1977 New York City mayoral election, Primaries, Democratic primary, Blackout
Mayor Beame accused Con Edison, the power provider for New York City, of "gross negligence". Koch criticized Beame for losing control of the streets and failing to ask Governor Carey to call in the National Guard.


1977 New York City mayoral election, Primaries, Democratic runoff campaign
As no candidate obtained the needed 40%, a runoff election was scheduled. The Democratic Party runoff election was held on September 19, 1977 between the top two vote getters, Koch and Cuomo.


1977 New York City mayoral election, General election
Though Koch won the runoff convincingly, Cuomo remained in the race as the Liberal Party nominee.


1977 New York City mayoral election, General election
Though Governor Carey had persuaded Cuomo to run for mayor in the first place, he threw his support to Koch and urged Cuomo to stand down for the sake of party unity. Cuomo refused.


1977 New York City mayoral election, General election
While Koch had a reputation as a crusading reformer, that summer he quietly promised plum city jobs to the political powerbrokers in the boroughs in exchange for their support. Cuomo ran on banning the death penalty, which backfired with New Yorkers, who were sick of crime. Cuomo then went negative with ads that likened Koch to unpopular former mayor John Lindsay. His supporters used the inflammatory slogan "Vote for Cuomo, Not the Homo". Meanwhile, Koch backers accused Cuomo of anti-Semitism and pelted Cuomo campaign cars with eggs.


1977 New York City mayoral election, General election, Results by borough
Other vote was: Kenneth F. Newcombe – Communist – 5,300; Catarino Garza – Socialist Workers – 3,294; Vito Battista – United Taxpayers Party – 2,119; Louis Wein – Independent – 1,127; William Lawry – Free Libertarian – 1,068; Elijah Boyd – Labor – 873. Cuomo's total vote included 522,942 Liberal and 64,971 Neighborhood Government.


1977 New York Cosmos season
The 1977 New York Cosmos season was the seventh season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. The Cosmos' seventh year of existence saw them drop "New York" from the club name (it would be restored in 1979), move into Giants Stadium (where they would play until their dissolution in 1985), and win their second NASL championship in Pelé's final year as a professional footballer.


1977 New York Cosmos season
Pelé's last match was on October 1, 1977, in front of a capacity crowd at Giants Stadium: in an exhibition match between New York and his former club Santos, Pelé appeared for both sides, playing one half for each. The Cosmos won the game 2–1. The Cosmos finished second in the 4-team Eastern Division and third out of 18 teams league-wide on their way to the 1977 championship.


1977 New York Cosmos season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1977 New York Cosmos season, Results, Regular season
Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points6 points for a win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).


1977 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 43rd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 29 January 1978, honored the best filmmaking of 1977.


1977 New York Giants season
The 1977 New York Giants season was the franchise's 53rd season in the National Football League (NFL). The Giants had a 5–9 record in 1977 and finished in a tie for last place with the Philadelphia Eagles.


1977 New York Giants season
The Giants selected defensive end Gary Jeter in the 1977 NFL Draft with the fifth overall pick. Before the season, the Giants signed quarterback Joe Pisarcik, who won the starting position to replace Craig Morton, whom they had traded to the Denver Broncos. New York won their opening game of the year against the Washington Redskins, prevailing 20–17 on a field goal by Joe Danelo in the final seconds. After losses in their next three games, victories over the San Francisco 49ers and Redskins evened the Giants’ record at 3–3. Afterwards, New York lost six of their last eight games. With a season-ending 12–9 defeat by the Chicago Bears in overtime, the team concluded the year at 5–9.


1977 New York Giants season
Offensively, New York's season total of 181 points was lower than all but four of the 27 other NFL teams. Pisarcik started 11 of the Giants' 14 games in 1977 and threw for 1,346 yards, but had 14 passes intercepted and only four touchdowns. Bobby Hammond led the Giants in rushing with 154 carries for 577 yards. Doug Kotar and Larry Csonka also rushed for more than 450 yards each. The team's leading receiver statistically was Jimmy Robinson, who caught 22 passes for 422 yards and three touchdowns.


