CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

1997 TCU

1–⁠10 (1–⁠7 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Pat Sullivan.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1997, game by game: lost at Kansas 10–17; lost vs. Utah 18–32; lost at Vanderbilt 16–40; lost vs. No. 5 North Carolina 10–31; lost at UNLV 19–21; lost vs. Tulsa 22–33; lost at BYU 10–31; lost vs. New Mexico 10–40; lost at Rice 19–38; lost at UTEP 17–24; won vs. SMU 21–18+7−30Lost 10–17 at Kansas-7KansasLost 18–32 vs. Utah-14UtahLost 16–40 at Vanderbilt-24VanderbiltLost 10–31 vs. No. 5 North Carolina-21No. 5 North CarolinaLost 19–21 at UNLV-2UNLVLost 22–33 vs. Tulsa-11TulsaLost 10–31 at BYU-21BYULost 10–40 vs. New Mexico-30New MexicoLost 19–38 at Rice-19RiceLost 17–24 at UTEP-7UTEPWon 21–18 vs. SMU+3SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atKansasL 10–⁠1732%
Sep 13vsUtahL 18–⁠3244%
Sep 20atVanderbiltL 16–⁠4042%
Oct 4vs5North CarolinaL 10–⁠3119%
Oct 11atUNLVL 19–⁠2146%
Oct 18vsTulsaL 22–⁠3364%
Oct 25atBYUL 10–⁠3111%
Nov 1vsNew MexicoL 10–⁠4030%
Nov 8atRiceL 19–⁠3814%
Nov 15atUTEPL 17–⁠2434%
Nov 20vsSMUW 21–⁠1827%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat SMU 21–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 15th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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
1–⁠7 tied for 15th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
172–⁠325
Coach
Pat Sullivan
Elo
1300 −140 this season
SP+ rating
-20.8 No. 106 of 112; offense No. 106, defense No. 87
SRS
−17.2 No. 105 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pete Hoener
Defensive coordinator
Phil Bennett

Drafted in 1998

The 1998 draft
Rd 6Jason Tucker WRCincinnati Bengals
Rd 7Chance McCarty DETampa Bay Buccaneers

1997 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State7–⁠111–⁠217
Air Force6–⁠210–⁠3
New Mexico6–⁠29–⁠4
Rice5–⁠37–⁠4
Utah5–⁠36–⁠5
SMU5–⁠36–⁠5
Fresno State5–⁠36–⁠6
BYU4–⁠46–⁠5
Wyoming4–⁠47–⁠6
San Diego State4–⁠45–⁠7
San José State4–⁠44–⁠7
UTEP3–⁠54–⁠7
UNLV2–⁠63–⁠8
Tulsa2–⁠62–⁠9
Hawai’i1–⁠73–⁠9
TCU1–⁠71–⁠10

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