1977 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

1977 NCAA Division II independents football records
	^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant; Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1977 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season. Nevada competed as an independent. The Wolf Pack were led by second–year head coach Chris Ault and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.^[1]^[2]

Previous season[]

The Wolf Pack finished the 1976 season 8–3.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	Westminster (UT)		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 54–8	7,149
September 17	Idaho State		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 35–0	8,100
September 24	Cal State Northridge	No. T–9	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 19–22	7,210
October 1	at San Francisco State		Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 47–7
October 8	at Cal Poly		Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 48–29	5,123
October 15	No. 3 Boise State		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (rivalry)	W 28–10	12,651
October 22	at Santa Clara	No. 8	Buck Shaw Stadium Santa Clara, CA	W 33–14
October 29	Sacramento State	No. 7	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 75–0	5,800
November 5	Western Montana	No. 5	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 49–0	7,140
November 12	at No. 8 UC Davis	No. 4	Toomey Field Davis, CA	L 21–37
November 19	UNLV	No. T–5	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Fremont Cannon)	L 12–27	11,512
Homecoming Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game

^ "Nevada Football 2018 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 135. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
^ "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

v t Nevada Wolf Pack football
Venues	Evans Field (1896–1905) Mackay Field and Stadium (I) (1915–1965) Mackay Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boise State UNLV (Fremont Cannon)
Culture & lore	Alphie and Wolfie Jr. KUUB
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 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 2018 2019 2020 2021

1977 NCAA Division II independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 8 Lehigh ^		–		12	–	2	–	0
UNLV		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. T–5 Nevada		–		8	–	3	–	0
Central Connecticut		–		7	–	3	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		7	–	3	–	0
Youngstown State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Portland State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Delaware		–		6	–	3	–	1
Akron		–		6	–	4	–	1
American International		–		5	–	4	–	1
Central State (OH)		–		5	–	6	–	0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		–		4	–	5	–	1
Bucknell		–		4	–	5	–	0
Cal State Los Angeles		–		4	–	5	–	0
Northeastern		–		3	–	6	–	1
Northern Colorado		–		3	–	7	–	0
Santa Clara		–		2	–	7	–	1
Eastern Illinois		–		1	–	10	–	0

^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from Associated Press poll