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1977 Utah Utes football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record3–8 (2–5 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon McBride[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTom Gadd[1] (1st season)
Home stadiumRice Stadium
Seasons
← 1976
1978 →
1977 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

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 State
L 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 Arizona
L 17–4543,500[2]
October 291:30 PMat Arizona State
L 19–4716,528[2]
November 51:30 PMat No. 14 BYU
L 8–3833,828[2]
November 121:30 PMUTEPdagger
  • 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 Mexico
L 24–418,296[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[3][4]

Game summaries

Utah State

1 234Total
Utah State 0 000 0
• Utah 0 398 20
Scoring summary
2UTAHMcNamara 29-yard field goalUTAH 3-0
3UTAHKurz 8-yard pass from Gomez (kick failed)UTAH 9-0
3UTAHMcNamara 50-yard field goalUTAH 12-0
4UTAHPeake 4-yard run (Gomez run)UTAH 20-0

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

NFL draft

No players went in the 1978 NFL Draft.

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "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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