The 1977 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as an independent.

The team was led by head coach Claude Gilbert, in his fifth year, and played home games at San Diego Stadium^{[note 1]} in San Diego, California. They finished the season ranked #16 in the AP Poll and #18 in the UPI Poll, with a record of ten wins and one loss (10–1).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Cal State Fullerton		San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	W 34–17	41,066	[2]
September 17	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 21–14	42,135	[3]
October 1	Utah State		San Diego Stadium San Diego	W 19–0	43,161	[4]
October 8	at Fresno State		Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA (rivalry)	L 14–34	14,114	[5][6]
October 15	UTEP		San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	W 49–7	34,760	[7]
October 22	UNLV		San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	W 31–7	39,109	[8]
October 29	Tulsa		San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	W 41–7	28,306	[9][10]
November 5	at Pacific (CA)		Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 29–7	9,857	[11]
November 12	Long Beach State		San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	W 33–22	37,213	[12][13]
November 19	No. 13 Florida State		San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	W 41–16	50,453	[14]
December 3	at San Jose State	No. 16	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	W 37–34	10,000	[15]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1978 NFL Draft.^[18]

Team awards

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