1977 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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1977 Texas Southern Tigers football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record6–4–1 (3–2–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Astrodome
Jeppesen Stadium
Seasons
←  1976
1978  →
1977 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Grambling State $ 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
Jackson State 5 –1 –08 –3 –0
Texas Southern 3 –2 –16 –4 –1
Mississippi Valley State 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
Alcorn State 2 –4 –03 –8 –0
Southern 1 –4 –13 –7 –1
Prairie View A&M 1 –5 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • The Conference was a hybrid of Division I and II programs. Mississippi Valley State and Prairie View A&M were classified as Division II. [1] [2] All the others were classified as Division I.

The 1977 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Led by second-year head coach Wendell Mosley, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 6–4–1, with a mark of 3–2–1 in conference play, and finished third in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 10 Bethune–Cookman *
W 14–0 [3] [4]
September 17at Southern
T 14–14 [5] [6]
September 24at Tennessee State *
L 7–23 [7]
October 1vs. Texas A&I *
L 13–28 [8]
October 8 Alcorn State
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 37–14 [9]
October 15at Bishop *
W 44–0 [10]
October 22at Mississippi Valley State
W 35–33 [11]
October 29 Grambling State
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 14–28 [12]
November 5 Jackson State
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 0–10 [13]
November 12 Langston *
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 85–13 [14]
November 19 Prairie View A&M
W 29–28 [15]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Statistics" . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Statistics" . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Texas Southern stops Bethune–Cookman, 14–0". The Miami Herald. September 12, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tex. Southern 14, Bethune–Cookman 0". The Orlando Sentinel Star. September 11, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Southern 14, Tex. Southern 14". The Alexandria Daily Town Talk. September 18, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "SU's Bates seeks repeat of 1976 grid record". The Louisiana Weekly. June 18, 1977. Retrieved August 20, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "TSU rolls to 4th straight win". The Tennessean. September 24, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "A&I socks TSU, 28–13". Express and News. October 2, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Texas Southern romps Alcorn State 37–14". The Yazoo Herald. October 9, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Texas Southern rips Bishop". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 16, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Southern drops MVSU". The Delta Democrat-Times. October 23, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Woods sparks G-Men in Astrodome win". The Shreveport Times. October 30, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "JSU blanks Texas So". The Yazoo Herald. November 6, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Texas Southern rips Lions, 85–13". Tulsa World. November 13, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "TSU 29, Prairie View 28". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 20, 1977. Retrieved June 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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