1977 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1977 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their only season under head coach Warren Powers, the Cougars compiled a 6–5 record (3–4 in Pac-8, tied for fourth), and outscored their opponents 263 to 236.

1977 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record6–5 (3–4 Pac-8)
Head coach
  • Warren Powers (1st season)
Home stadiumMartin Stadium, Joe Albi Stadium
1977 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Washington $  6 1   8 4  
No. 15 Stanford  5 2   9 3  
No. 13 USC  5 2   8 4  
California  3 4   7 4  
Washington State  3 4   6 5  
Oregon  1 6   2 9  
Oregon State  0 7   2 9  
UCLA 0 2   0 4  
  • $ Conference champion
  • † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players.
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's statistical leaders included Jack Thompson with 2,372 passing yards, Dan Doornink with 591 rushing yards, and Mike Levenseller with 736 receiving yards.

The Cougars opened the season with an upset win at fifteenth-ranked Nebraska.

Previously an assistant with the Huskers, Powers left after just twelve months in Pullman for Missouri of the Big Eight Conference. His predecessor in 1976, Jackie Sherrill, also lasted just one season with the Cougars. Offensive backfield coach Jim Walden was promoted to head coach less than a week later, and led the WSU program for nine years.

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