1997 Kansas Jayhawks football team
American college football season
The 1997 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season . They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Terry Allen . They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 28 7:00 p.m. UAB * W 24–032,100
September 6 1:00 p.m. TCU * Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas W 17–1035,000
September 13 11:30 a.m. Missouri FSN W 15–738,000
September 20 6:00 p.m. at Cincinnati * L 7–3417,636
October 4 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas W 20–1743,500
October 11 6:30 p.m. at Texas Tech L 7–1743,012
October 18 6:00 p.m. at Colorado FSN L 6–4252,097
October 25 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Nebraska Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (rivalry ) FSN L 0–3542,000
November 1 1:00 p.m. Iowa State Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas W 34–2434,000
November 8 1:10 p.m. at No. 11 Kansas State PPV L 16–4843,832
November 15 1:00 p.m. at Texas L 31–4568,097
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
[ 1]
Some sources cite the record at 6 wins and 5 losses due to a forfeit from Colorado after the game was played. However, Colorado was not required to change the record and some sources will show the season record at 5 wins and 6 losses.[ 2]
Game summaries
UAB
TCU
Missouri
Missouri Tigers at Kansas Jayhawks
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Missouri
0
7
0 0 7
Kansas
9
0
6 0 15
at Memorial Stadium , Lawrence, Kansas
Date : September 13, 1997Game time : 11:30 a.m. CSTGame attendance : 38,000Source
Game information
First quarter
KU - Johner 1-yard run (kick blocked)
KU - Garcia 32-yard field goal
Second quarter
MU - Olivo 1-yard run (Knickman kick)
Third quarter
KU - Vann 29-yard run (kick blocked)
Fourth quarter
Cincinnati
Oklahoma
Texas Tech
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa State
Kansas State
Kansas Jayhawks at #11 Kansas State Wildcats
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Kansas
3
6
0 7 16
Kansas State
14
10
14 10 48
at KSU Stadium , Manhattan, Kansas
Date : November 8, 1997Game time : 1:10 p.m. CSTGame attendance : 43,832Box Score & Recap
Texas
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