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1977 San José State

4–⁠7 (2–⁠2 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Lynn Stiles.

Schedule and results

San José State in 1977, game by game: lost at Utah State 10–22; lost at Washington 3–24; won vs. Cal State Fullerton 23–12; lost at No. 17 California 3–52; won vs. Santa Clara 44–22; won at Long Beach State 33–16; lost at Fresno State 24–45; lost vs. Pacific 7–24; won vs. Hawai’i 24–14; lost at Stanford 26–31; lost vs. No. 16 San Diego State 34–37+22−49Lost 10–22 at Utah State-12Utah StateLost 3–24 at Washington-21WashingtonWon 23–12 vs. Cal State Fullerton+11Cal State Fulle…Lost 3–52 at No. 17 California-49No. 17 CaliforniaWon 44–22 vs. Santa Clara+22Santa ClaraWon 33–16 at Long Beach State+17Long Beach StateLost 24–45 at Fresno State-21Fresno StateLost 7–24 vs. Pacific-17PacificWon 24–14 vs. Hawai’i+10Hawai’iLost 26–31 at Stanford-5StanfordLost 34–37 vs. No. 16 San Diego State-3No. 16 San Diego State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atUtah StateL 10–⁠2259%
Sep 17atWashingtonL 3–⁠2449%
Sep 24vsCal State FullertonW 23–⁠1281%
Oct 1at17CaliforniaL 3–⁠5228%
Oct 8vsSanta ClaraW 44–⁠2288%
Oct 15atLong Beach StateW 33–⁠1634%
Oct 22atFresno StateL 24–⁠4548%
Oct 29vsPacificL 7–⁠2471%
Nov 5vsHawai’iW 24–⁠1474%
Nov 12atStanfordL 26–⁠3131%
Dec 3vs16San Diego StateL 34–⁠3729%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to San Diego State 37–⁠34; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 91 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠2 3rd in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
231–⁠299
Coach
Lynn Stiles
Elo
1446 −107 this season
SP+ rating
-2.0 No. 88 of 140; offense No. 52, defense No. 106
SRS
−3.7 No. 90 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pete Kettela

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 4Gerald Small DBMiami Dolphins

All-Pac-8

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Gerald SmilDBUPI-1

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.