The Penn State Nittany Lions were 9-2 in 1997. They fell to the Florida Gators, 21 to 6, in the Citrus Bowl.
TEAM | CONF | OVERALL | |
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1 | Michigan | 9-0 | 12-0 |
Ohio State | 6-2 | 10-3 | |
Penn State | 6-2 | 9-3 | |
Purdue | 6-2 | 9-3 | |
Wisconsin | 5-3 | 8-5 |
GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
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Team | 11 | 360 | 4,648 | 736 | 6.3 | 2,295 | 448 | 5.1 | 2,353 | 288 | 8.2 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 24th | 23rd | 86th | 12th | 21st | 49th | 9th | 53rd | 80th | 21st | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 233 | 4,393 | 5.2 | 2,001 | 471 | 4.2 | 2,392 | 367 | 6.5 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 32nd | 81st | 59th | 79th | 70th | 80th | 57th | 84th | 30th | ||||||||||
Net | +127 | +255 | +736 | +1.1 | +294 | -23 | +0.9 | -39 | -79 | +1.7 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 26th | 44th | 86th | 24th | 43rd | 63rd | 30th | 58th | 92nd | 19th |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
2 | BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon | 13 | 0 | 1.000 |
2 | Penn State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
2 | Washington State | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |