College football game
1997 WAC Championship Game |
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2nd WAC Championship Game |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | New Mexico | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | Colorado State | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 41 | |
Date | December 6, 1997 |
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Season | 1997 |
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Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium |
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Location | Whitney, Nevada |
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Attendance | 12,706 |
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United States TV coverage |
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Network | ABC |
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WAC Championship Game | < 1996 | 1998 > | |
The 1997 WAC Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 6, 1997, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. This was the 2nd and penultimate WAC Championship Game and determined the 1997 champion of the Western Athletic Conference. The game featured the New Mexico Lobos, champions of the Mountain division, and the Colorado State Rams, champions of the Pacific division. Colorado State would win the game 41–13.[1][2]
Teams
Colorado State
New Mexico
Game summary
1997 WAC Championship Game
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
New Mexico | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
No. 20 Colorado State | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 41 |
at Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, Nevada
- Date: December 6, 1997
- Game attendance: 12,706
- TV: ABC
- WAC game summary
Game information |
- First quarter
- (4:40) UNM – Colby Cason 37 yard field goal (UNM 3-0)
- Second quarter
- (12:43) CSU – Derek Franz 47 yard field goal (Tied 3–3)
- (8:01) UNM – Reginal Johnson 7 yard run, Colby Cason kick (UNM 10–3)
- (3:44) CSU – Damon Washington 51 yard run, Derek Franz kick (Tied 10–10)
- Third quarter
- (11:02) CSU – Kevin McDougal 44 yard run, Derek Franz kick (CSU 17–10)
- (8:22) UNM – Colby Cason 36 yard field goal (CSU 17–13)
- Fourth quarter
- (9:11) CSU – Derek Franz 26 yard field goal (CSU 20–13)
- (8:01) CSU – Kevin McDougal 42 yard run, Derek Franz kick (CSU 27–13)
- (3:32) CSU – Derrek Uhl 19 yard pass from Jaime Blake, Derek Franz kick (CSU 34–13)
- (1:48) CSU – Kevin McDougal 66 yard run, Derek Franz kick (CSU 41–13)
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Statistics
Statistics | UNM | CSU |
First downs | | |
Plays–yards | | |
Rushes–yards | | |
Passing yards | | |
Passing: comp–att–int | | |
Time of possession | | |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
New Mexico | Passing | Graham Leigh | 17–27, 172 yds, 1 INT |
Rushing | Eric Jaworsky | 9 car, 104 yds |
Receiving | Pascal Volz | 4 rec, 53 yds |
Colorado State | Passing | Moses Moreno | 9–20, 92 yds, 3 INT |
Rushing | Kevin McDougal | 20 car, 255 yds, 3 TD |
Receiving | Eli Workman | 3 rec, 29 yds |
References
- ^ "Colorado State 41, New Mexico 13". UPI. December 6, 1997. Archived from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ "Western Athletic Conf. Championship". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. December 7, 1997. p. C9. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
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