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1977 Tennessee

4–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Johnny Majors.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1977, game by game: lost vs. California 17–27; won vs. Boston College 24–18; lost vs. Auburn 12–14; won vs. Oregon State 41–10; lost vs. Georgia Tech 8–24; lost at No. 4 Alabama 10–24; lost at No. 19 Florida 17–27; won vs. Memphis 27–14; lost at Ole Miss 14–43; lost at No. 7 Kentucky 17–21; won vs. Vanderbilt 42–7+35−29Lost 17–27 vs. California-10CaliforniaWon 24–18 vs. Boston College+6Boston CollegeLost 12–14 vs. Auburn-2AuburnWon 41–10 vs. Oregon State+31Oregon StateLost 8–24 vs. Georgia Tech-16Georgia TechLost 10–24 at No. 4 Alabama-14No. 4 AlabamaLost 17–27 at No. 19 Florida-10No. 19 FloridaWon 27–14 vs. Memphis+13MemphisLost 14–43 at Ole Miss-29Ole MissLost 17–21 at No. 7 Kentucky-4No. 7 KentuckyWon 42–7 vs. Vanderbilt+35Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsCaliforniaL 17–⁠2757%
Sep 17vsBoston CollegeW 24–⁠1860%
Sep 24vsAuburnL 12–⁠1467%
Oct 1vsOregon StateW 41–⁠1075%
Oct 8vsGeorgia TechL 8–⁠2465%
Oct 15at4AlabamaL 10–⁠2418%
Oct 22at19FloridaL 17–⁠2730%
Nov 5vsMemphisW 27–⁠1444%
Nov 12atOle MissL 14–⁠4344%
Nov 19at7KentuckyL 17–⁠2114%
Nov 26vsVanderbiltW 42–⁠773%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Vanderbilt 42–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 106th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
229–⁠229
Coach
Johnny Majors
Elo
1489 −59 this season
SP+ rating
4.6 No. 64 of 140; offense No. 58, defense No. 68
SRS
8.7 No. 38 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Joe Avezzano
Defensive coordinator
Bobby Roper
Captains
Pert Jenkins, Greg Jones and Brent Watson

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 3Craig Colquitt PPittsburgh Steelers

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Brent WatsonOTAP-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 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.