1977 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

1977 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
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 1977 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-8 Conference teams for the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • Charles White, USC (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • Darrin Nelson, Stanford (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • David Turner, San Diego State (UPI-1)
  • Joe Steele, Washington (Coaches-2; UPI-2)
  • Paul Jones, California (Coaches-2; UPI-2)
  • Bruce Gibson, Pacific (UPI-2)

Wide receivers

  • James Lofton, Stanford (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • Mike Levenseller, Washington State (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
  • Jesse Thompson, California (Coaches-2)
  • Randy Simmrin, USC (Coaches-2)

Tight ends

  • George Freitas, California (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • William Gay, USC (Coaches-2; UPI-2)

Tackles

Guards

  • Pat Howell, USC (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • Jeff Toews, Washington (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
  • Brad Budde, USC (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
  • Chuck Shrn, Fresno State (UPI-1)
  • Duke Leffler, California (Coaches-2)
  • Mark Hill, Stanford (Coaches-2)

Centers

Defensive selections

Linemen

  • Ralph DeLoach, California (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • Manu Tuiasosopo, UCLA (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • Walt Underwood, USC (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • Dave Browning, Washington (Coaches-2; UPI-1)
  • George Yarno, Washington State (UPI-1)
  • Greg Marshall, Oregon State (Coaches-2; UPI-2)
  • Doug Martin, Washington (Coaches-2; UPI-2)
  • Mel Cook, Oregon (UPI-2)
  • Simon Peterson, Fresno State (UPI-2)

Linebackers

  • Gordy Ceresino, Stanford (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • Jerry Robinson, UCLA (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • Michael Jackson, Washington (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
  • Clay Matthews Jr., USC (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
  • Dan Bunz, Long Beach State (UPI-1)
  • Frank Stephens, UCLA (Coaches-2)
  • Don Hover, Washington State (Coaches-2)
  • Burl Toler, California (Coaches-2)
  • Ed Gutierrez, USC (Coaches-2)
  • Frank Manumaleuga, San Jose State (UPI-2)

Defensive backs

  • Dennis Thurman, USC (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • Levi Armstrong, UCLA (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
  • Ken Easley, UCLA (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
  • Nesby Glasgow, Washington (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
  • Ricky Odom, USC (Coaches-1)
  • Gerald Smil, San Jose State (UPI-1)
  • Kyle Heinrich, Washington (Coaches-2; UPI-2)
  • Anthony Green, California (Coaches-2)
  • Ken Greene, Washington State (Coaches-2)
  • Lenny Holmes, Oregon State (Coaches-2)
  • Ken McAllister, California (Coaches-2)

Special teams

Placekickers

Punters

  • Gavin Hedrick, Washington State (Coaches-1)
  • Dan Melville, California (Coaches-2)

Key

Coaches = Pacific-8 football coaches[1] [2]

UPI = United Press International, selected by UPI from all teams on the Pacific Coast, not limited to the Pac-8 Conference[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Benjamin, Nelson All-Pac-8". The Times, San Mateo. November 30, 1977. p. 2S.
  2. ^ "Benjamin, Moon players of year". Lewiston Morning Tribune. December 1, 1977. p. 3B.
  3. ^ "Benjamin, Loften of Stanford lead All-Pacific Coast team". Lodi News-Sentinel. November 30, 1977. p. 13.