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American college football season
The 1977 Utah Utes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Head coach Wayne Howard led the team to a 2–5 mark in the WAC and 3–8 overall.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 17 | 1:30 pm | at No. 5 Oklahoma* | | L 24–62 | 71,184[2] |
September 24 | 7:30 pm | No. 19 Houston* | | L 16–34 | 26,232[2] |
October 1 | 1:30 pm | at Colorado State | | L 3–44 | 23,401[2] |
October 8 | 7:30 pm | Wyoming | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City
| W 23–13 | 26,428[2] |
October 15 | 1:30 pm | Utah State* | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City (rivalry)
| W 20–0 | 25,438[2] |
October 22 | 8:30 pm | at Arizona | | L 17–45 | 43,500[2] |
October 29 | 1:30 pm | at Arizona State | | L 19–47 | 16,528[2] |
November 5 | 1:30 pm | at No. 14 BYU | | L 8–38 | 33,828[2] |
November 12 | 1:30 pm | UTEP![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Rice Stadium
- Salt Lake City
| W 29–12 | 18,122[2] |
November 19 | 12:00 pm | at Florida* | | L 29–38 | 56,055[2] |
November 26 | 7:30 pm | at New Mexico | | L 24–41 | 8,296[2] |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Mountain time
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Game summaries[]
Utah State[]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Utah State |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
• Utah |
0 |
3 | 9 | 8 |
20 |
- Date: October 15
- Location: Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City
- Game attendance: 25,438
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Scoring summary |
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| 2 | | UTAH | McNamara 29-yard field goal | UTAH 3-0 |
| 3 | | UTAH | Kurz 8-yard pass from Gomez (kick failed) | UTAH 9-0 |
| 3 | | UTAH | McNamara 50-yard field goal | UTAH 12-0 |
| 4 | | UTAH | Peake 4-yard run (Gomez run) | UTAH 20-0 |
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Utah recorded its first shutout in seven years.[5]
NFL draft[]
No players went in the 1978 NFL Draft.
References[]
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Culture & lore |
- Swoop
- "Utah Man"
- Pride of Utah
- Utah pass
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People | |
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National championship seasons in bold |
Categories:
- 1977 Western Athletic Conference football season
- Utah Utes football seasons
- 1977 in sports in Utah
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