1977 Pacific

6–⁠5 (3–⁠1 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Chester Caddas.

Schedule and results

Pacific in 1977, game by game: lost vs. Colorado State 3–20; won at Idaho 31–21; lost at Air Force 13–15; lost at Miami 3–24; won vs. Hawai’i 37–7; lost vs. Fresno State 10–24; won at Long Beach State 22–7; won at San José State 24–7; lost vs. San Diego State 7–29; won vs. UL Monroe 31–0; won vs. Cal State Fullerton 49–7+42−22Lost 3–20 vs. Colorado State-17Colorado StateWon 31–21 at Idaho+10IdahoLost 13–15 at Air Force-2Air ForceLost 3–24 at Miami-21MiamiWon 37–7 vs. Hawai’i+30Hawai’iLost 10–24 vs. Fresno State-14Fresno StateWon 22–7 at Long Beach State+15Long Beach StateWon 24–7 at San José State+17San José StateLost 7–29 vs. San Diego State-22San Diego StateWon 31–0 vs. UL Monroe+31UL MonroeWon 49–7 vs. Cal State Fullerton+42Cal State Fulle…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Cal State Fullerton 49–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 64 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
230–⁠161
Coach
Chester Caddas
Elo
1451 +92 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.5 No. 71 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 7Bruce Gibson RBDetroit Lions

All-Pac-8

1 second 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 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.