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1977 Colorado

7–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Bill Mallory.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1977, game by game: won vs. Stanford 27–21; won vs. Kent State 42–0; won vs. New Mexico 42–7; won at Army 31–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 29–13; tied at Kansas 17–17; lost at No. 18 Nebraska 15–33; lost vs. Missouri 14–24; won at No. 19 Iowa State 12–7; lost at No. 3 Oklahoma 14–52; won vs. Kansas State 23–0+42−38Won 27–21 vs. Stanford+6StanfordWon 42–0 vs. Kent State+42Kent StateWon 42–7 vs. New Mexico+35New MexicoWon 31–0 at Army+31ArmyWon 29–13 vs. Oklahoma State+16Oklahoma StateTied 17–17 at Kansas0KansasLost 15–33 at No. 18 Nebraska-18No. 18 NebraskaLost 14–24 vs. Missouri-10MissouriWon 12–7 at No. 19 Iowa State+5No. 19 Iowa StateLost 14–52 at No. 3 Oklahoma-38No. 3 OklahomaWon 23–0 vs. Kansas State+23Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsStanfordW 27–⁠2165%
Sep 17vsKent StateW 42–⁠069%
Sep 24vsNew MexicoW 42–⁠777%
Oct 1atArmyW 31–⁠072%
Oct 8vsOklahoma StateW 29–⁠1368%
Oct 15atKansasT 17–⁠1768%
Oct 22at18NebraskaL 15–⁠3348%
Oct 29vsMissouriL 14–⁠2474%
Nov 5at19Iowa StateW 12–⁠740%
Nov 12at3OklahomaL 14–⁠5228%
Nov 19vsKansas StateW 23–⁠088%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas State 23–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 31st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 3: 8
  4. Wk 4: 7
  5. Wk 5: 6
  6. Wk 6: 3
  7. Wk 7: 7
  8. Wk 8: 15

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1977.

Record
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
266–⁠174
Coach
Bill Mallory
Elo
1615 +24 this season
SP+ rating
13.8 No. 23 of 140; offense No. 33, defense No. 30
SRS
13.6 No. 22 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Belu
Defensive coordinator
Bob Reublin
Captains
Brian Cabral, Tom Perry and Leon White
Most valuable player
James Mayberry
Offense
I formation
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 2Odis McKinney DBNew York Giants
Rd 3Leon White CLos Angeles Rams
Rd 4Brian Cabral LBAtlanta Falcons

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Randy WestendorfDEAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1977 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠010–⁠27
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠312
Iowa State5–⁠28–⁠4
Colorado3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Missouri3–⁠44–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas State0–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.