1997 Washington State Cougars football team

1997 Washington State Cougars football

Pacific-10 Co-Champions
Rose Bowl vs. Michigan, L, 16-21
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#9
AP	#9
1997 record	10–2 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Price
Defensive coordinator	Bill Doba
Home stadium	Martin Stadium (Capacity: 37,600)

1997 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#9 Washington State +		7	–	1		10	–	2
#5 UCLA +		7	–	1		10	–	2
#14 Arizona State		6	–	2		9	–	3
#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

The 1997 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 1997 NCAA college football season. The Cougars were led by ninth-year head coach Mike Price and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

Regular season

The Cougars non-conference games were against Illinois, Boise State and Louisiana-Lafayette.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:30 PM	UCLA		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ABC	W 37–34	26,000
September 13	3:30 PM	at #23 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FSN	W 28–21	51,655
September 20	9:30 AM	at Illinois*	#19	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPN2	W 35–22	47,131
September 27	2:00 PM	Boise State*	#15	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 58–0	34,131
October 4	1:00 PM	at Oregon	#15	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		W 24–13	43,516
October 18	2:00 PM	California	#13	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 63–37	35,739
October 25	12:30 PM	Arizona	#10	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ABC	W 35–34 ^OT	31,137
November 1	7:00 PM	at #20 Arizona State	#10	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSN	L 31–44	73,644
November 8	2:00 PM	Southwestern Louisiana*	#16	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 77–7	32,345
November 15	2:00 PM	Stanford	#14	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 38–28	40,306
November 22	12:30 PM	at #20 Washington	#11	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	ABC	W 41–35	74,268
January 1	2:00 PM	vs. #1 Michigan*	#8	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	L 16–21	101,219
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

Awards and honors

Ryan Leaf, Sammy Baugh Trophy^[1]

Team Players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Ryan Leaf	Quarterback	1	2	San Diego Chargers
Leon Bender	Defensive Tackle	2	31	Oakland Raiders
Dorian Boose	Defensive Tackle	2	56	New York Jets
Jason McEndoo	Tackle	7	197	Seattle Seahawks

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References

External links

Washington State Cougars website

Washington State Cougars football

Venues	Rogers Field (1892–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983; 1970–1971 as primary) Martin Stadium (1972–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho (Battle of the Palouse) Washington (Apple Cup)

Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 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 2016

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Stanford & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015)

National championships in bold

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