The 1977 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Frank Maloney and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. The team finished 6–5 and was not invited to a bowl game.
Assistant coaches included Tom Coughlin, a Syracuse alum who later became head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Giants; Jerry Angelo, future general manager of the Chicago Bears; and Nick Saban, who went on to be head coach at Michigan State, LSU and Alabama, as well as the Miami Dolphins.
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