1977 New York Giants season
Gary Shirk was the only other Giants player with multiple touchdown catches, while Johnny Perkins was second behind Robinson with 20 receptions. On defense, cornerback Bill Bryant led New York with three interceptions. For the second consecutive season, linebacker Brad Van Pelt was the only Giant to make the Pro Bowl.


1977 New York Giants season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Scott Hunter set up Monroe Eley's one-yard plunge early in the second period with an 18-yard bootleg and backup quarterback Kim McQuilken led an 80-yard scoring drive in the final period to give the Falcons a 17–3 win over the Giants.


1977 New York Giants season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5
Joe Pisarcik's 37-yard touchdown pass to tight end Gary Shirk and a pair of field goals by Joe Danelo helped give New York a narrow 20–17 victory, their first in four games. 49ers quarterback Jim Plunkett started a San Francisco rally. Touchdowns by Wilbur Jackson on a one-yard run and wide receiver Gene Washington on a 47-yard pass made the game close.


1977 New York Jets season
The 1977 New York Jets season was the 18th season for the team and the 8th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 3–11 record from 1976 under new head coach Walt Michaels and beginning the post-Joe Namath era. However, the Jets struggled and finished with a third consecutive 3–11 season. They won a major off the field court decision.


1977 New York Jets season
As per the memorandum of understanding signed in late 1961 by team original owner (as the New York Titans) Harry Wismer, Shea Stadium’s co-tenants, the New York Mets, would have exclusive use of the stadium until they had completed their season. The Jets were, in most years, required to open the season with several road games, a problem made worse in 1969 and 1973 when the Mets had long playoff runs.


1977 New York Jets season
Feeling that this arrangement was a disadvantage, the team announced in 1977 that they would play two home games a year during the month of September at the Giants’ new home in New Jersey, Giants Stadium. Litigation began between New York City and the Jets over the issue, and in the lawsuit’s settlement, the city agreed to allow the Jets to play two September home games a season at Shea beginning in 1978 for the remaining six years in the Jets' lease.


1977 New York Jets season
In 1977, the Jets were to play one September game at Giants Stadium and an October 2 game at Shea. From 1967 through this season—a span of 11 seasons—the Jets did not play a home game at Shea Stadium in the month of September. As of 2017, the Jets are the first (and so far, only) team in NFL history to finish 3 straight seasons with only 3 wins. Since the NFL schedule expanded to 16 games in 1978, no team has finished 3–13 three years in a row.


1977 New York Jets season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills
Joe Ferguson hit Bob Chandler with two touchdown passes as the Bills defeated the Jets 14-10 at Shea Stadium. Pat Leahy opened the scoring, early in the 2nd quarter with a 25-yd Field goal. Richard Todd connected with Wesley Walker to put the Jets ahead with less than two minutes remaining in the final quarter, but Ferguson moved the Bills 92 yards, tossing the winning touchdown with 40 seconds left.


1977 New York Mets season
The 1977 New York Mets season was the 16th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Initially led by manager Joe Frazier followed by Joe Torre, the team posted a 64–98 record and finished in last place for the first time since 1967, and for the first time since divisional play was introduced in 1969.


1977 New York Mets season, Regular season
The 1977 Mets had some promising new players in outfielder Lee Mazzilli and catcher John Stearns, but there was not enough stock in the lineup. The once powerful pitching staff had also taken on a leaner look. By midseason, ace Tom Seaver had been traded, Jerry Koosman was 8–20 and Jon Matlack (who would be traded in December) was 7–15.


1977 New York Mets season, Regular season, Managerial change
1977 got off to a bad start for Joe Frazier's Mets. On May 30, after being swept in a doubleheader by the Montreal Expos, the Mets' record fell to 15–30, and Frazier was fired as manager of the Mets. Mets first baseman Joe Torre assumed the role of player-manager, leading his team to a 49–68 record the remainder of the way. The team finished 37 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East, narrowly avoiding a 100-loss season (64–98).


