American college football season
The 1997 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team's head coach was Bruce Snyder , who was coaching his sixth season with the Sun Devils and 18th season overall. Home games were played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona . They participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference .
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 pm New Mexico State * KTVK W 41–1058,607 September 13 12:30 pm at No. 12 Miami (FL) * No. 24 CBS W 23–1242,219 September 20 7:15 pm BYU * No. 14 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona FSN L 10–1362,376 September 27 1:00 pm at Oregon State No. 25 W 13–1025,873 October 4 3:30 pm at No. 10 Washington No. 25 FSN L 14–2674,986 October 11 12:30 pm USC Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona ABC W 35–761,802 October 18 12:30 pm at No. 25 Stanford W 31–1443,909 November 1 8:00 pm No. 10 Washington State No. 20 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona FSN W 44–3173,644 November 8 4:30 pm at California No. 15 FSN W 28–2133,000 November 15 4:30 pm Oregon No. 15 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona FSN W 52–3164,779 November 28 4:30 pm Arizona No. 12 FSN L 16–2873,682 December 31 12:30 pm vs. Iowa * No. 16 CBS W 17–749,104 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
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Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final AP — — — 24 14 25 25 — — 23 20 15 15 12 12 17 16 14 Coaches — — — 17 23 22 — — 22 21 16 15 12 12 19 18 14
Game summaries [ edit ] No. 10 Washington State [ edit ] Washington State at Arizona State 1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Cougars 0 7 10 14 31 • No. 20 Sun Devils 7 17 0 20 44
Scoring summary 1 ASU Lenzie Jackson 13-yard pass from Ryan Kealy (Nycz kick) ASU 7–0 2 ASU Kenny Mitchell 8-yard pass from Ryan Kealy (Nycz kick) ASU 14–0 ASU Nycz FG ASU 17–0 7:43 ASU TD pass from Ryan Kealy (Nycz kick) ASU 24–0 WSU TD pass from Ryan Leaf (Rian Lindell kick) ASU 24–7 3 ASU Rian Lindell 43-yard field goal ASU 24–10 1:17 WSU DeJuan Gilmore 2-yard run (Rian Lindell kick) ASU 24–17 4 13:18 WSU Shawn McWashington 11-yard pass from Ryan Leaf (Ryan Leaf run) WSU 25–24 9:57 ASU Tariq McDonald 5-yard pass from Ryan Kealy (conversion failed) ASU 30–25 2:55 ASU Hamilton Mee 66-yard fumble return (Nycz kick) ASU 37–25 2:32 ASU Derrick Ford fumble recovery in end zone (Nycz kick) ASU 44–25 WSU TD pass from Ryan Leaf (Rian Lindell kick) ASU 44–31
After the Sun Devils built a 24–0 lead midway through the second quarter, Washington State rallied to take a 25–24 lead early in the fourth quarter. Arizona State answered with a touchdown, and the Cougars were driving again. However, the Sun Devils forced two fumbles by Ryan Leaf late in the game that were both returned for touchdowns.[2]
Vs. Iowa (Sun Bowl) [ edit ] Iowa vs. No. 17 Arizona State 1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 0 0 0 7 7 • No. 17 Sun Devils 0 10 7 0 17
Date: December 31Location: Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX Game start: 12:15 PM PST Elapsed time: 3:33Game attendance: 49,104Game weather: 53, Clear and dry, Wind 5-10 MPHReferee: Ken FlahertyTV announcers (CBS ): Tim Ryan , Dave Logan, and Scott Lasky Scoring summary 2 9:41 ASU L. Jackson 35-yard pass from Campbell (Nycz kick) ASU 7–0 2 0:00 ASU Nycz 21-yard field goal ASU 10–0 3 0:31 ASU Martin 1-yard run (Nycz kick) ASU 17–0 4 0:49 Iowa R. Carter 26-yard pass from Randy Reiners (Zach Bromert kick) ASU 17–7
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