1977 Miami Hurricanes football team

1977 Miami Hurricanes football
Conference Independent
1977 record 3–8
Head coach Lou Saban (1st season)
Home stadium Miami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 80,045)
1977 NCAA Division I Independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –  –   11 –1 –0
No. 5 Penn State   –  –   11 –1 –0
Colgate   –  –   10 –1 –0
No. 16 San Diego State   –  –   10 –1 –0
Tennessee State   –  –   8 –1 –1
No. 14 Florida State   –  –   10 –2 –0
North Texas State   –  –   10 –1 –0*
No. 8 Pittsburgh   –  –   9 –2 –1
East Carolina   –  –   8 –3 –0
Rutgers   –  –   8 –3 –0
Army   –  –   7 –4 –0
Louisville   –  –   7 –4 –1
Boston College   –  –   6 –5 –0
Cincinnati   –  –   5 –4 –2
Georgia Tech   –  –   6 –5 –0
Memphis   –  –   6 –5 –0
Northwestern State   –  –   6 –5 –0
Syracuse   –  –   6 –5 –0
William & Mary   –  –   6 –5 –0
Southern Miss   –  –   6 –5 –0
Temple   –  –   5 –5 –1
Hawaii   –  –   5 –6 –0
Navy   –  –   5 –6 –0
West Virginia   –  –   5 –6 –0
South Carolina   –  –   5 –7 –0
Utah State   –  –   4 –7 –0
Villanova   –  –   4 –7 –0
Illinois State   –  –   3 –7 –1
Virginia Tech   –  –   3 –7 –1
Indiana State   –  –   3 –7 –0
Miami (FL)   –  –   3 –8 –0
Richmond   –  –   3 –8 –0
Tulane   –  –   3 –8 –0
Air Force   –  –   2 –8 –1
Holy Cross   –  –   2 –8 –0
Northeast Louisiana   –  –   2 –9 –0
  • North Texas State (originally 9–2–0) awarded a forfeit win after UCLA was found to be using an ineligible player.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami for the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami. The team was coached by Lou Saban, in his first year as head coach of the Hurricanes.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 1:30 PM at No. 5 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 0–10   86,287
September 17 at Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 6–10   31,916
September 24 at Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry) W 23–17   40,060
October 1 Pacific (CA) Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL W 24–3   33,608
October 8 Kansas Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL W 14–7   28,010
October 22 at TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 17–21   12,224
October 29 at No. 9 Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA L 7–49   61,853
November 5 Tulane Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL L 10–13   20,140
November 12 at No. 2 Alabama Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 0–36   57,422
November 26 Florida Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (rivalry) L 14–31   30,662
December 3 8:00 PM at No. 5 Notre Dame Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL CBS L 10–48   35,789
#Rankings from AP Poll.

[2]

Season summary

Georgia Tech

1 234Total
Miami (FL) 0 006 6
• Georgia Tech 0 0100 10
  • Date: September 17
  • Location: Grant Field
  • Game attendance: 31,916

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Roster

1977 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 47 Ottis Anderson Jr
QB E.J. Baker
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 79 Don Latimer Sr
DT 75 Don Smith Jr
DB 26 John Turner Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1977-standings.html
  2. ↑ "1977 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Ocala Star-Banner. 1977 Sep 18. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
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