1977 Washington State Cougars football team

1977 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
1977 record	6–5 (3–4 Pac-8)
Head coach	Warren Powers (1st season)
Home stadium	Martin Stadium, Joe Albi Stadium (Spokane, WA)

1977 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf				Overall
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	–	7		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their first and only season under head coach Warren Powers, the Cougars compiled a 6–5 record (3–4 against Pac-8 opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the Pac-8, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 263 to 236.^[1]^[2]

The team's statistical leaders included Jack Thompson with 2,372 passing yards, Dan Doornink with 591 rushing yards, and Mike Levenseller with 736 receiving yards.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	at No. 15 Nebraska*		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	W 19–10	75,922
September 17	at Michigan State*		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	W 23–21	50,263
September 24	at Kansas*	No. 15	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	L 12–14	44,540
September 30	at No. 2 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–41	61,809
October 8	No. 14 California		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	W 17–10	27,500
October 15	UCLA		Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA	L 16–20	37,750
October 22	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 29–31	47,500
October 29	at Oregon		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	W 56–20	27,200
November 5	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	W 24–10	22,657
November 12	Idaho*		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	W 45–17	18,500
November 19	at No. 19 Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (70th Apple Cup)	L 15–35	60,964

^1 UCLA later forfeited the game due to fielding an ineligible player.

References

↑ "1977 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
↑ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 76. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
↑ "1977 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.

Washington State Cougars football
Venues	Rogers Field (1895–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983 as alternate; 1970–1971 as sole) Martin Stadium (1972–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho (Battle of the Palouse) Washington (Apple Cup)
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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