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1977 Long Beach State

4–⁠6 (1–⁠3 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Dave Currey.

Schedule and results

Long Beach State in 1977, game by game: won vs. Cal State Fullerton 50–31; won vs. Lamar 21–7; won at Drake 27–10; lost vs. San José State 16–33; lost vs. Pacific 7–22; lost at Wichita State 21–35; lost vs. Fresno State 14–23; lost at San Diego State 22–33; lost at No. 17 BYU 27–30; won vs. Bowling Green 29–28+19−17Won 50–31 vs. Cal State Fullerton+19Cal State Fulle…Won 21–7 vs. Lamar+14LamarWon 27–10 at Drake+17DrakeLost 16–33 vs. San José State-17San José StateLost 7–22 vs. Pacific-15PacificLost 21–35 at Wichita State-14Wichita StateLost 14–23 vs. Fresno State-9Fresno StateLost 22–33 at San Diego State-11San Diego StateLost 27–30 at No. 17 BYU-3No. 17 BYUWon 29–28 vs. Bowling Green+1Bowling Green
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsCal State FullertonW 50–⁠3181%
Sep 24vsLamarW 21–⁠781%
Oct 1atDrakeW 27–⁠1075%
Oct 15vsSan José StateL 16–⁠3366%
Oct 22vsPacificL 7–⁠2277%
Oct 29atWichita StateL 21–⁠3551%
Nov 5vsFresno StateL 14–⁠2345%
Nov 12atSan Diego StateL 22–⁠3317%
Nov 19at17BYUL 27–⁠3016%
Nov 26vsBowling GreenW 29–⁠2857%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Bowling Green 29–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 29 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠3 4th in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
234–⁠252
Coach
Dave Currey
Elo
1402 −108 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.6 No. 96 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 1Dan Bunz LBSan Francisco 49ers

All-Pac-8

1 first team

First 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 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Fresno State4–⁠09–⁠2
Pacific3–⁠16–⁠5
San José State2–⁠24–⁠7
Long Beach State1–⁠34–⁠6
Cal State Fullerton0–⁠44–⁠7

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