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The 1977 Army Cadets represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. They claimed the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the second straight season.

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1977 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
Seasons
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1977 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10UMassW 34–1022,101[2]
September 17VMI
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 27–1426,664[3]
September 24at Boston CollegeL 28–4919,200[4]
October 1No. 7 Colorado
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 0–3134,548[5]
October 8Villanova
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 34–3230,618[6]
October 151:30 p.m.vs. No. 11 Notre DameL 0–2472,594[7]
October 22Lafayette
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 42–628,277–28,322[8][9]
October 29Holy Cross
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 48–741,376[10]
November 5at Air ForceW 31–634,338[11]
November 121:30 p.m.vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh
  • Giants Stadium
  • East Rutherford, NJ
L 26–5235,387[12]
November 26vs. NavyW 17–1481,091[13]
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Game summaries

UMass

Army's win over UMass was the 500th in school history. Leamon Hall threw five touchdown passes, including three to freshman Mike Fahnstock.[15]

Villanova

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Team 1 234Total
Villanova 14 0018 32
• Army 0 7720 34
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  • Date: October 8
  • Location: Michie Stadium • West Point, New York

[16]

Army vs. Navy
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Team 1 234Total
Navy 0 770 14
• Army 7 1000 17
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Army finished with its first winning season since 1972.[17]

Roster

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1977 Army Cadets football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 82 Clennie Brundidge Jr
OL 71 Tony Dailey Sr
OL 67 Curt Downs Sr
WR 47 George Dunaway Sr
RB 37 Jon Dwyer So
WR 88 Mike Fahnstock Fr
QB 16 Leamon Hall (C) Sr
OL 63 Jim Hodge Sr
OL 77 Jim Hollingsworth Sr
OL 57 Chuck Johnston Jr
RB 43 Greg King Sr
RB 32 Tony Landry
WR 11 Greg McGlasker Sr
RB 40 Jim Merriken Jr
QB 10 Earle Mulrane So
OL 78 Joe Oliver Jr
RB Dave Pritchard
WR 29 Bill Skoda So
TE 22 Ward Whyte Jr
TE 85 Keith Wilson Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 64 Mark Berry Sr
DB 18 Dave Charest
DB 25 Ed Clemons
DT 72 Chuck D'Amico (C) Sr
DB 33 Bruce Elliott
DL Stan Ford Sr
DL Duane Fuller
DL 74 Bob Groller Jr
DL Tom Hayden
LB 80 John Hillard
DB 20 Joe LeGasse Jr
DB Doug Lowery
DB 34 Phil Macklin Jr
DL 55 George Mayes Fr
LB 53 Steve Miller Sr
DL 84 Chuck Schott Jr
DL 91 Tiki Traylor Jr
DL 69 Doug Turrell Jr
LB 58 Kirk Thomas Jr
DB 24 Dan Webb
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 39 Mike Castelli Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt
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    Awards

    • Homer Smith – Eastern Coach of the Year (New York Football Writers Association)[18]

    Stats

    • QB Leamon Hall – 151/265 for 1,944 yards with 15 TD vs 17 INT[19]
    • RB Greg King – 177 carries for 961 yards with 7 TD
    • RB Jim Merriken – 99 carries for 447 yards with 4 TD. 35 catches for 350 yards with 2 TD
    • TE Clennie Brundridge – 51 catches for 842 yards with 4 TD

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