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1977 Washington

8–⁠4 (6–⁠1 Pac-8), coached by Don James, finished No. 10 in the AP poll. Officially 9–⁠3. Mississippi State forfeited to Washington. The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–⁠4, the results on the field.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1977, game by game: lost vs. No. 16 Mississippi State 18–27; won vs. San José State 24–3; lost at Syracuse 20–22; lost at Minnesota 17–19; won at Oregon 54–0; won vs. Stanford 45–21; won vs. Oregon State 14–6; lost at UCLA 12–20; won at No. 17 California 50–31; won vs. No. 14 USC 28–10; won vs. Washington State 35–15; won vs. No. 4 Michigan 27–20+54−9Lost 18–27 vs. No. 16 Mississippi State-9No. 16 Mississippi Sta…Won 24–3 vs. San José State+21San José StateLost 20–22 at Syracuse-2SyracuseLost 17–19 at Minnesota-2MinnesotaWon 54–0 at Oregon+54OregonWon 45–21 vs. Stanford+24StanfordWon 14–6 vs. Oregon State+8Oregon StateLost 12–20 at UCLA-8UCLAWon 50–31 at No. 17 California+19No. 17 CaliforniaWon 28–10 vs. No. 14 USC+18No. 14 USCWon 35–15 vs. Washington State+20Washington StateWon 27–20 vs. No. 4 Michigan+7No. 4 Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vs16Mississippi StateL 18–⁠27won by forfeit42%
Sep 17vsSan José StateW 24–⁠351%
Sep 24atSyracuseL 20–⁠2263%
Oct 1atMinnesotaL 17–⁠1937%
Oct 8atOregonW 54–⁠053%
Oct 15vsStanfordW 45–⁠2149%
Oct 22vsOregon StateW 14–⁠678%
Oct 29atUCLAL 12–⁠2034%
Nov 5at17CaliforniaW 50–⁠3133%
Nov 12vs14USCW 28–⁠1043%
Nov 19vsWashington StateW 35–⁠1573%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs4MichiganRose BowlW 27–⁠2033%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Michigan 27–⁠20 in the Rose Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; Pac-8 champions.

In program history: The 19th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 11: 19
  2. Wk 12: 14
  3. Wk 13: 13
  4. Final: 10

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.

Pac-8 champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Pac-8
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 10
Points
344–⁠194
Coach
Don James
Elo
1667 +176 this season
SP+ rating
20.7 No. 15 of 140; offense No. 13, defense No. 28
SRS
18.8 No. 13 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dick Scesniak
Defensive coordinator
Jim E. Mora
Captains
Blair Bush, Dave Browning, Warren Moon and Mike Rohrbach
Most valuable player
Warren Moon

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 1Blair Bush CCincinnati Bengals
Rd 2Dave Browning DEOakland Raiders

All-Pac-8

5 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.