The 1997 Insight.com Bowl was the 9th edition to the bowl game. It featured the Arizona Wildcats

1997 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 1997 Arizona Wildcats football team represented University of Arizona during the 1997 NCAA college football season.-Regular season:*In the Territorial Bowl, the Wildcats beat Arizona State by a score of 28-16.-Team Players drafted into in the NFL:...

 and the . It was a meeting of old Western Athletic Conference

Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

 and Border Conference rivals.

Arizona opened the scoring with a 15 yard touchdown run by Kevin Eafon, giving UA a 7-0 lead. It would be the only score of the 1st quarter. In the second quarter, New Mexico's Graham Leigh threw a 12 yard touchdown pass to Milton Thomas tying the game at 7. Trung Canidate

Trung Canidate

Trung Jered Canidate is a U.S. former American football running back in the NFL. Drafted out of Arizona, Canidate was selected with the 31st overall pick of the 2000 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams.-Pre-draft:...

scored on a 3 yard touchdown run, giving the Wildcats a 13-7 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Kevin Eafon scored on a 1 yard touchdown run, making it 20-7 Arizona. Graham Leigh's 4 yard touchdown run made the final score Arizona 20, New Mexico 14.

External links

• http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores97/97361/97361393.htm