1977 New York Mets season, Regular season, Managerial change
Torre was the club's sixth manager and in certain respects his appointment reestablished the New York connection of Mets managers. Although he had spent most of his career with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals, Torre had grown up and played his first baseball in Brooklyn. When the thirty-six-year-old Torre retired as a player that June, he left behind a .297 lifetime batting average for his eighteen years in the major leagues, including an MVP season in 1971 when he led the league with a .363 batting average. Torre was an able manager, with a veteran's incisive insights into the game and the ability to handle and motivate players. But in this case, a last-place team was a last-place team no matter how able the manager.


1977 New York Mets season, Regular season, "The Midnight Massacre"
Seaver was at odds with Met chairman M. Donald Grant all season due to contract disputes. The conflict came to a head two weeks after Torre took over as manager on June 15, when Grant traded Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds for Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson and Dan Norman. Dave Kingman was also traded to the San Diego Padres for minor league pitcher Paul Siebert and Bobby Valentine. Somewhat more quietly that day, they also acquired Joel Youngblood from the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Phillips. To make room for Youngblood on the Mets' active roster, Torre retired as a player.


1977 New York Mets season, Regular season, "The Midnight Massacre"
From a public-relations perspective, the Seaver and Kingman trades were a disaster. Seaver especially was a hard hit to the fan base. As a member of the 1969 World Champions, he was a symbol of past glory, and was still a highly-effective pitcher. Whatever else they might not have had, they still had as their very own the man generally acclaimed as baseball's premier pitcher. No matter how abrasive the relationship between Seaver and his employers had become, dealing him away was a serious miscalculation, and Shea Stadium became known as "Grant's Tomb" in the New York sports pages.


1977 New York Mets season, Regular season, "The Midnight Massacre"
Grant did acquire some good, young talent for Seaver; Flynn was a slick fielding second baseman who won the NL Gold Glove award in 1980, Zachry was co-winner of the NL Rookie of the Year award with Butch Metzger the previous season (coincidentally, they would be teammates on the Mets in 1978), and Henderson would be narrowly eclipsed by the Montreal Expos' Andre Dawson for the award in 1977.


1977 New York Mets season, Regular season, "The Midnight Massacre"
Dave Kingman was in the final year of his contract, and thus, would have become a free agent at the end of the season unless the club re-signed him, but coming on top of the Seaver trade, aligned with the fact that the team got very little in return for their big buster, the Kingman trade only added to the growing disenchantment at Shea Stadium, and June 15, 1977, would forever be known to Mets fans as "The Midnight Massacre."


1977 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1977 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1977 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1977 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1977 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1977 New York Yankees season
The 1977 New York Yankees season was the 75th season for the Yankees in New York and the 77th season overall for the franchise. The team won the World Series, which was the 21st championship in franchise history and the first under the ownership of George Steinbrenner. New York was managed by Billy Martin, and played at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx. The season was brought to life years later in the book and drama-documentary, The Bronx is Burning.


1977 New York Yankees season, Offseason
The Yankees signed Reggie Jackson to a five-year contract, totaling $2.96 million, on November 29, 1976. Upon arriving in New York, Jackson asked for uniform number 9, which he had worn in Oakland and Baltimore. However, that number was being worn by third baseman Graig Nettles. So, noting that then-all-time home run leader Hank Aaron had just retired, Jackson asked for and received number 44, Aaron's number.


1977 New York Yankees season, Regular season
The team finished in first place in the American League East with a record of 100–62 (.617),  2½ games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles to successfully defend their division title. In the best-of-five League Championship Series (ALCS), they beat the Kansas City Royals in five games. In the World Series, New York defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games.


