The Minnesota Golden Gophers were 3-9 in 1997.
| TEAM | CONF | OVERALL | |
|---|---|---|---|
4-4 | 7-5 | ||
3-5 | 5-7 | ||
1-7 | 3-9 | ||
1-7 | 2-9 | ||
0-8 | 0-11 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 12 | 238 | 3,462 | 766 | 4.5 | 1,571 | 500 | 3.1 | 1,891 | 266 | 7.1 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 77th | 90th | 62nd | 97th | 65th | 23rd | 89th | 83rd | 89th | 57th | |||||||||
Opponent | 12 | 334 | 4,419 | 5.3 | 1,607 | 491 | 3.3 | 2,812 | 344 | 8.2 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 84th | 82nd | 63rd | 48th | 84th | 29th | 101st | 71st | 93rd | ||||||||||
Net | -96 | -957 | +766 | -0.8 | -36 | +9 | -0.1 | -921 | -78 | -1.1 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 84th | 96th | 62nd | 83rd | 57th | 50th | 60th | 104th | 91st | 80th |
| Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 3 | .750 | |
| 2 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| American Athletic | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 1 | .917 | |
| 2 | 9 | 2 | .818 |
| Independent | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 2 | .818 | |
| 2 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 9 | .182 | |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | .455 |
| Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 1 | .909 | |
| 2 | 10 | 1 | .909 |
| Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 4 | .667 | |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | .667 |
| Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4 | .636 | |
| 2 | 8 | 3 | .727 |
| Sun Belt | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 1 | .909 | |
| 2 | 8 | 3 | .727 |