1977 Stanford Cardinals football team
The 1977 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Bill Walsh served his first season as Stanford's head coach. The Cardinals were led by senior quarterback Guy Benjamin, who won the Sammy Baugh Trophy, awarded to the best passer in college football; senior receiver James Lofton, who caught 57 passes for 1,010 yards and 14 TDs and was named an AP and NEA Second Team All-American; junior linebacker Gordy Ceresino, and freshman running back Darrin Nelson.
Stanford ended the regular season with a 8–3 record, then defeated LSU in the Sun Bowl on New Year's Eve for their ninth win,
and was fifteenth in the final rankings.Schedule
Roster
Four Cardinals were selected in the 1978 NFL Draft.
Awards and honors
- Guy Benjamin, Sammy Baugh Trophy
- James Lofton, AP and NEA Second Team All-American selection