1977 New York Yankees season, Regular season, All-Star game
Yankee Stadium hosted the All-Star Game on July 19, less than a week after the blackout. Four Yankees were in the game: Willie Randolph and Reggie Jackson were in the starting lineup at second base and right field, while relief pitcher Sparky Lyle and third baseman Graig Nettles were part of the roster as reserves. The National League defeated the American League 7–5.


1977 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Characters, Reggie Jackson
Jackson's first season with the Yankees was a difficult one. Although team owner George Steinbrenner and several players, most notably catcher and team captain Thurman Munson and outfielder Lou Piniella, were excited about his arrival, Martin was not. He had managed the Detroit Tigers in 1972 when Jackson's A's beat them in the league playoffs. Jackson was once quoted as saying of Martin, "I hate him, but if I played for him, I'd probably love him."


1977 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Characters, Reggie Jackson
The relationship between Jackson and his new teammates was strained due to an interview with SPORT magazine writer Robert Ward. During spring training at the Yankees' camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Jackson and Ward were having drinks at a nearby bar. Jackson's version of the story is that he noted that the Yankees had won the pennant the year before, but lost the World Series to the Reds, and suggested that they needed one thing more to win it all, and pointed out the various ingredients in his drink.


1977 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Characters, Reggie Jackson
Ward suggested that Jackson might be "the straw that stirs the drink." But when the story appeared in the May 1977 issue of SPORT, Ward quoted Jackson as saying, "This team, it all flows from me. I'm the straw that stirs the drink. Maybe I should say me and Munson, but he can only stir it bad."


1977 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Characters, Thurman Munson
Thurman Munson was "uncharacteristically happy" about the team getting Jackson in large part because he believed he had received "a verbal agreement from Steinbrenner that, with the exception of Catfish Hunter (who'd signed a five-year, $3.75 million contract with the Yankees before the 1975 season), he [Munson] would always be the highest-paid player on the team." But, Steinbrenner did not follow through and adjust Munson's contract upward. As the baseball book Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ‘76 puts it, "But the Yankee captain wouldn't be smiling for long, once he realized that Steinbrenner had no intention of making good on their agreement."


1977 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Characters, Thurman Munson
An article in The New York Times in January 1977 reported, "Munson, however, has continued to be disturbed with Steinbrenner because of what he said first was the owner's denial of any verbal agreement and secand [second] was Steinbrenner's misleading him on Jackson's salary."


1977 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Characters, Billy Martin
Martin feuded publicly with both Yankee owner Steinbrenner and star outfielder Jackson. In one especially infamous incident on Saturday, June 18, in the second game of a three-game sweep by the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Martin pulled Jackson off the field in mid-inning for failing to hustle on a check-swing pop double by Boston's Jim Rice. Replaced in right field by Paul Blair, Jackson confronted Martin when he returned to the dugout, and Martin had to be restrained by his coaches (Elston Howard and Yogi Berra) from fighting with Jackson during the nationally-televised Game of the Week.


1977 New York Yankees season, Regular season, In popular culture
Jonathan Mahler wrote a bestselling book entitled Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning about the turmoil in New York City in 1977, including the Son of Sam, the blackout, and how Yankees season rallied the people of New York. The book was adapted for an ESPN miniseries, The Bronx Is Burning


1977 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1977 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1977 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1977 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1977 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1977 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 1977 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 9 January 1977. The race had 20 starters.


1977 New Zealand Grand Prix
It was the 23rd New Zealand Grand Prix, and saw the race run with Formula Pacific cars rather than Formula 5000 as was run for the previous few years. The race was won by future Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg in the Chevron B24. The rest of the podium was completed by American Tom Gloy and Jamaican Richard Melville.


1977 New Zealand National Soccer League
The 1977 New Zealand National Soccer League was the eighth season of a nationwide round-robin club competition in New Zealand football. An expansion by two teams meant that it was the first year in which twelve teams took part. Prize money was significantly increased for the top three clubs, and the number of teams relegated increased from one to three, these being automatically replaced by the winners of the three regional leagues.


