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1977 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
1977 record0–11, 7 wins forfeited (0–7 Pac-8, 5 wins forfeited)
Head coachTerry Donahue (2nd season)
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1976
1978 →
1977 Pacific-8 football standings
v · d · e 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 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule[]

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

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 10at No. 14/NR Houston*No. 14/13L 13–1738,121
September 17Kansas*No. 14/13W 17–7 (vacated)40,738
September 24at Minnesota*No. 18/NR
L 13–2741,076
October 1Iowa*
  • 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. 15/14 California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 21–19 (vacated)48,584[4]
October 29Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 20–12 (vacated)38,692
November 5at Oregon
W 21–3 (vacated)20,000
November 12Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 48–18 (vacated)35,529
November 25at USCNo. 17/17
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)
ABCL 27–2986,168

Roster[]

1977 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
FB 27 Brown, TheotisTheotis Brown Jr
T 71 Davis, BruceBruce Davis Jr
G 75 Montoya, MaxMax Montoya Jr
RB 3 Owens, JamesJames Owens Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 5 Easley, KennyKenny Easley Fr
CB 23 Lynn, JohnnieJohnnie Lynn Jr
LB 84 Robinson, JerryJerry Robinson Jr
LB 40 Tuiasosopo, ManuManu Tuiasosopo Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K, P 43 Corral, FrankFrank Corral Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Awards and honors[]

  • All-American: Jerry Robinson (LB, consensus), Manu Tuiasosopo (DT, second team), Gus Coppens (OT, third team)

References[]

  1. Moran, Malcolm (1981-12-03). "U.C.L.A. Comes East Quietly". NYTimes.com. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/03/sports/ucla-comes-east-quietly.html. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19800813&id=ooBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZQgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6536,5907359
  3. CFRC College Football Database - UCLA[better source needed] Archived March 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2014-Mar-09.
  4. Purdy, M. (October 23, 1977). "Bruins defeat Cal, 21-19". Los Angeles Times.
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