The 1997 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Terry Allen. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:00 p.m.	UAB*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 24–0	32,100
September 6	1:00 p.m.	TCU*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 17–10	35,000
September 13	11:30 a.m.	Missouri	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (Border War)	FSN	W 15–7	38,000
September 20	6:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati		L 7–34	17,636
October 4	1:00 p.m.	Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 20–17	43,500
October 11	6:30 p.m.	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas		L 7–17	43,012
October 18	6:00 p.m.	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	FSN	L 6–42	52,097
October 25	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (rivalry)	FSN	L 0–35	42,000
November 1	1:00 p.m.	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 34–24	34,000
November 8	1:10 p.m.	at No. 11 Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown)	PPV	L 16–48	43,832
November 15	1:00 p.m.	at Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas		L 31–45	68,097
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Some sources cite the record at 6 wins and 5 losses due to a forfeit from Colorado after the game was played. However, Colorado was not required to change the record and some sources will show the season record at 5 wins and 6 losses.^[2]

Game summaries

UAB

TCU

Missouri

Cincinnati

Oklahoma

Texas Tech

Colorado

Nebraska

Iowa State

Kansas State

Texas