1977 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1977 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

1977 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	0–4, 7 wins forfeited (0–2 Pac-8, 5 wins forfeited)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jed Hughes (1st season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons ← 1976 1978 →

1977 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Washington $	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 15 Stanford	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 USC	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
UCLA †	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	at No. 14 Houston*	No. 11	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	ABC	L 13–17	38,121	[3]
September 17	Kansas*	No. 14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 17–7 (vacated)	40,738	[4]
September 24	at Minnesota*	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN		L 13–27	41,076	[5]
October 1	Iowa*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 34–16 (vacated)	35,636	[6]
October 8	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 28–32	64,500	[7]
October 15	at Washington State		Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA		W 27–16 (vacated)	37,750	[8]
October 22	No. 15 California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 21–19 (vacated)	48,584	[9][10]
October 29	Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 20–12 (vacated)	38,692	[11]
November 5	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 21–3 (vacated)	20,000	[12]
November 12	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 48–18 (vacated)	35,529	[13]
November 25	at USC	No. 17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	L 27–29	86,168	[14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1977 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 27 Theotis Brown Jr OT 71 Bruce Davis Jr G 75 Max Montoya Jr RB 3 James Owens Jr G 66 John Tautolo Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 5 Kenny Easley Fr CB 23 Johnnie Lynn Jr LB 84 Jerry Robinson Jr LB 40 Manu Tuiasosopo Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K, P 43 Frank Corral Sr	Head coach Terry Donahue Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Awards and honors

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