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American college football season
The 1977 Stanford Cardinals football team represented
Stanford University in the
Pacific-8 Conference during the
1977 NCAA Division I football season . Led by first-year head coach
Bill Walsh , Stanford ended the regular season with an 8–3 record (5–2 in Pac-8, tie for second).
The Cardinals were led by senior quarterback
Guy Benjamin , who won the
Sammy Baugh Trophy , awarded to the best passer in college football; senior receiver
James Lofton , who caught 57 passes for 1,010 yards and 14 TDs and was named an AP and NEA Second Team
All-American ; junior linebacker
Gordy Ceresino , and freshman running back
Darrin Nelson .
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On New Year's Eve, Stanford defeated
LSU 24–14 in the
Sun Bowl for their ninth win.
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and climbed to fifteenth in the
final rankings .
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Walsh, previously the
offensive coordinator of the
NFL 's
San Diego Chargers , was hired the previous December.
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[9] He had been an assistant at Stanford under
John Ralston from
1963 through
1965 and spent eight seasons as an assistant with the
expansion
Cincinnati Bengals under head coach
Paul Brown .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source September 10 at No. 12
Colorado * L 21–2750,482
September 17 at
Tulane * W 21–1730,482
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September 24
Illinois * W 37–2450,500
October 1
Oregon Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA W 20–1036,500
October 8
UCLA Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA W 32–2864,500
October 15 at
Washington L 21–4546,529
October 22
Washington State Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA W 31–2947,500
October 29 at
Oregon State W 26–720,196
November 5 at No. 16
USC L 0–4965,101
November 12
San Jose State * Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (
rivalry ) W 31–2639,000
November 19
California Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (
Big Game ) W 21–387,500
December 31
LSU *
CBS W 24–1431,318
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*Non-conference game Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster
1977 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Awards and honors
All-conference
NFL draft
Four Cardinals were selected in the
1978 NFL draft .
Source
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References
^ Migdol, Gary (1997).
Stanford: Home of Champions . Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. p. 168.
ISBN
1-57167-116-1 .
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"Stanford passes sink LSU, 24-14" . Pittsburgh Press . UPI. January 1, 1978. p. D8.
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"Cardinals win a duel in the Sun" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). wire services. January 1, 1978. p. 3C.
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"Cards win classic match" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. January 1, 1978. p. 5B.
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"Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1977–1981" . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from
the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2011 .
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"It might not add up, but Irish are clearly No. 1" . Eugene REgister-Guard . (Oregon). wire services. January 4, 1978. p. 5B.
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"Bill Walsh named Card grid mentor" . Lodi News-Sentinel . (California). UPI. December 13, 1976. p. 14.
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"Stanford hires Walsh" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. December 13, 1976. p. 3C.
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"Walsh ready to go" . Lodi News-Sentinel . (California). UPI. December 14, 1976. p. 6.
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"Last quarter rally sparks Cards to win" . The San Francisco Examiner . September 18, 1977. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Cards upset LSU" . The San Francisco Examiner . January 1, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"1978 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Archived from
the original on December 22, 2007.
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