1997 BYU Cougars football team

1997 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Division	Mountain Division
1997 record	6–5 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium (Capacity: 65,000)
Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

1997 WAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
New 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 Division
#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 champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll