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1977 Stanford

9–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Pac-8), coached by Bill Walsh, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1977, game by game: lost at No. 12 Colorado 21–27; won at Tulane 21–17; won vs. Illinois 37–24; won vs. Oregon 20–10; won vs. UCLA 32–28; lost at Washington 21–45; won vs. Washington State 31–29; won at Oregon State 26–7; lost at No. 16 USC 0–49; won vs. San José State 31–26; won vs. California 21–3; won vs. LSU 24–14+19−49Lost 21–27 at No. 12 Colorado-6No. 12 ColoradoWon 21–17 at Tulane+4TulaneWon 37–24 vs. Illinois+13IllinoisWon 20–10 vs. Oregon+10OregonWon 32–28 vs. UCLA+4UCLALost 21–45 at Washington-24WashingtonWon 31–29 vs. Washington State+2Washington StateWon 26–7 at Oregon State+19Oregon StateLost 0–49 at No. 16 USC-49No. 16 USCWon 31–26 vs. San José State+5San José StateWon 21–3 vs. California+18CaliforniaWon 24–14 vs. LSU+10LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10at12ColoradoL 21–⁠2735%
Sep 17atTulaneW 21–⁠1762%
Sep 24vsIllinoisW 37–⁠2464%
Oct 1vsOregonW 20–⁠1075%
Oct 8vsUCLAW 32–⁠2852%
Oct 15atWashingtonL 21–⁠4551%
Oct 22vsWashington StateW 31–⁠2970%
Oct 29atOregon StateW 26–⁠767%
Nov 5at16USCL 0–⁠4929%
Nov 12vsSan José StateW 31–⁠2669%
Nov 19vsCaliforniaW 21–⁠354%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsLSUSun BowlW 24–⁠1448%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat LSU 24–⁠14 in the Sun Bowl; No. 15 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Final: 15

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-AmericanGuy Benjamin, QB

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Pac-8
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 15
Points
285–⁠279
Coach
Bill Walsh
Elo
1613 +77 this season
SP+ rating
6.0 No. 60 of 140; offense No. 31, defense No. 86
SRS
8.2 No. 40 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
West Coast

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 1James Lofton WRGreen Bay Packers
Rd 1Gordon King OTNew York Giants
Rd 2Guy Benjamin QBMiami Dolphins
Rd 7Bill Kellar WRKansas City Chiefs

All-Pac-8

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mark HillOGCoaches-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 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington6–⁠18–⁠410
Stanford5–⁠29–⁠315
USC5–⁠28–⁠413
UCLA5–⁠27–⁠4
California3–⁠47–⁠4
Washington State3–⁠46–⁠5
Oregon1–⁠62–⁠9
Oregon State0–⁠72–⁠9

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