1977 New Zealand National Soccer League, Promotion and relegation
With an expanded league, there was no promotion and relegation play-off series for 1977 league places. Gisborne City, relegated in 1976, returned to the regional league, and three new teams took their place. These were the winners of the northern, central, and southern leagues (Hamilton, Nelson United, and Dunedin City respectively).


1977 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
No one team dominated the 1977 league, which was won narrowly by North Shore United over Stop Out. Shore ran hot and cold, with a string of six wins early in the season followed by a string of lacklustre performances which saw them slide down the table. Hutt Valley's Stop Out showed a marked improvement from the previous season, when they only narrowly avoided relegation. Trans Tours Christchurch United also rebounded from the previous year's poor showing. Newcomers Hamilton (soccer) completed the top four. Two-thirds of the way through the season they were leading, but one win in thei last seven games ended their title challenge.


1977 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
Wellington Diamond United and Mount Wellington completed the top half of the table. WDU's season was highlighted by a 7-3 win over New Brighton, a goal aggregate record for the league up until that point. The Mount's season was badly affected by the loss of players to qualifying matches for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and a goal drought late in the season cost them dearly. Nelson United started and ended the season brightly, but the middle of the season saw a disastrous run of ten matches without a win, leaving them seventh at the season's end. They were followed by Blockhouse Bay, who recorded their lowest league position yet, largely due to the loss of key players to other sides, notably Ian and Duncan Ormond, who had moved to North Shore and Stop out respectively.


1977 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
Eastern Suburbs finished just above New Brighton, avoiding relegation only by way of a better goal ratio. This was largely the result of two big wins by Suburbs over the Seasiders in which they had scored eleven goals in total and only had three scored against them. It was a bad year for South Island sides other than Christchurch United — New Brighton were accompanied into the regional leagues by the two Dunedin sides, Dunedin City and Caversham. City were doomed by their terrible start to the season.


1977 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
Nine straight losses meant they were always going to have a struggle to catch up, and despite a very strong finish to the season they failed to make up the ground. Neighbours Caversham had as forgettable an end to the season as city's start to it, failing to find the net in their last eight games.


1977 New Zealand Open
The 1977 New Zealand Open was a men's professional tennis tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand that was held from 10 January through 16 January 1977. First-seeded Vijay Amritraj won the singles title.


1977 New Zealand Open, Finals, Doubles
Chris Lewis /  Russell Simpson defeated  Peter Langsford /  Jonathan Smith 7–6, 6–4


1977 New Zealand Open – Singles
Vijay Amritraj defeated Tim Wilkison 7–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 to win the 1977 New Zealand Open singles competition. Onny Parun was the champion but did not defend his title.


1977 New Zealand Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1977 New Zealand Open – Singles, Draw, Key
NB: The Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final were the best of 5 sets while the First and Second Round were the best of 3 sets.


1977 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours
The 1977 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by Elizabeth II to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark her silver jubilee visit to New Zealand that year. They were announced on 22 February 1977.


1977 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1977 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours, Royal Victorian Order, Member, fourth class (MVO)
In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).


1977 New Zealand bravery awards
The 1977 New Zealand bravery awards were announced in conjunction with the Queen's Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours on 11 June  1977, and via a Special Honours List dated 22 December 1977, and recognised ten people for acts of bravery in 1976 and 1977.


1977 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)
On 4 November 1976, an armed man robbed the National Bank of New Zealand Ltd., at East Tamaki, Auckland.


1977 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)
At the time Mr Penniall was a customer in the Bank and when the offender made off Mr Penniall followed in his utility vehicle accompanied by Mr Hadley, who had been in a near-by shop. They followed the offender for some distance and at Pakuranga they found him sitting on his motor-cycle in a parking area. The offender attempted to flee but was foiled by Mr Penniall driving into the motor-cycle and knocking it to the ground. Mr Hadley then alighted and tackled the offender.


