1977 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1977
| team = Southern Illinois Salukis
| sport = football
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| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| short_conf = MVC
| record = 3–8
| conf_record = 0–5
| head_coach = Rey Dempsey
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain =
| stadium = McAndrew Stadium
}}
{{1977 Missouri Valley Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|title=Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide|publisher=Southern Illinois University|year=2019|page=117|accessdate=July 12, 2020|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/siusalukis.com/documents/2019/8/20/Media_Guide.pdf}} The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
Schedule
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|September 3|at|New Mexico State|Memorial Stadium|Las Cruces, NM|L 7–29|11,044|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-and-review-new-mexico-state-stomp/171147551/|work=Herald and Review|title=New Mexico State stomps Southern 29–7|date=September 4, 1977|accessdate=April 26, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 10|at|Temple
|September 17||Indiana State|McAndrew Stadium|Carbondale, IL|L 9–14|13,458|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/southern-illinoisan-13458record-crow/171149677/|work=Southern Illinoisan|title=13,458...Record crowd sees SIU–C fall to Indiana State 14–9|date=September 18, 1977|accessdate=April 26, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 24|at|Arkansas State{{#tag:ref|Designated conference game|group=n|name=designated}}|Indian Stadium|Jonesboro, AR|L 6–21|10,957|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110984918/arkansas-state-whips-salukis/|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|title=Arkansas State whips Salukis|date=September 25, 1977|accessdate=October 9, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 1||Lamar
|October 8|at|East Carolina
|October 15|at|Southwestern Louisiana
|October 22|at|Northern Illinois
|November 5||Illinois State
|November 19||Drake|McAndrew Stadium|Carbondale, IL|L 9–13|4,803|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sioux-city-journal-drake-collects-se/171149321/|work=The Sioux City Journal|title=Drake collects second victory|date=November 20, 1977|accessdate=April 26, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 26|at|West Texas State|Kimbrough Memorial Stadium|Canyon, TX|L 9–28|7,550|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76977582/siu-closes-38-year-with-loss-to-champio/|work=Southern Illinoisan|title=SIU closes 3–8 year with loss to champion Texas|date=November 27, 1977|accessdate=May 3, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
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Notes
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References
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