The 1997 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The team was led by head coach Dave Baldwin, in his first year as head coach at San Jose State. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1997 season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 4–4 WAC).

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Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at No. 17 Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		L 12–28	37,500
September 13	Wisconsin*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		L 10–56	23,042	[1]
September 20	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY		L 10–30
October 4	at Oregon State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		L 12–26	19,168	[2]
October 11	Colorado State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		L 20–55	10,384
October 18	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		W 10–7	25,908
October 25	Air Force	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	ESPN2	W 25–22
November 1	Fresno State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (rivalry)		L 12–53	18,753	[3]
November 8	at San Diego State	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA		L 21–48	29,869	[4]
November 15	Hawaii	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (Dick Tomey Legacy Game)		W 38–17	9,437	[5]
November 22	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV		W 55–48 OT	15,141	[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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