1977 San Francisco State Gators football team

The 1977 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season.

1977 San Francisco State Gators football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
1977 record5–5 (2–3 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCox Stadium
1977 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 UC Davis $^ 5 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
Chico State 3 –1 –1  6 –2 –1
Cal State Hayward 2 –2 –1  6 –3 –1
San Francisco State 2 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Humboldt State 1 –3 –1  5 –4 –1
Sacramento State 0 –4 –1  0 –10 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

San Francisco State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).[note 1] The Gators were led by head coach Vic Rowen in his 17th year at the helm. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5, 2–3 FWC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 155–197.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 10at Cal State Northridge*
L 10–175,000[1]
September 17Cal Poly Pomona*
W 21–18
September 24Southern Oregon[note 2]*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 41–20
October 1Nevada*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 7–47
October 8at Chico State[note 3]
L 0–32
October 15Cal State Hayward[note 4]
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 16–10
October 22at Sacramento State[note 5]
W 19–7
October 29Humboldt State
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 13–19
November 5at UC Davis
L 7–21
November 12at Cal State Los Angeles*
W 21–6
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1978 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]

Notes
  1. The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.
  2. Southern Oregon University was known as Southern Oregon State College from 1975 to 1996.
  3. The official name of Chico State has been California State University, Chico since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Chico State.
  4. California State University, East Bay was known as California State University, Hayward from 1972 to 2004.
  5. The official name of Sacramento State has been California State University, Sacramento since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Sacramento State.

References
  1. "Cal Lutheran Passes Beat San Diego". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 11, 1977. p. III-14. Retrieved March 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1977 - San Francisco St. (CA)". Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  3. "1978 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  4. "San Francisco St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  5. "Draft History: San Francisco State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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