1977_Richmond_Spiders_football_team

1977 Richmond Spiders football team

American college football season

The 1977 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Richmond as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their fourth season under head coach Jim Tait, Richmond compiled a 3–8 record.^[2]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 0–36	35,545	^[3]
September 17	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 0–31	47,100	^[4]
September 24	Appalachian State	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 21–13	13,000	^[5]
October 1	North Texas State	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 14–47	11,000	^[6]
October 8	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 0–25	6,800	^[7]
October 15	at East Carolina	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC	L 14–35	19,010	^[8]
October 22	Virginia Tech	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 17–14	19,500	^[9]
October 29	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 7–23	48,500	^[10]
November 5	Furman	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 19–13	12,000	^[11]
November 12	Maryland	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 24–27	17,000	^[12]
November 19	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)	L 13–29	14,000	^[13]

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		–		10	–	1	–	0
North Texas State *		–		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 16 San Diego State		–		–		10	–	1	–	0
Tennessee State		–		–		8	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Florida State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
Army		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Louisville		–		–		7	–	4	–	1
Boston College		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	4	–	2
Georgia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Northwestern State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
William & Mary		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Hawaii		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Navy		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	7	–	0
Utah State		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Villanova		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Virginia Tech		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Miami (FL)		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Richmond		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Tulane		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Air Force		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
Holy Cross		–		–		2	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

North Texas State (originally 9–2) awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

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