1977 Arizona Wildcats football team

1977 Arizona Wildcats football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record5–7 (3–4 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
Seasons
← 1976
1978 →
1977 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 20 BYU + 6 1 0 9 2 0
No. 18 Arizona State + 6 1 0 9 3 0
Colorado State 5 2 0 9 2 1
Wyoming 4 3 0 4 6 1
Arizona 3 4 0 5 7 0
New Mexico 2 5 0 5 7 0
Utah 2 5 0 3 8 0
UTEP 0 7 0 1 10 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Tony Mason, the Wildcats compiled a 5–7 record (3–4 against WAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the WAC, and outscored their opponents, 256 to 250.[1][2] The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. This was Arizona’s (and rival Arizona State’s) final season as members of the WAC and joined the Pac-8 Conference, which became the Pac-10, in the following season.

Mason replaced Jim Young, who left for Purdue after the 1976 season ended.[3]

The team's statistical leaders included Marc Lunsford with 1,344 passing yards, Derriak Anderson with 568 rushing yards, and Harry Holt with 423 receiving yards.[4] Linebacker Corky Ingraham led the team with 153 total tackles.[5]

  1. ^ "1977 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. p. 107. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Wildcats pick Cincinnati's Mason as head football coach". Arizona Daily Wildcat. January 10, 1977.
  4. ^ "1977 Arizona Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  5. ^ 2016 Media Guide, p. 86.