1997 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team

1997 Northeast Louisiana Indians football
Conference	Independent
1997 record	5–7
Head coach	Ed Zaunbrecher
Home stadium	Malone Stadium (Capacity: 30,427)

1997 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Louisiana Tech			–			9	–	2
Navy			–			7	–	4
Notre Dame			–			7	–	6
UAB			–			5	–	6
UCF			–			5	–	6
Northeast Louisiana			–			5	–	7
Army			–			4	–	7
Arkansas State			–			2	–	9
Southwestern Louisiana			–			1	–	10

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team represented Northeast Louisiana University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Indians offense scored 226 points while the defense allowed 319 points.^[1]

Regular season

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 PM	Nicholls State	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	W 28–0	14,215
September 6	6:00 PM	at Arkansas	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 16–28	45,832
September 13	6:00 PM	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 16–17	28,714
September 20	12:00 PM	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 3–42	74,113
September 27	6:00 PM	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK	L 7–38	35,200
October 4	7:00 PM	Northwestern State	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	W 17–7	15,834
October 11	1:30 PM	at Mississippi State	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	L 10–24	30,857
October 18	6:00 PM	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 14–49	57,500
October 25	4:00 PM	at SW Louisiana	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA (Battle on the Bayou)	W 28–21 ^OT	14,124
November 1	7:00 PM	Central Florida	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	W 45–41	15,936
November 15	1:00 PM	Western Michigan	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	L 19–32	6,415
November 22	11:00 PM	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	W 23–20 ^OT	20,801
Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/schools/louisiana-monroe/1065/1997

Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football

Venues	Brown Stadium (1933–1977) JPS Field at Malone Stadium (1978–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas State: Trail of Tears Classic Louisiana–Lafayette: Battle on the Bayou Louisiana Tech Northwestern State

Culture & lore	Chief Brave Spirit Ace the Warhawk "Cheer for Northeast" Sound of Today

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

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