1977 UCLA Bruins football team

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1977 UCLA Bruins football
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
Record0–4, 7 wins forfeited (0–2 Pac-8, 5 wins forfeited)
Head coach
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
  1976
1978  
1977 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 2   0 4  
  • $ Conference champion
  • † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

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Schedule

Note: UCLA's 7 wins were forfeited due to ineligible players. [1] [2] [3]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 12at No. 14 Houston *No. 14 ABC L 13–1738,121
September 17 Kansas *No. 14W 17–7 (vacated)39,832–40,738
September 24at Minnesota *No. 18ML 13–2741,076
October 1 Iowa *
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 34–16 (vacated)35,636
October 8at Stanford L 28–3264,500
October 15at Washington State W 27–16 (vacated)37,750
October 22No. 15 California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 21–19 (vacated)48,584 [4]
October 29 Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 20–12 (vacated)38,692
November 5at Oregon W 21–3 (vacated)20,000
November 12 Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 48–18 (vacated)35,529
November 25at USC No. 17
ABCL 27–2986,168
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1977 UCLA Bruins football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 27 Theotis Brown Jr
OT 71 Bruce Davis Jr
G 75 Max Montoya Jr
RB 3 James Owens Jr
G 66 John Tautolo Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 5 Kenny Easley Fr
CB 23 Johnnie Lynn Jr
LB 84 Jerry Robinson Jr
LB 40 Manu Tuiasosopo Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K, P 43 Frank Corral Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Awards and honors

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