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1977 Houston

6–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Bill Yeoman.

Schedule and results

Houston in 1977, game by game: won vs. No. 11 UCLA 17–13; lost at No. 10 Penn State 14–31; won at Utah 34–16; won vs. Baylor 28–24; lost vs. SMU 23–37; lost at No. 9 Arkansas 0–34; won at TCU 42–14; lost vs. No. 1 Texas 21–35; won vs. No. 16 Texas Tech 45–7; won at Rice 51–21; lost at No. 17 Texas A&M 7–27+38−34Won 17–13 vs. No. 11 UCLA+4No. 11 UCLALost 14–31 at No. 10 Penn State-17No. 10 Penn StateWon 34–16 at Utah+18UtahWon 28–24 vs. Baylor+4BaylorLost 23–37 vs. SMU-14SMULost 0–34 at No. 9 Arkansas-34No. 9 ArkansasWon 42–14 at TCU+28TCULost 21–35 vs. No. 1 Texas-14No. 1 TexasWon 45–7 vs. No. 16 Texas Tech+38No. 16 Texas TechWon 51–21 at Rice+30RiceLost 7–27 at No. 17 Texas A&M-20No. 17 Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vs11UCLAW 17–⁠1357%
Sep 17at10Penn StateL 14–⁠3142%
Sep 24atUtahW 34–⁠1675%
Oct 1vsBaylorW 28–⁠2471%
Oct 15vsSMUL 23–⁠3782%
Oct 22at9ArkansasL 0–⁠3440%
Oct 29atTCUW 42–⁠1471%
Nov 5vs1TexasL 21–⁠3541%
Nov 19vs16Texas TechW 45–⁠742%
Nov 26atRiceW 51–⁠2182%
Dec 3at17Texas A&ML 7–⁠2735%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 27–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 81 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 19
  4. Wk 4: 19
  5. Wk 6: 19
Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
282–⁠259
Coach
Bill Yeoman
Elo
1587 −35 this season
SP+ rating
6.9 No. 55 of 140; offense No. 25, defense No. 93
SRS
10.0 No. 34 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Don Todd
Captains
Danny Davis, Ramon Rosales, Kevin Rollwage and Vincent Greenwood

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 3Don Bass WRCincinnati Bengals
Rd 4Alois Blackwell RBDallas Cowboys

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Alois BlackwellRBUPI-2
  • Kevin RollwageOTUPI-2
  • Reid HansenDEUPI-2
  • Anthony FrancisDBUPI-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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas8–⁠011–⁠14
Arkansas7–⁠111–⁠13
Texas A&M6–⁠28–⁠4
Texas Tech4–⁠47–⁠5
Houston4–⁠46–⁠5
Baylor3–⁠55–⁠6
SMU3–⁠54–⁠7
TCU1–⁠72–⁠9
Rice0–⁠81–⁠10

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