1977 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

The 1977 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-8 Conference teams for the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

1977 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Washington $	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 15 Stanford	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 USC	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
UCLA †	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players. Rankings from AP Poll

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Guy Benjamin, Stanford (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Jack Thompson, Washington State (Coaches-2; UPI-2)

Running backs

• Charles White, USC (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Darrin Nelson, Stanford (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• David Turner, San Diego State (UPI-1)
• Joe Steele, Washington (Coaches-2; UPI-2)
• Paul Jones, California (Coaches-2; UPI-2)
• Bruce Gibson, Pacific (UPI-2)

Wide receivers

• James Lofton, Stanford (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Levenseller, Washington State (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
• Jesse Thompson, California (Coaches-2)
• Randy Simmrin, USC (Coaches-2)

Tight ends

• George Freitas, California (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• William Gay, USC (Coaches-2; UPI-2)

Tackles

• Gordon King, Stanford (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Gus Coppens, UCLA (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Anthony Muñoz, USC (Coaches-2; UPI-2)
• John Schuhmacher, USC (Coaches-2; UPI-2)

Guards

• Pat Howell, USC (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Jeff Toews, Washington (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
• Brad Budde, USC (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
• Chuck Shrn, Fresno State (UPI-1)
• Duke Leffler, California (Coaches-2)
• Mark Hill, Stanford (Coaches-2)

Centers

• Blair Bush, Washington (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Jim Walker, Oregon State (Coaches-2; UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Linemen

• Ralph DeLoach, California (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Manu Tuiasosopo, UCLA (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Walt Underwood, USC (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Dave Browning, Washington (Coaches-2; UPI-1)
• George Yarno, Washington State (UPI-1)
• Greg Marshall, Oregon State (Coaches-2; UPI-2)
• Doug Martin, Washington (Coaches-2; UPI-2)
• Mel Cook, Oregon (UPI-2)
• Simon Peterson, Fresno State (UPI-2)

Linebackers

• Gordy Ceresino, Stanford (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Jerry Robinson, UCLA (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Michael Jackson, Washington (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
• Clay Matthews Jr., USC (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
• Dan Bunz, Long Beach State (UPI-1)
• Frank Stephens, UCLA (Coaches-2)
• Don Hover, Washington State (Coaches-2)
• Burl Toler, California (Coaches-2)
• Ed Gutierrez, USC (Coaches-2)
• Frank Manumaleuga, San Jose State (UPI-2)

Defensive backs

• Dennis Thurman, USC (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Levi Armstrong, UCLA (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Ken Easley, UCLA (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
• Nesby Glasgow, Washington (Coaches-1; UPI-2)
• Ricky Odom, USC (Coaches-1)
• Gerald Smil, San Jose State (UPI-1)
• Kyle Heinrich, Washington (Coaches-2; UPI-2)
• Anthony Green, California (Coaches-2)
• Ken Greene, Washington State (Coaches-2)
• Lenny Holmes, Oregon State (Coaches-2)
• Ken McAllister, California (Coaches-2)

Special teams

Placekickers

• Jim Breech, California (Coaches-1; UPI-1)
• Frank Corral, UCLA (Coaches-2)
• Vince Petrucci, Fresno State (UPI-2)

Punters

• Gavin Hedrick, Washington State (Coaches-1)
• Dan Melville, California (Coaches-2)

Key

Coaches = Pacific-8 football coaches^{[1] [2]}

UPI = United Press International, selected by UPI from all teams on the Pacific Coast, not limited to the Pac-8 Conference^[3]

See also

• 1977 College Football All-America Team