1977 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)
At this stage the offender produced the loaded sawn-off shotgun used in the hold-up and threatened to shoot Mr Hadley. This did not deter Mr Hadley who threw himself at the offender, deflecting the weapon in the process. Mr Penniall joined in the scuffle and together they were able to overpower the offender and hold him until the Police and other people arrived at the scene.


1977 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)
Both Mr Penniall and Mr Hadley were in danger of death or injury at the hands of the offender. The courage they displayed resulted in a dangerous armed offender being apprehended and $14,000 recovered in a matter of minutes following the offence.


1977 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
For services leading to the rescue of a fisherman who had been swept off the rocks at Muriwai Beach by turbulent seas on the morning of 30 May 1976.


1977 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
For services rendered during a riot at the Waikeria Youth Centre on 31 October 1976.


1977 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
For services leading to the arrest of a 17-year-old youth who was in possession of a .303 rifle which he had twice fired with serious intentions of causing injury if not death to the persons present. The incident occurred at Taupo on 13 February 1977.


1977 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
Constable Paignton is a Police dog handler stationed at Rotorua. On the night of 2 September 1977 when attempting to apprehend an offender, he became separated from his dog and in an ensuing violent fight was severely injured. The offender, with assistance from some patrons from a nearby hotel, was able to make his escape and was not recaptured until the following day.


1977 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
For services leading to the successful rescue of 13 seamen from the Japanese squid boat, "Maru Daimaru Nr 2 ", that grounded on the rocks to the north of the Heaphy River mouth on the West Coast of the South Island on 4 January 1977.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1977 New Zealand rugby league season was the 70th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand co-hosted the World Cup with Australia. The Kiwis lost to Great Britain, France and Australia. Matches were played at the Addington Showgrounds and Carlaw Park. New Zealand were coached by Ron Ackland and consisted of captain Tony Coll (c), Fred Ah Kuoi, Warren Collicoat, Ray Baxendale, Olsen Filipaina, Kevin Fisher, Mark Graham, Whare Henry, Whetu Henry, Chris Jordan, Michael O'Donnell, Dane O'Hara, Lyndsay Proctor, Alan Rushton, John Smith, Kurt and Dane Sorensen, John Whittaker and Dennis Williams. Dane Sorensen became the first New Zealander to be selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team while based overseas, when he was picked while playing for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Coached by Bill Sorensen, Auckland famously completed a "grand slam" when they defeated Australia, England and France in the space of 21 days in June. Auckland defeated Australia 19-15 on 1 June, Great Britain 14-10 on 14 June and France 17-0 on 21 June all at Carlaw Park. Auckland were captained by Dennis Williams and included Gary Kemble, Warren Winter, Olsen Filipaina, Chris Jordan, Dave Sorensen, John Smith, John Wilson, Glenn Taylor, Lyndsay Proctor, Kurt Sorensen, Alan McCarthy, Mark Graham, Dave Lepper, Dane O'Hara, Fred Ah Kuoi, Stan Napa, Luther Toloa and Mark Lowe.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand also hosted the Pacific Cup. The New Zealand Māori side defended their title, beating Western Australia 35-12 in the final at Carlaw Park. Coached by Tom Newton, the New Zealand Māori squad included Dick Uluave, James Leuluai, Dennis Key, Rick Muru, John Wilson, Josh Liavaa and Ian Bell. The Pacific Cup was not a financial success and was not held again until 1986.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
John Smith won the New Zealand Rugby League's player of the year award.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Rugby League Cup
Taranaki held the Rugby League Cup at the end of the season.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Auckland won the Rothmans trophy, defeating Wellington 36-22 at Carlaw Park in the final.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
John Smith, Warren Winter, Dennis Williams, Mark Graham, Joe Karam and Dane O'Hara played for Auckland, who were coached by Bill Sorensen.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, Australasian competition
Auckland were eliminated in Round one of the Amco Cup when they lost 2-23 to a Northern Division side. The match was held at the same time as the Kiwis trial, meaning Auckland was without fourteen of its top players.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, Australasian competition
Canterbury also lost 12-20 to Brisbane Easts in Round one.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Otahuhu dominated, winning the Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial Trophy, Rukutai Shield, Roope Rooster, Stormont Shield and the Kiwi Shield. They defeated the Richmond Bulldogs 11-3 in the Fox Memorial grand final. Manukau won the Sharman Cup and Glenfield won the Norton Cup.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
John Wilson (Northcote) won the Lipscombe Cup, Dennis Williams (Te Atatu) won the Rothville Trophy, Lyndsay Proctor(Ellerslie) and Olsen Filipaina (Mangere East) won the Bert Humphries Memorial, Nick Wright (Otahuhu) won the Tetley Trophy, Joe Karam (Glenora) won the Painter Rosebowl Trophy and Graham Lowe (Otahuhu) won the Hyland Memorial Cup.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Otahuhu were coached by Graham Lowe while Joe Karam played for Glenora.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Papanui won the Canterbury Rugby League's Pat Smith Challenge Trophy.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Wigram and Woodbourne met in the first rugby league match between Royal New Zealand Air Force bases.


