1977 Washington State Cougars football team

1977 Washington State Cougars football
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
1977 record 6–5 (3–4 Pac-8)
Head coach Warren Powers (1st season)
Home stadium Martin Stadium,
Joe Albi Stadium (Spokane, WA)
1977 Pacific-8 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Washington $  6 –1     8 –4  
No. 15 Stanford  5 –2     9 –3  
No. 13 USC  5 –2     8 –4  
California  3 –4     7 –4  
Washington State  3 –4     6 –5  
Oregon  1 –6     2 –9  
Oregon State  0 –7     2 –9  
UCLA †  0 –7     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their first and only season under head coach Warren Powers, the Cougars compiled a 6–5 record (3–4 in conference), finished in a tie for fourth place in the Pac-8, and outscored their opponents 263 to 236.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Jack Thompson with 2,372 passing yards, Dan Doornink with 591 rushing yards, and Mike Levenseller with 736 receiving yards.[3]

The Cougars opened the season with an upset win at fifteenth-ranked Nebraska.[4][5]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 10 at No. 15 Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska W 19–10   75,922
September 17 at Michigan State* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan W 23–21   50,263
September 24 at Kansas* No. 15 Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas L 12–14   44,540
September 30 at No. 2 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles L 7–41   61,809
October 8 No. 14 Californiadagger Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington W 17–10   27,500
October 15 UCLA Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, Washington L 16–20   37,750
October 22 at Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California L 29–31   47,500
October 29 Oregon Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington W 56–20   27,200
November 5 at Oregon State Parker Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon W 24–10   22,657
November 12 Idaho* Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington (Battle of the Palouse) W 45–17   18,500
November 19 at No. 19 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, Washington (70th Apple Cup) L 15–35   60,964
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.
^1 UCLA later forfeited the game due to fielding an ineligible player.

References

  1. ↑ "1977 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 76. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ "1977 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ Missildine, Harry (September 11, 1977). "Confident Cougars upset Cornhuskers". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  5. ↑ Drosendahl, Glenn (September 11, 1977). "Cougs upset Huskers". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
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