1997 Fiesta Bowl (December)

This article is about the Fiesta Bowl that followed the 1997 season, played on December 31, 1997. For the game that followed the 1996 season, played on January 1, 1997, see 1997 Fiesta Bowl (January).

1997 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
27th Fiesta Bowl
Kansas State Wildcats Syracuse Orangemen
(10-1) (9-3)
Big 12 Big East
35 18
Head coach: 
Bill Snyder		 Head coach: 
Paul Pasqualoni
APCoachesBA
10910
APCoachesBA
141414
1234Total
Kansas State 02101435
Syracuse 3120318
DateDecember 31, 1997
Season1997
StadiumSun Devil Stadium
LocationTempe, Arizona
FavoriteKansas State by 4
RefereeDavid Witvoet (Big Ten)
Attendance69,367
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersTim Brando and Ed Cunningham

The 1997 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Kansas State Wildcats and the Syracuse Orangemen on December 31, 1997, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Kansas State defeated Syracuse, 35-18. The game was part of the 1997-1998 Bowl Alliance of the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams.

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