1997 TCU Horned Frogs football team

1997 TCU Horned Frogs football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	1–10 (1–7 WAC)
Head coach	Pat Sullivan (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Pete Hoener (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (1st season)
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 44,008)

1997 Western Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
New Mexico x		6	–	2					9	–	4
Rice		5	–	3					7	–	4
SMU		5	–	3					6	–	5
Utah		5	–	3					6	–	5
BYU		4	–	4					6	–	5
UTEP		3	–	5					4	–	7
Tulsa		2	–	6					2	–	9
TCU		1	–	7					1	–	10
Pacific Division
No. 17 Colorado State x$		7	–	1					11	–	2
Air Force		6	–	2					10	–	3
Fresno State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Wyoming		4	–	4					7	–	6
San Diego State		4	–	4					5	–	7
San Jose State		4	–	4					4	–	7
UNLV		2	–	6					3	–	8
Hawaii		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Colorado State 41, New Mexico 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 1–10 overall and 1–7 in the Western Athletic Conference. The team was coached by Pat Sullivan, in his sixth and final year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	1:00 p.m.	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 10–17	32,100
September 13	7:05 p.m.	Utah	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 18–32	25,382
September 20	7:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 16–40	34,824
October 4	8:05 p.m.	No. 5 North Carolina*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 10–31	29,415
October 11		at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	L 19–21	-
October 18		Tulsa	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 22–33	-
October 25	12:00 p.m.	at BYU	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 10–31	63,004
November 1		New Mexico	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 10–40	-
November 8		Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 19–38	-
November 15		at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	L 17–24	-
November 20	7:05 p.m.	SMU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 21–18	19,094
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time