1977 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1977 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Big Eight Conference (Big 8). The team was led by head coach Earle Bruce, in his fifth year, and they played their home games at Cyclone Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 5–2 Big 8), which included a loss to NC State in the Peach Bowl.

1977 Iowa State Cyclones football
Peach Bowl, L 14–24 vs. NC State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1977 record	8–4 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Earle Bruce (5th season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium (Capacity: 48,000)

1977 Big Eight Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Iowa State	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Colorado	3	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	Rice*	No. 20	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 35–9	37,071
September 17	at Iowa*		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	ABC	L 10–12	57,988
September 24	at Bowling Green*		Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH		W 35–21	14,102
October 1	Dayton*		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 17–13	40,850
October 8	Missouri		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		W 7–0	47,370
October 15	at No. 9 Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 24–21	74,788
October 22	at No. 6 Oklahoma	No. 16	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 16–35	72,217
October 29	Kansas		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 41–3	47,811
November 5	Colorado	No. 19	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 7–12	49,200
November 12	at Kansas State		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		W 22–15	19,521
November 19	Oklahoma State		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 21–13	41,060
December 31	vs. NC State*		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	MTN	L 14–24	37,733
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

• Reference:[1]

Roster

1977 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Mark Boehm WR Tom Buck QB Vinny Cerrato RB Frank Cooper RB Cal Cummins OL Kevin Cunningham RB Jeff Curry OL Dick Cuvelier RB 24 Dexter Green Jr OL Al Grissinger WR Ray Hardee WR Stan Hixon RB Pat Kennedy TE Mickey Leafblad OL Brian Neal TE Guy Preston QB John Quinn QB Terry Rubley RB Jack Seabrooke WR John Solomon RB Yogi Stevens QB Mike Tryon	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Tom Boskey DB Mike Clemons DB Kevin Hart DL Ron McFarland DB Tom Perticone DL Tom Randall DL Greg Rensink DB Mike Schwartz LB Mark Settle DL 63 Mike Stensrud Jr DL Craig Volkens DB Jerry Washington DL Rick White	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Rick Blabolil K Scott Kollman	Head coach Earle Bruce Coordinators/assistant coaches Tom Lichtenberg (OC/QB) Pete Rodriguez (DC) Dave Triplett (TE) Tommy Vaughn (RB) Jim Williams (OL) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

at Iowa

Iowa State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 7 3 0 0 10 • Hawkeyes 12 0 0 0 12 Date: Saturday, September 17 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 59,725 Television network: ABC Source: Palm Beach Post

Scoring summary 1 ISU Buck 63 yard punt return (Kollman kick) ISU 7-0 1 IOWA Mosely 77 yard run (kick failed) ISU 7-6 1 IOWA Lazar 10 yard run (run failed) IOWA 12-7 2 ISU Kollman 42 yard field goal IOWA 12-10

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at Nebraska

Iowa State at #9 Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total • Cyclones 7 14 3 0 24 No. 9 Cornhuskers 14 0 7 0 21 Date: October 15 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,090

[3]

at Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Cyclones 9 0 7 0 16 • No. 6 Sooners 7 7 7 14 35 Date: October 22 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 71,184

[4]

Oklahoma State

Peach Bowl (vs NC State)

References

1. "Iowa State University of Science and Technology – 1977". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
2. Bingham, Walter (September 26, 1977). "AN END TO THE BICKERING". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
3. "Field Goal Gives Iowa State 24‐21 Upset of Nebraska". The New York Times. October 16, 1977. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
4. "Oklahoma Sets Back Iowa State,35 ‐16". The New York Times. October 23, 1977. Retrieved November 24, 2019.