance: 59,215Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C), CloudyReferee: Tom RobinsonTV announcers (CBS ): Gus Johnson and Mike Mayock
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
UCLA
Texas A&M
1
4:35
Texas A&M
Interception returned 64 yards for touchdown by Brandon Jennings, Kyle Bryant kick good
0
7
2
10:18
Texas A&M
Cade McNown tackled in end zone for a safety by Zerick Rollins
0
9
2
5:54
3
90
Texas A&M
Dante Hall 74-yard touchdown run, Kyle Bryant kick good
0
16
2
0:02
5
47
UCLA
Jim McElroy 22-yard touchdown reception from Cade McNown, Chris Sailer kick good
7
16
3
12:34
3
45
UCLA
Skip Hicks 41-yard touchdown reception from Cade McNown, Chris Sailer kick good
14
16
3
8:37
8
65
Texas A&M
Chris Cole 43-yard touchdown run, Kyle Bryant kick good
14
23
3
2:44
8
65
UCLA
Cade McNown 20-yard touchdown run, Chris Sailer kick good
21
23
4
7:05
8
71
UCLA
Ryan Neufeld 5-yard touchdown run, 2-point run good
29
23
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29
23
Rankings Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final AP
— — — RV 24 24 22 18 17 13 12 10 9 7 6 5 5 5 Coaches RV RV — 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
.
References
The Los Angeles Times
. August 31, 1997. Retrieved September 24, 2022 .The Los Angeles Times
. September 7, 1997. Retrieved September 24, 2022 .^ "UCLA 66, No. 11 Texas 3" . AP News . Retrieved September 24, 2022 .
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