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1977 LSU

8–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles McClendon.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1977, game by game: lost at Indiana 21–24; won vs. Rice 77–0; won vs. No. 9 Florida 36–14; won at Vanderbilt 28–15; lost vs. No. 12 Kentucky 13–33; won vs. Oregon 56–17; won at Ole Miss 28–21; lost vs. No. 2 Alabama 3–24; won vs. Mississippi State 27–24; won at Tulane 20–17; won vs. Wyoming 66–7; lost vs. Stanford 14–24+77−21Lost 21–24 at Indiana-3IndianaWon 77–0 vs. Rice+77RiceWon 36–14 vs. No. 9 Florida+22No. 9 FloridaWon 28–15 at Vanderbilt+13VanderbiltLost 13–33 vs. No. 12 Kentucky-20No. 12 KentuckyWon 56–17 vs. Oregon+39OregonWon 28–21 at Ole Miss+7Ole MissLost 3–24 vs. No. 2 Alabama-21No. 2 AlabamaWon 27–24 vs. Mississippi State+3Mississippi Sta…Won 20–17 at Tulane+3TulaneWon 66–7 vs. Wyoming+59WyomingLost 14–24 vs. Stanford-10Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atIndianaL 21–⁠2460%
Sep 24vsRiceW 77–⁠074%
Oct 1vs9FloridaW 36–⁠1448%
Oct 8atVanderbiltW 28–⁠1567%
Oct 15vs12KentuckyL 13–⁠3353%
Oct 22vsOregonW 56–⁠1781%
Oct 29atOle MissW 28–⁠2150%
Nov 5vs2AlabamaL 3–⁠2436%
Nov 12vsMississippi StateW 27–⁠2461%
Nov 19atTulaneW 20–⁠1769%
Nov 26vsWyomingW 66–⁠777%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsStanfordSun BowlL 14–⁠2452%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 24–⁠14 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 70th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 18
  2. Wk 6: 16
  3. Wk 9: 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.

Consensus All-AmericanCharles Alexander, RB

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
389–⁠220
Coach
Charles McClendon
Elo
1580 +43 this season
SP+ rating
6.5 No. 57 of 140; offense No. 23, defense No. 103
SRS
12.9 No. 24 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Steve Ripple and Kelly Simmons

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

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 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.