1977 Utah Utes football team

1977 Utah Utes football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
1977 record 3–8 (2–5 WAC)
Head coach Wayne Howard (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Ron McBride[1]
Defensive coordinator Tom Gadd[1]
Home stadium Rice Stadium
1977 WAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 20 BYU + 6 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 18 Arizona State + 6 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
Colorado State 5 –2 –0  9 –2 –1
Wyoming 4 –3 –0  4 –6 –1
Arizona 3 –4 –0  5 –7 –0
New Mexico 2 –5 –0  5 –7 –0
Utah 2 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
UTEP 0 –7 –0  1 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Utah Utes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Head coach Wayne Howard led the team to a 2–5 mark in the WAC and 3–8 overall.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 17 1:30 PM at No. 5 Oklahoma* Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma L 24–62   71,184[2]
September 24 7:30 PM No. 19 Houston* Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City L 16–34   26,232[2]
October 1 1:30 PM at Colorado State Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado L 3–44   23,401[2]
October 8 7:30 PM Wyoming Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City W 23–13   26,428[2]
October 15 1:30 PM Utah State* Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City (Battle of the Brothers) W 20–0   25,438[2]
October 22 8:30 PM at Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona L 17–45   43,500[2]
October 29 1:30 PM at Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona L 19–47   16,528[2]
November 5 1:30 PM at No. 14 BYU Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah (Holy War) L 8–38   33,828[2]
November 12 1:30 PM UTEPdagger Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City W 29–12   18,122[2]
November 19 12:00 PM at Florida* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 29–38   56,055[2]
November 26 7:30 PM at New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico (The Bowl) L 24–41   8,296[2]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

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Game summaries

Utah State

1 234Total
Utah State 0 000 0
• Utah 0 398 20

Utah recorded its first shutout in seven years.[5]

NFL draft

No players went in the 1978 NFL Draft.

References

  1. 1 2 "1977 Utah Football Media Guide: Coaching Staff". University of Utah Athletic Department. Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "1978 Media Guide". University of Utah Athletic Department. Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  3. ↑ "1977 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  5. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1977 Oct 15.
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