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1977 Syracuse

6–⁠5, coached by Frank Maloney.

Schedule and results

Syracuse in 1977, game by game: lost at Oregon State 12–24; lost vs. NC State 0–38; won vs. Washington 22–20; won at Illinois 30–20; lost at Maryland 10–24; lost vs. No. 10 Penn State 24–31; lost at No. 14 Pittsburgh 21–28; won vs. Virginia 6–3; won at Navy 45–34; won vs. Boston College 20–3; won vs. West Virginia 28–9+19−38Lost 12–24 at Oregon State-12Oregon StateLost 0–38 vs. NC State-38NC StateWon 22–20 vs. Washington+2WashingtonWon 30–20 at Illinois+10IllinoisLost 10–24 at Maryland-14MarylandLost 24–31 vs. No. 10 Penn State-7No. 10 Penn StateLost 21–28 at No. 14 Pittsburgh-7No. 14 PittsburghWon 6–3 vs. Virginia+3VirginiaWon 45–34 at Navy+11NavyWon 20–3 vs. Boston College+17Boston CollegeWon 28–9 vs. West Virginia+19West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atOregon StateL 12–⁠2448%
Sep 17vsNC StateL 0–⁠3846%
Sep 24vsWashingtonW 22–⁠2037%
Oct 1atIllinoisW 30–⁠2029%
Oct 8atMarylandL 10–⁠2420%
Oct 15vs10Penn StateL 24–⁠3123%
Oct 22at14PittsburghL 21–⁠2810%
Oct 29vsVirginiaW 6–⁠371%
Nov 5atNavyW 45–⁠3428%
Nov 12vsBoston CollegeW 20–⁠340%
Nov 19vsWest VirginiaW 28–⁠953%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat West Virginia 28–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

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.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
218–⁠234
Coach
Frank Maloney
Elo
1493 +82 this season
SP+ rating
7.1 No. 53 of 140; offense No. 50, defense No. 56
SRS
7.5 No. 44 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Offensive coordinator
Tom Coughlin
Defensive coordinator
Dennis Fryzel

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 5Rich Rosen OGDallas Cowboys