1997 Washington State Cougars football team
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The 1997 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University
during the 1997 NCAA college football season
. The Cougars were led by ninth-year head coach Mike Price
and played their home games at Martin Stadium
in Pullman
, Washington.
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...
during the 1997 NCAA college football season
1997 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-A level, began in late summer 1997 and culminated with the major bowl games in early January 1998. The national championship was...
. The Cougars were led by ninth-year head coach Mike Price
Mike Price
Mike Price is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso , a position he has held since 2004...
and played their home games at Martin Stadium
Martin Stadium
Martin Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pullman, Washington, United States, on the campus of Washington State University. It is the home field of the Washington State Cougars of the Pacific-12 Conference, and is the smallest football stadium in the conference...
in Pullman
Pullman, Washington
Pullman is the largest city in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 24,675 at the 2000 census and 29,799 according to the 2010 census...
, Washington.
Regular season
The Cougars non-conference games were against Illinois, Boise State and Louisiana-Lafayette.Schedule
|-Team Players drafted into in the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Ryan Leaf Ryan Leaf Ryan David Leaf is a former American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League for four seasons... |
Quarterback | 1 | 2 | San Diego Chargers 1998 San Diego Chargers season The 1998 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 4–12 record in 1997. It was Kevin Gilbride's final season as the teams head coach. The team's defense lead the league in yards allowed.-Staff:-Schedule:-Standings:... |
| Leon Bender Leon Bender Leon Bender was an American football defensive tackle. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 1998 NFL Draft out of Washington State in the second round. However, on May 30, 1998, five weeks after the draft, Bender died and would never play an NFL game... |
Defensive Tackle | 2 | 31 | Oakland Raiders 1998 Oakland Raiders season The 1998 Oakland Raiders season was their 39th in the league. They improved upon their previous season's output of 4–12, winning eight games. This was the team's fifth consecutive season in which they failed to qualify for the playoffs.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
| Dorian Boose | Defensive Tackle | 2 | 56 | New York Jets 1998 New York Jets season The 1998 New York Jets season was the 39th season for the team and the 29th in the National Football League. The team tried to improve upon its 9–7 record from 1997 and finished 12–4 in their second season under head coach Bill Parcells, winning their first division title since the AFL-NFL merger... |
| Jason McEndoo | Tackle | 7 | 197 | Seattle Seahawks 1998 Seattle Seahawks season The 1998 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 23rd season with the National Football League. A late-season loss to the New York Jets came due to a controversial call when Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde ran in a touchdown but was downed short of the goalline yet the play was ruled a... |