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1997 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 2 Nebraska † xy$   8 – 0     13 – 0  
No. 8 Kansas State  %   7 – 1     11 – 1  
No. 23 Missouri   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Colorado   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Kansas   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Iowa State   1 – 7     1 – 10  
South Division
No. 20 Texas A&M xy   6 – 2     9 – 4  
No. 24 Oklahoma State   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Texas Tech   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Texas   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Oklahoma   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Baylor   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Championship: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • † – Coaches Poll National Champion
    $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was led by head coach John Mackovic, who was fired after the conclusion of the regular season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 66:00 p.m.Rutgers*No. 12
FSNW 48–1470,882
September 132:30 p.m.UCLA*No. 11
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
ABCL 3–6677,203
September 2711:00 a.m.at Rice*
ABCW 38–3153,811
October 411:30 a.m.at Oklahoma State
FSNL 16–4243,100
October 112:30 p.m.vs. Oklahoma
ABCW 27–2475,587
October 181:00 p.m.at Missouri
L 29–3748,451
October 252:30 p.m.Colorado
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
ABCL 30–4778,005
November 11:00 p.m.at Baylor
L 21–2342,719
November 86:00 p.m.Texas Tech
FSNL 10–2476,110
November 151:00 p.m.Kansas
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 45–3168,097
November 2810:00 a.m.at No. 15 Texas A&M
ABCL 16–2775,349
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Rankings

See also: 1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP12121211——————————————
Coaches10101024—————————————

Season summary

Rutgers

See also: 1997 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
1 234Total
Scarlet Knights 7 007 14
• Longhorns 0 13287 48

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UCLA

See also: 1997 UCLA Bruins football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 28 14 21 3 66
No. 11 Longhorns 0 0 3 0 3

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References

  1. ^ "MackBrown-TexasFootball.com - Official website of the Texas Longhorns - Texas Football". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  2. ^ USA Today. Retrieved 2016-Jun-18.
  3. ^ "UCLA 66, No. 11 Texas 3". AP News. September 13, 1997. Retrieved September 24, 2022.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Texas_Longhorns_football_team