Tennessee_St (8-1-1)  ** - Non division 1A team
1977/09/03  Tennessee St               27 - **Middle Tennessee St       0 
1977/09/10  Tennessee St               17 - Jackson St                  7 
1977/09/17  Tennessee St               23 - **Alabama A&M              10 
1977/09/24  Tennessee St               23 - Texas Southern              7 
1977/10/01  Tennessee St               17 - **Central State             0 
1977/10/08  Tennessee St               26 - Grambling St                8 
1977/10/15  **Florida A&M              31 - Tennessee St               28 
1977/10/29  Tennessee St               15 - Southern                    7 
1977/11/05  Tennessee St               55 - **TN-Martin                 7 
1977/11/12  Tennessee St               14 - Tennessee Chattanooga      14 

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L  T     GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%
 12 Grambling St              1.268  10  1  0   0.424   -0.058   43.6   53.4
 15 Tennessee St              1.219   8  1  1   1.159   -0.056   63.5   44.8
 47 Tennessee Chattanooga     0.436   9  1  1   0.225   -0.611   33.8   49.0
 52 Jackson St                0.301   8  3  0   0.204   -0.079   46.7   51.9
 75 Texas Southern           -0.130   6  4  1   0.106   -0.202   50.0   51.4
141 Southern                 -5.553   3  7  1   0.029   -1.303   54.3   50.8