1977 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1977 Iowa State Cyclones football
Peach Bowl, L 14–24 vs. NC State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	8–4 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Earle Bruce (5th season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium (Capacity: 48,000)

1977 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Iowa State	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Colorado	3	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Big Eight Conference (Big 8). The team was led by head coach Earle Bruce, in his fifth year, and they played their home games at Cyclone Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 5–2 Big 8), which included a loss to NC State in the Peach Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	Rice*	No. 20	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 35–9	37,071
September 17	at Iowa*		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	ABC	L 10–12	57,988
September 24	at Bowling Green*		Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH		W 35–21	14,102
October 1	Dayton*		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 17–13	40,850
October 8	Missouri		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		W 7–0	47,370
October 15	at No. 9 Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 24–21	74,788
October 22	at No. 6 Oklahoma	No. 16	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 16–35	72,217
October 29	Kansas		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 41–3	47,811
November 5	Colorado	No. 19	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 7–12	49,200
November 12	at Kansas State		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		W 22–15	19,521
November 19	Oklahoma State		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 21–13	41,060
December 31	vs. NC State*		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	MTN	L 14–24	37,733
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1977 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 24 Dexter Green Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 63 Mike Stensrud Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Earle Bruce Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Williams – Offensive line Tom Lichtenberg – OC/QB Pete Rodriguez – DC Dave Triplett – TE's Tommy Vaughn – RB's Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Iowa State

Iowa State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 7 3 0 0 10 • Hawkeyes 12 0 0 0 12 Date: Saturday, September 17 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 59,725 Television network: ABC Source: Palm Beach Post

Scoring summary 1 ISU Buck 63 yard punt return (Kollman kick) ISU 7-0 1 IOWA Mosely 77 yard run (kick failed) ISU 7-6 1 IOWA Lazar 10 yard run (run failed) IOWA 12-7 2 ISU Kollman 42 yard field goal IOWA 12-10

See also: 1977 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–16	1934	W 31–6

at Nebraska

Iowa State at #9 Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total • Cyclones 7 14 3 0 24 No. 9 Cornhuskers 14 0 7 0 21 Date: October 15 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,090

See also: 1977 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

at Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Cyclones 9 0 7 0 16 • No. 6 Sooners 7 7 7 14 35 Date: October 22 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 71,184

See also: 1977 Oklahoma Sooners football team

vs. NC State (Peach Bowl)

Main article: 1977 Peach Bowl

See also: 1977 NC State Wolfpack football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting