1997 Connecticut Huskies football team

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1997 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
New England Division
New Hampshire x		5	–	3					5	–	6
Connecticut		4	–	4					7	–	4
Maine		4	–	4					5	–	6
Rhode Island		2	–	6					2	–	9
Boston University		1	–	7					1	–	10
UMass		1	–	7					2	–	9
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 1 Villanova x$^		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 3 Delaware ^		7	–	1					12	–	2
No. 20 Northeastern		5	–	3					8	–	3
Richmond		4	–	4					6	–	5
William & Mary		4	–	4					7	–	4
James Madison		3	–	5					5	–	6
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1997 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Huskies were led by fourth year head coach Skip Holtz, and completed the season with a record of 7–4.

Schedule

September 13Northeastern

• Memorial Stadium
• Storrs, CT

W 38–26   September 20at Hofstra*

• Hofstra Stadium
• Hempstead, NY

W 35–31   September 27at Yale*

• Yale Bowl
• New Haven, CT

W 28–0   October 4Buffalo*

• Memorial Stadium
• Storrs, CT

W 55–0 13,725 October 11at MaineOrono, MEL 47–49   October 18William & Mary

• Memorial Stadium
• Storrs, CT

L 17–38 8,396 October 25Rhode Island

• Memorial Stadium
• Storrs, CT (Ramnapping Trophy)

W 37–21   November 1Boston University

• Memorial Stadium
• Storrs, CT

W 45–7   November 8at Delaware

• Delaware Stadium
• Newark, DE

L 29–37   November 15at UMass

• Alumni Stadium
• Amherst, MA (Rivalry)

W 49–16 2,870 November 22New Hampshire

• Memorial Stadium
• Storrs, CT

L 18–21