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1997 UCLA Bruins football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1997
team	UCLA Bruins
sport	football
image	UCLA Bruins logo.svg
image_size	150
conference	Pacific-10 Conference
short_conf	Pac-10
CoachRank	5
APRank	5
record	10–2
conf_record	7–1
head_coach	Bob Toledo
hc_year	2nd
off_coach	Al Borges
oc_year	2nd
def_coach	Rocky Long
dc_year	2nd
stadium	Rose Bowl
champion	Pac-10 co-champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
bowl	[Cotton Bowl Classic](1998-cotton-bowl-classic)
bowl_result	W 29–23 vs. [Texas A&M](1997-texas-a-m-aggies-football-team)

Cotton Bowl Classic champion The 1997 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Bob Toledo, the Bruins compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the Pac-10 title with Washington State. UCLA was invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic, where the Bruins defeated Texas A&M. Though the Bruins were down 16–7 at the half, Cade McNown, the offensive MVP of the game, led the team to a 29–23 victory. UCLA was ranked No. 5 in both the final AP poll and the final Coaches Poll. The team played home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

At Washington State

Pullman, WA

No. 3 Tennessee

***Source: ** Box score

At Texas

September 13, 1997 |access-date=September 24, 2022}}

Arizona

Houston

At Oregon

Oregon State

California

At Stanford

Washington

At USC

The Bruins retained the Victory Bell for the seventh straight year.

Vs. Texas A&M Aggies (Cotton Bowl Classic)

(Cotton Bowl Classic) Dallas, TX

Main article: 1998 Cotton Bowl Classic

Roster

Awards and honors

Skip Hicks, Chad Overhauser, and Chris Sailer were selected to the 1997 College Football All-America Team.

1998 NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 1998 NFL draft.

References

(September 7, 1997). "Bruins rally comes up short against Tennessee". The San Bernardino County Sun.
(August 31, 1997). "No More Please, Bruins Stuffed". [[The Los Angeles Times]].
(September 7, 1997). "Home Groan / Tennessee 30, UCLA 24". [[The Los Angeles Times]].

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