1977 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
The Waitara Bears won the Taranaki Rugby League championship. Marist were the runners up


1977 New Zealand rugby union tour of Italy and France
The 1977 New Zealand rugby union tour of Italy and France was a series of nine matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in Italy and France in October and November 1977. The All Blacks won eight of their nine games, losing only the first of the two internationals against France.


1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used six district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.


1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist


1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist1973-1977 Change: No change


1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from Independent Unionist (two seats)


1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election, Districts results, Area D
1973: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist gain from Independent Unionist (two seats) and Republican Clubs


1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election, Districts results, Area E
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Unionist1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican1973-1977 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Republican Clubs and Independent Unionist, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP


1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election, Districts results, Area F
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Alliance1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from Alliance


1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.


1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from UUP


1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x United Loyalist1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Loyalist1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from United Loyalist, NILP joins Newtownabbey Labour


1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UPNI1973-1977 Change: Alliance and UPNI gain from UUP (two seats)


1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election, Districts results, Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP1977-1981 Change: Alliance gain from UUP


1977 Nice International Championships
The 1977 Nice International Championships, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice, France, and was part of the 1977 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 28 March until 3 April 1977. First-seeded Björn Borg won the title.


1977 Nice International Championships, Finals, Doubles
Ion Țiriac /  Guillermo Vilas defeated  Chris Kachel /  Chris Lewis 6–4, 6–1


1977 Nicholls State Colonels football team
The 1977 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University in the 1977 NCAA Division II football season. The Colonels were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Clements. They played their home games at John L. Guidry Stadium and were a member of the Gulf South Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 2–5 in Gulf South play.


1977 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 1977 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 28th season of operation for the league.


1977 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Pacific League Playoff
The Pacific League teams with the best first and second-half records met in a best-of-five playoff series to determine the league representative in the Japan Series.


1977 North American Soccer League playoffs
The 1977 North American Soccer League playoffs began on August 10 and ended on August 28 with Soccer Bowl '77 at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon. 12 out of 18 teams qualified after a 26-match regular season, six from each conference.


1977 North American Soccer League playoffs, Playoff format
The top three teams in each division would quality for the playoffs, similar to the 1976 playoffs. The first round and the Soccer Bowl were single games, but the division championships and conference championships were two-game series. If teams were tied at one win apiece at the conclusion of Game 2, there would be a 30-minute sudden death mini-game and a shootout if necessary.


1977 North American Soccer League season
Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1977. This was the 10th season of the NASL.


1977 North American Soccer League season, Overview
The league was made up of 18 teams. The schedule was expanded to 26 games and the playoffs to 12 teams. Team rosters consisted of 17 players, 6 of which had to be US or Canadian citizens. The NASL began using its own variation of the penalty shoot-out procedure for tied matches. Matches tied at the end of regulation would now go to a golden goal overtime period and, if still tied, on to a shoot-out. Instead of penalty kicks however, the shoot-out attempt started 35 yards from the goal and allowed the player 5 seconds to attempt a shot.


