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1997 Arizona State

9–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Bruce Snyder, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1997, game by game: won vs. New Mexico State 41–10; won at No. 13 Miami 23–12; lost vs. BYU 10–13; won at Oregon State 13–10; lost at No. 10 Washington 14–26; won vs. USC 35–7; won at No. 25 Stanford 31–14; won vs. No. 10 Washington State 44–31; won at California 28–21; won vs. Oregon 52–31; lost vs. Arizona 16–28; won vs. Iowa 17–7+31−12Won 41–10 vs. New Mexico State+31New Mexico StateWon 23–12 at No. 13 Miami+11No. 13 MiamiLost 10–13 vs. BYU-3BYUWon 13–10 at Oregon State+3Oregon StateLost 14–26 at No. 10 Washington-12No. 10 WashingtonWon 35–7 vs. USC+28USCWon 31–14 at No. 25 Stanford+17No. 25 StanfordWon 44–31 vs. No. 10 Washington State+13No. 10 Washington StateWon 28–21 at California+7CaliforniaWon 52–31 vs. Oregon+21OregonLost 16–28 vs. Arizona-12ArizonaWon 17–7 vs. Iowa+10Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsNew Mexico StateW 41–⁠1090%
Sep 13at13MiamiW 23–⁠1246%
Sep 20vsBYUL 10–⁠1367%
Sep 27atOregon StateW 13–⁠1078%
Oct 4at10WashingtonL 14–⁠2645%
Oct 11vsUSCW 35–⁠770%
Oct 18at25StanfordW 31–⁠1455%
Nov 1vs10Washington StateW 44–⁠3170%
Nov 8atCaliforniaW 28–⁠2176%
Nov 15vsOregonW 52–⁠3178%
Nov 28vsArizonaL 16–⁠2882%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsIowaSun BowlW 17–⁠756%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa 17–⁠7 in the Sun Bowl; No. 14 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 24
  2. Wk 5: 14
  3. Wk 6: 25
  4. Wk 7: 25
  5. Wk 10: 23
  6. Wk 11: 20
  7. Wk 12: 15
  8. Wk 13: 15
  9. Wk 14: 12
  10. Wk 15: 12
  11. Wk 16: 17
  12. Wk 17: 16
  13. Final: 14

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1997.

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 3rd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 12
Points
324–⁠210
Coach
Bruce Snyder
Elo
1703 +50 this season
SP+ rating
17.4 No. 17 of 112; offense No. 38, defense No. 8
SRS
13.5 No. 17 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dan Cozzetto
Defensive coordinator
Phil Snow

Drafted in 1998

The 1998 draft
Rd 2Jeremy Staat DTPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 5Jason Simmons DBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Damien Richardson DBCarolina Panthers
Rd 7Pat Tillman DBArizona Cardinals
Rd 7Vince Amey DEOakland Raiders

All-Pac-10

6 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1997 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1997 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington State7–⁠110–⁠29
UCLA7–⁠110–⁠25
Arizona State6–⁠29–⁠314
Washington5–⁠38–⁠418
Arizona4–⁠47–⁠5
USC4–⁠46–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠57–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
California1–⁠73–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠83–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.