American college football season
The 1977 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Under second-year head coach Rey Dempsey, the team compiled a 3–8 record.[1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 3 | at New Mexico State | | L 7–29 | 11,044 |
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September 10 | at Temple* | | W 24–20 | 9,087 |
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September 17 | Indiana State | | L 9–14 | 13,458 |
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September 24 | at Arkansas State* | | L 6–21 | 10,957 | [2]
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October 1 | Lamar* | - McAndrew Stadium
- Carbondale, IL
| W 9–5 | 13,723 |
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October 8 | at East Carolina* | | L 0–33 | 25,251 | [3]
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October 15 | at Southwestern Louisiana* | | L 0–24 | 23,802 |
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October 22 | at Northern Illinois* | | L 0–28 | 10,262 |
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November 5 | Illinois State* | - McAndrew Stadium
- Carbondale, IL
| W 23–17 | 6,841 |
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November 19 | Drake | - McAndrew Stadium
- Carbondale, IL
| L 9–13 | 4,803 |
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November 26 | at West Texas State | | L 9–28 | 7,550 | [4]
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