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1977 Florida

6–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Dickey.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1977, game by game: won at Rice 48–3; won at No. 12 Mississippi State 24–22; lost at LSU 14–36; tied vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh 17–17; won vs. Tennessee 27–17; lost at Auburn 14–29; won vs. Georgia 22–17; lost vs. No. 7 Kentucky 7–14; won vs. Utah 38–29; won at Miami 31–14; lost vs. No. 19 Florida State 9–37+45−28Won 48–3 at Rice+45RiceWon 24–22 at No. 12 Mississippi State+2No. 12 Mississippi Sta…Lost 14–36 at LSU-22LSUTied 17–17 vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh0No. 15 PittsburghWon 27–17 vs. Tennessee+10TennesseeLost 14–29 at Auburn-15AuburnWon 22–17 vs. Georgia+5GeorgiaLost 7–14 vs. No. 7 Kentucky-7No. 7 KentuckyWon 38–29 vs. Utah+9UtahWon 31–14 at Miami+17MiamiLost 9–37 vs. No. 19 Florida State-28No. 19 Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atRiceW 48–⁠363%
Sep 24at12Mississippi StateW 24–⁠2238%
Oct 1atLSUL 14–⁠3652%
Oct 8vs15PittsburghT 17–⁠1738%
Oct 22vsTennesseeW 27–⁠1770%
Oct 29atAuburnL 14–⁠2962%
Nov 5vsGeorgiaW 22–⁠1741%
Nov 12vs7KentuckyL 7–⁠1438%
Nov 19vsUtahW 38–⁠2981%
Nov 26atMiamiW 31–⁠1462%
Dec 3vs19Florida StateL 9–⁠3756%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 37–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 2: 19
  3. Wk 3: 13
  4. Wk 4: 9
  5. Wk 5: 20
  6. Wk 6: 18
  7. Wk 7: 19
  8. Wk 8: 18

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
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
251–⁠235
Coach
Doug Dickey
Elo
1554 −14 this season
SP+ rating
4.0 No. 65 of 140; offense No. 43, defense No. 80
SRS
8.1 No. 41 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Doug Knotts
Captains
Wes Chandler, Scott Hutchinson and Charlie Williams
Offense
Wishbone

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 1Wes Chandler WRNew Orleans Saints
Rd 2Scott Hutchinson DEBuffalo Bills
Rd 4Terry LeCount WRSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Earl Carr RBSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 5Willie Wilder RBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 6Tony Green RBWashington Redskins

All-SEC

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Charlie WilliamsLBAP-2

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

1977 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠12
Kentucky6–⁠010–⁠16
LSU4–⁠28–⁠4
Auburn4–⁠25–⁠6
Florida3–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠55–⁠6
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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