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1997 Louisiana

1–⁠10, coached by Nelson Stokley.

Schedule and results

Louisiana in 1997, game by game: lost at Pittsburgh 13–45; lost vs. Oklahoma State 7–31; lost at Texas Tech 14–59; lost at Texas A&M 0–66; lost vs. UAB 7–42; won at Arkansas State 41–38; lost vs. North Alabama 42–48; lost vs. UL Monroe 21–28; lost vs. Tulane 0–56; lost at No. 16 Washington State 7–77; lost vs. Louisiana Tech 24–63+7−70Lost 13–45 at Pittsburgh-32PittsburghLost 7–31 vs. Oklahoma State-24Oklahoma StateLost 14–59 at Texas Tech-45Texas TechLost 0–66 at Texas A&M-66Texas A&MLost 7–42 vs. UAB-35UABWon 41–38 at Arkansas State+3Arkansas StateLost 42–48 vs. North Alabama-6North AlabamaLost 21–28 vs. UL Monroe-7UL MonroeLost 0–56 vs. Tulane-56TulaneLost 7–77 at No. 16 Washington State-70No. 16 Washington StateLost 24–63 vs. Louisiana Tech-39Louisiana Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30atPittsburghL 13–⁠4548%
Sep 6vsOklahoma StateL 7–⁠3153%
Sep 13atTexas TechL 14–⁠5922%
Sep 20atTexas A&ML 0–⁠6619%
Sep 27vsUABL 7–⁠4261%
Oct 4atArkansas StateW 41–⁠3838%
Oct 11vsNorth AlabamaL 42–⁠4880%
Oct 25vsUL MonroeL 21–⁠2855%
Nov 1vsTulaneL 0–⁠5630%
Nov 8at16Washington StateL 7–⁠7710%
Nov 15vsLouisiana TechL 24–⁠6319%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Louisiana Tech 63–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 92 on file).

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
1–⁠10
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
176–⁠553
Coach
Nelson Stokley
Elo
1236 −226 this season
SP+ rating
-33.4 No. 112 of 112; offense No. 94, defense No. 112
SRS
−29.8 No. 112 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Doug Fertsch

Drafted in 1998

The 1998 draft
Rd 2Anthony Clement OTArizona Cardinals