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1977 Washington State

6–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Pac-8), coached by Warren Powers.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1977, game by game: won at No. 15 Nebraska 19–10; won at Michigan State 23–21; lost at Kansas 12–14; lost at No. 2 USC 7–41; won vs. No. 14 California 17–10; lost vs. UCLA 16–27; lost at Stanford 29–31; won vs. Oregon 56–20; won at Oregon State 24–10; won vs. Idaho 45–17; lost at No. 19 Washington 15–35+36−34Won 19–10 at No. 15 Nebraska+9No. 15 NebraskaWon 23–21 at Michigan State+2Michigan StateLost 12–14 at Kansas-2KansasLost 7–41 at No. 2 USC-34No. 2 USCWon 17–10 vs. No. 14 California+7No. 14 CaliforniaLost 16–27 vs. UCLA-11UCLALost 29–31 at Stanford-2StanfordWon 56–20 vs. Oregon+36OregonWon 24–10 at Oregon State+14Oregon StateWon 45–17 vs. Idaho+28IdahoLost 15–35 at No. 19 Washington-20No. 19 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10at15NebraskaW 19–⁠1017%
Sep 17atMichigan StateW 23–⁠2136%
Sep 24atKansasL 12–⁠1435%
Sep 30at2USCL 7–⁠4114%
Oct 8vs14CaliforniaW 17–⁠1032%
Oct 15vsUCLAL 16–⁠2741%
Oct 22atStanfordL 29–⁠3130%
Oct 29vsOregonW 56–⁠2071%
Nov 5atOregon StateW 24–⁠1058%
Nov 12vsIdahoW 45–⁠1780%
Nov 19at19WashingtonL 15–⁠3527%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 35–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 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.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
263–⁠236
Coach
Warren Powers
Elo
1488 +86 this season
SP+ rating
11.4 No. 32 of 140; offense No. 27, defense No. 51
SRS
10.8 No. 31 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 1Ken Greene DBSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 4Don Schwartz DBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 6Mike Levenseller WROakland Raiders
Rd 7Dan Doornink RBNew York Giants

All-Pac-8

3 first team, 3 second team

First 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 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.