1977 Army Cadets football team

Conference

Independent

1977 record

7–4

Head coach

Homer Smith (4th year)

Captain

Chuck D'Amico

Captain

Leamon Hall

Home stadium

Seasons

« 1976

1978 »

1977 NCAA Division I Independents football records
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Notre Dame		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
#5 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		–		10	–	1	–	0
#16 San Diego State		–		–		10	–	1	–	0
Tennessee State		–		–		8	–	1	–	1
#14 Florida State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
North Texas State		–		–		10	–	1	–	0*
#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		–		–		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
Indiana State		–		–		3	–	7	–	0
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 9–2–0) awarded a forfeit win after UCLA was found to be using an ineligible player. Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Villanova	14	0	0	18	32
• Army	0	7	7	20	34

Scoring summary

1	VILL	Poleo 1-yard run (Fernandez kick)	Villanova 7-0

1	VILL	Thompson 2-yard run (Fernandez kick)	Villanova 14-0

2	ARMY	Hall 5-yard run (Castelli kick)	Villanova 14-7

3	ARMY	McGlasker 18-yard pass from Hall (Castelli kick)	Tie 14-14

4	ARMY	Brundidge 5-yard pass from Hall (Castelli kick)	Army 21-14

4	VILL	Thompson 1-yard run (Fernandez kick)	Tie 21-21

4	VILL	Fernandez 27-yard field goal	Villanova 24-21

4	ARMY	Hall 2-yard run (Castelli kick)	Army 28-24

4	ARMY	Dwyer 26-yard run (kick failed)	Army 34-24

4	VILL	McCauley 17-yard pass from O'Brien (Hobar pass from O'Brien)	Army 34-32

Scoring summary

1	VILL	Poleo 1-yard run (Fernandez kick)	Villanova 7-0

1	VILL	Thompson 2-yard run (Fernandez kick)	Villanova 14-0

2	ARMY	Hall 5-yard run (Castelli kick)	Villanova 14-7

3	ARMY	McGlasker 18-yard pass from Hall (Castelli kick)	Tie 14-14

4	ARMY	Brundidge 5-yard pass from Hall (Castelli kick)	Army 21-14

4	VILL	Thompson 1-yard run (Fernandez kick)	Tie 21-21

4	VILL	Fernandez 27-yard field goal	Villanova 24-21

4	ARMY	Hall 2-yard run (Castelli kick)	Army 28-24

4	ARMY	Dwyer 26-yard run (kick failed)	Army 34-24

4	VILL	McCauley 17-yard pass from O'Brien (Hobar pass from O'Brien)	Army 34-32

Army vs. Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Navy	0	7	7	0	14
• Army	7	10	0	0	17

Scoring summary

1		ARMY	Leamon Hall 1-yard run (Mike Castelli kick)	Army 7-0

2		ARMY	Mike Castelli 27-yard field goal	Army 10-0

2		NAVY	John Kurowski 18-yard pass from Bob Leszcynski (Bob Tata kick)	Army 10-7

3	1:09	ARMY	Greg King 1-yard run (Mike Castelli kick)	Army 17-7

3		NAVY	Joe Gattuso Jr. 2-yard run (Bob Tata kick)	Army 17-14

Scoring summary

1		ARMY	Leamon Hall 1-yard run (Mike Castelli kick)	Army 7-0

2		ARMY	Mike Castelli 27-yard field goal	Army 10-0

2		NAVY	John Kurowski 18-yard pass from Bob Leszcynski (Bob Tata kick)	Army 10-7

3	1:09	ARMY	Greg King 1-yard run (Mike Castelli kick)	Army 17-7

3		NAVY	Joe Gattuso Jr. 2-yard run (Bob Tata kick)	Army 17-14

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

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

Army finished with its first winning season since 1972.