The 1977 NAIA Division II football season was the 22nd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA and the eighth season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1977 and culminated in the 1977 NAIA Division II Football National Championship , played on the campus of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California .[1]
Westminster (PA) defeated Cal Lutheran in the championship game, 17–9, to win their third, and second consecutive, NAIA national title.
Conference changes [ ]
Conference standings [ ]
1977 Hoosier–Buckeye Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Defiance +
6
–
1
–
1
6
–
2
–
1
Findlay +
6
–
1
–
1
6
–
2
–
1
Hanover
6
–
2
–
0
7
–
2
–
0
Wilmington (OH)
6
–
2
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Taylor
4
–
4
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Anderson (IN)
3
–
5
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Bluffton
2
–
6
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Earlham
2
–
6
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Manchester (IN)
0
–
8
–
0
0
–
9
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions
1977 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Midland $
5
–
0
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Doane
3½
–
1½
–
0
5
–
5
–
0
Hastings
2½
–
2½
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Dana
2
–
3
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
Nebraska Wesleyan
2
–
3
–
0
2
–
7
–
0
Concordia (NE)
0
–
5
–
0
0
–
9
–
0
$ – Conference champion Hastings and Doane played twice; each game counted as ½ of a game in the conference standings.
1977 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Linfield $^
6
–
0
–
0
8
–
1
–
0
Pacific Lutheran
5
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Willamette
4
–
2
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Lewis & Clark
3
–
3
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
College of Idaho
2
–
4
–
0
2
–
6
–
0
Whitworth
1
–
5
–
0
2
–
7
–
0
Pacific (OR)
0
–
6
–
0
2
–
7
–
0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1977 Tri-State Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Northwestern (IA) $
2
–
0
–
0
6
–
4
–
0
Westmar
1
–
1
–
0
2
–
8
–
0
Sioux Falls
0
–
2
–
0
0
–
9
–
0
$ – Conference champion Northwestern (IA) and Sioux Falls played twice, but only the first meeting counted in the conference stnadings.
Conference champions [ ]
Postseason [ ]
Semifinals Campus sites
Championship Thousand Oaks, CA
Westminster (PA) *
14
Concord (WV)
13
Westminster (PA)
17
Cal Lutheran*
9
Linfield
28
Cal Lutheran *
29
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Seasons
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