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1977 Grambling

10–⁠1 (6–⁠0 Southwestern Athletic Conference).

Schedule and results

Grambling in 1977, game by game: won at Alcorn State 42–17; won vs. Morgan State 35–19; won vs. Prairie View A&M 70–7; lost at Tennessee State 8–26; won vs. Mississippi Valley State 42–21; won at Jackson State 34–7; won vs. Texas Southern 28–14; won vs. Langston 65–0; won at Norfolk State 48–12; won at Southern 55–20; won vs. Temple 35–32+65−18Won 42–17 at Alcorn State+25Alcorn StateWon 35–19 vs. Morgan State+16Morgan StateWon 70–7 vs. Prairie View A&M+63Prairie View A&MLost 8–26 at Tennessee State-18Tennessee StateWon 42–21 vs. Mississippi Valley State+21Mississippi Val…Won 34–7 at Jackson State+27Jackson StateWon 28–14 vs. Texas Southern+14Texas SouthernWon 65–0 vs. Langston+65LangstonWon 48–12 at Norfolk State+36Norfolk StateWon 55–20 at Southern+35SouthernWon 35–32 vs. Temple+3Temple
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atAlcorn StateW 42–⁠1715%
Sep 17vsMorgan StateW 35–⁠1980%
Oct 1vsPrairie View A&MW 70–⁠780%
Oct 8atTennessee StateL 8–⁠2639%
Oct 15vsMississippi Valley StateW 42–⁠2164%
Oct 22atJackson StateW 34–⁠718%
Oct 29vsTexas SouthernW 28–⁠1447%
Nov 5vsLangstonW 65–⁠078%
Nov 12atNorfolk StateW 48–⁠1281%
Nov 19atSouthernW 55–⁠2062%
Dec 11vsTempleW 35–⁠3242%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Temple 35–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; Southwestern Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 34 on file).

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.

Southwestern Athletic Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Heisman voteDoug Williams, fourth

Led the nationDoug Williams: passing yards (3,286 yds), passing touchdowns (38 TD), total offense (3,249 yds), total offense per game (293.5); Robert Woods: punt return average (25.4)

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Southwestern Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
462–⁠175
Coach
—
Elo
1469 +252 this season
SP+ rating
19.0 No. 17 of 140; offense No. 5, defense No. 88
SRS
−4.2 No. 92 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 1Doug Williams QBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 3Carlos Pennywell WRNew England Patriots
Rd 5Robert Woods WRKansas City Chiefs

1977 Southwestern Athletic Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Grambling6–⁠010–⁠1
Jackson State5–⁠18–⁠3
Texas Southern3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi Valley State2–⁠45–⁠5
Alcorn State2–⁠43–⁠8
Southern1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Prairie View A&M1–⁠53–⁠8

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