1997 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

1997 Big 12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 2 Nebraska † xy$	8	–	0	13	–	0
No. 8 Kansas State %	7	–	1	11	–	1
No. 23 Missouri	5	–	3	7	–	5
Colorado	3	–	5	5	–	6
Kansas	3	–	5	5	–	6
Iowa State	1	–	7	1	–	10
South Division
No. 20 Texas A&M xy	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 24 Oklahoma State	5	–	3	8	–	4
Texas Tech	5	–	3	6	–	5
Texas	2	–	6	4	–	7
Oklahoma	2	–	6	4	–	8
Baylor	1	–	7	2	–	9
Championship: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15
x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant † – Coaches Poll National Champion $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They were coached by head coach Bob Simmons.

Schedule

August 305:30 PMat Iowa State

FSNW 21–14 43,841 September 67:00 PMat SW Louisiana*

W 31–7 16,724 September 136:00 PMFresno State*

W 35–0 36,000 September 276:00 PMNE Louisiana*

W 38–7 35,200 October 411:30 AMTexas

FSNW 42–16 43,100 October 116:00 PMNo. 24 ColoradoNo. 20

FSNW 33–29 50,100 October 2511:30 AMMissouriNo. 12

FSNL 50–51 ^2/OT33,300 November 16:00 PMat No. 25 Texas A&MNo. 19

FSNL 25–28 60,776 November 81:00 PMat OklahomaNo. 25

PPVW 30–7 72,422 November 152:00 PMTexas TechNo. 24

L 3–27 39,400 November 222:30 PMat Baylor

ABCW 24–14 34,794 December 307:00 PMvs. No. 17 Purdue*

ESPNL 20–33 55,552

^ "1997 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.

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Venues	Boone Pickens Stadium (1920–present) Sherman E. Smith Training Center
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Oklahoma: Bedlam Series Tulsa
Culture & lore	Bullet Pistol Pete "The Waving Song" "Ride 'Em Cowboys" Marching band 1951 Drake game 2011 Iowa State game 2015 homecoming parade attack
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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