1977 Army Cadets football team

1977 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
1977 record	7–4
Head coach	Homer Smith (4th season)
Home stadium	Michie Stadium
Seasons

Template:1977 Division I Independents football records The 1977 Army Cadets represented the United States Military Academy during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. They claimed the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the second straight season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	UMass	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	W 34–10	22,101
September 17	VMI	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	W 27–14	26,664
September 24	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	L 28–49	19,200
October 1	Colorado	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	L 0–31	34,548
October 8	Villanova	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	W 34–32	30,618
October 15	vs. Notre Dame	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey (Rivalry)	L 0–24	72,594
October 22	Lafayette	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	W 42–6	28,277
October 29	Holy Cross	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	W 48–7	41,376
November 5	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, Colorado (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	W 31–6	34,338
November 12	vs. Pittsburgh	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey	L 26–52	35,387
November 26	vs. Navy	JFK Stadium Philadelphia (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy/Army–Navy Game)	W 17–14	81,091

Personnel

1977 Army Black Knights football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 82 Brundidge, ClennieClennie Brundidge 5.0 !Jr   Fahnstock, MikeMike Fahnstock 1.0 !Fr RB 43 King, GregGreg King QB 16 Hall, LeamonLeamon Hall (C) 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT D'Amico, ChuckChuck D'Amico (C)	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Castelli, MikeMike Castelli	Head coach Homer Smith Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

UMass

Army's win over UMass was the 500th in school history. Leamon Hall threw five touchdown passes, including three to freshman Mike Fahnstock.

Villanova

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Villanova 14 0 0 18 32 • Army 0 7 7 20 34 Date: October 8 Location: Michie Stadium • West Point, New York Scoring summary 1 VILL Poleo 1-yard run (Fernandez kick) Villanova 7-0 1 VILL Thompson 2-yard run (Fernandez kick) Villanova 14-0 2 ARMY Hall 5-yard run (Castelli kick) Villanova 14-7 3 ARMY McGlasker 18-yard pass from Hall (Castelli kick) Tie 14-14 4 ARMY Brundidge 5-yard pass from Hall (Castelli kick) Army 21-14 4 VILL Thompson 1-yard run (Fernandez kick) Tie 21-21 4 VILL Fernandez 27-yard field goal Villanova 24-21 4 ARMY Hall 2-yard run (Castelli kick) Army 28-24 4 ARMY Dwyer 26-yard run (kick failed) Army 34-24 4 VILL McCauley 17-yard pass from O'Brien (Hobar pass from O'Brien) Army 34-32

Navy

See also: 1977 Navy Midshipmen football team and Army–Navy Game

Army vs. Navy

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Navy 0 7 7 0 14 • Army 7 10 0 0 17 Date: November 26 Location: JFK Stadium, Philadelphia Game attendance: 81,091 Scoring summary 1 ARMY Leamon Hall 1-yard run (Mike Castelli kick) Army 7-0 2 ARMY Mike Castelli 27-yard field goal Army 10-0 2 NAVY John Kurowski 18-yard pass from Bob Leszcynski (Bob Tata kick) Army 10-7 3 1:09 ARMY Greg King 1-yard run (Mike Castelli kick) Army 17-7 3 NAVY Joe Gattuso Jr. 2-yard run (Bob Tata kick) Army 17-14

Army finished with its first winning season since 1972.

Stats

• QB Leamon Hall – 151/265 for 1,944 yards with 15 TD vs 17 INT
• RB Greg King – 177 carries for 961 yards with 7 TD
• RB Jim Merriken – 99 carries for 447 yards with 4 TD. 35 catches for 350 yards with 2 TD
• TE Clennie Brundridge – 51 catches for 842 yards with 4 TD
• DL Dan Sartin; 10 sacks

Awards

• Homer Smith – Eastern Coach of the Year (New York Football Writers Association)