Template talk:1977 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

UCLA forfeits

We've flagged UCLA's season as 0 wins due to forfeitures, since Jan 2012. There is conflicting information on whether UCLA forfeited either 6, or all 7, victories.

The 2016 UCLA Media Guide, pg 93 and 2008 guide both flags all 7 wins with a callout, but use a term of "no contest" for 2 games (Oregon, Oregon State at EOY):

1977: TERRY DONAHUE
9/12 L 13 (11) at Houston (14) 17
9/17 W †17 (14)Kansas 7
9/24 L 13 (18)at Minnesota 27
10/1 W †34 Iowa 16
10/8 L 28 at Stanford 32
10/15 W †27 at Washington State 16
10/22 W †21 California (15) 19
10/29 W †20 Washington 12
11/5 W ††21 at Oregon 3
11/12 W ††48 Oregon State 18
11/25 L 27 (17)at USC 29
 269 Season totals 196
 W—7, L—4, T—0 (T-2nd in Pacifi c-8)
Pre-Season Poll: 11th by AP;
†indicates games later forfeited
††no contest

• NY Times says: "The ban stemmed from violations by the 1977 U.C.L.A. football team, in which players were found to have had illegal transcripts, and the team had to forfeit seven victories."
• LA Times says: "VIOLATIONS: Some players on the 1977 football team had illegal junior college transcripts. SANCTIONS: The Pac-10 barred the school from a postseason bowl game after the 1980 season and required UCLA to forfeit six games from the 1977 season. The NCAA upheld the penalty and no further sanctions were imposed."
• Washington Post says: "The conference penalty, which was related to violations of academic standards, barred the school from any bowl games following the 1980 season and required UCLA to forfeit six games from the 1977 season."
• The 2016 Pac-12 Media Guide makes no callout on the 1977 standings table.
• The Spokesman Review flags the cause as forged transcripts of two JC players.

Based on the totality, I've leaving this as-is, with all 7 wins forfeited per the above for context. You're welcome to pursue. UW Dawgs (talk) 00:37, 14 September 2016 (UTC)