1977 Utah Utes football team

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.

1977 Utah Utes football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1977 record3–8 (2–5 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon McBride[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTom Gadd[1] (1st season)
Home stadiumRice Stadium
1977 Western Athletic Conference 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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 171:30 pmat No. 5 Oklahoma*L 24–6271,184[2]
September 247:30 pmNo. 19 Houston*L 16–3426,232[2]
October 11:30 pmat Colorado StateL 3–4423,401[2]
October 87:30 pmWyoming
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
W 23–1326,428[2]
October 151:30 pmUtah State*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City (rivalry)
W 20–025,438[2]
October 228:30 pmat ArizonaL 17–4543,500[2]
October 291:30 pmat Arizona StateL 19–4716,528[2]
November 51:30 pmat No. 14 BYUL 8–3833,828[2]
November 121:30 pmUTEP
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
W 29–1218,122[2]
November 1912:00 pmat Florida*L 29–3856,055[2]
November 267:30 pmat New MexicoL 24–418,296[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain 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. "1977 Utah Football Media Guide: Coaching Staff". University of Utah Athletic Department. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  2. "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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