1977 North American Soccer League season, Overview
The player could make as many moves as he wanted in a breakaway situation within the time frame. NASL procedure also called for the box score or score-line to show an additional "goal" given to the winning side of a shoot-out. This "victory goal" however was not credited in the "Goals For" column of the league table. The Cosmos defeated the Seattle Sounders in the finals on August 28 to win the championship.


1977 North American Soccer League season, Regular season
W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, BP = Bonus Points, Pts= point system


1977 North American Soccer League season, Regular season
6 points for a win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game.


1977 North American Soccer League season, Playoffs
The first round and the Soccer Bowl were single game match ups, while the conference semifinals and championships were all two-game series.


1977 North American Soccer League season, Playoffs, Division Championships
*Minnesota Kicks hosted Game 1 (instead of Game 2) due to a scheduling conflict with the Twins baseball club.


1977 North American Soccer League season, Playoffs, Conference Championships
#Seattle Sounders hosted Game 2 (instead of Game 1) due to a scheduling conflict with the Mariners baseball club.


1977 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1977 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the North Carolina Tar Heels of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.


1977 North Dakota State Bison football team
The 1977 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their second year under head coach Jim Wacker, the team compiled a 9–2–1 record, finished as NCC champion, and lost to Jacksonville State in the Grantland Rice Bowl.


1977 North Down Borough Council election
Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.


1977 North Down Borough Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPNI, 1 x Independent Unionist1973-1977 Change: UPNI and Independent Unionist gain from UUP (two seats)


1977 North Down Borough Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Loyalist, 1 x Alliance1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x DUP1973-1977 Change: Vanguard and DUP gain from Loyalist (two seats)


1977 North Down Borough Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Vanguard1973-1977 Change: Loyalist joins Vanguard


1977 North Down Borough Council election, Districts results, Area D
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from Loyalist


1977 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1977 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was part of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India.


1977 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) releases unofficial advisories. An average of five tropical cyclones form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November. Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45°E and 100°E are included in the season by the IMD.


1977 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Two (02A)
On June 9, a tropical disturbance was noted off the west coast of India in the Arabian Sea. The system moved northward, followed by a northwest turn on June 10 while the system intensified into a tropical storm. It curved toward the west, and the JTWC reported the cyclone as reaching peak winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) on June 11. The JTWC issued the final advisory at 0800 UTC on June 13 as the storm was making landfall on Masirah Island.


1977 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Two (02A)
The Oman Department of Meteorology reported the storm as being much stronger than the JTWC, with sustained winds of 105 mph (170 km/h) with gusts to 140 mph (230 km/h). Shortly after striking Masirah, the storm moved ashore mainland Oman, causing rapid weakening to tropical depression status. The system dissipated on June 14 after crossing into southeastern Saudi Arabia.


1977 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Two (02A)
The cyclone was the strongest on record to make landfall on the Arabian Peninsula, until Cyclone Gonu surpassed it in 2007. Overall, the cyclone caused 105 deaths and 48 injuries, and 50,000 people were left homeless.


1977 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Four (04B)
This cyclone was formed on 27 October and maintained the intensity as a Cyclonic Storm. The storm made landfall between Nellore and Kavali in Andhra Pradesh on 31 October. Its remnants tracked into the Arabian Sea by the next day. It meandered at the same place for three more days until dissipated on 4 November. Nearly 80 km of telegram line was cut off between Singarayakonda and Kovvur due to the storm which disrupted the telegraph connection between Andhra and other states of India. It also caused huge damages to agricultural crops and property.


1977 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclone Five (05B)
The cyclone formed on November 8 in the Bay of Bengal. It gradually intensified into a Category 1-equivalent cyclone, being classified as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm on November 12. On the same day, the storm made landfall at Nagapattinam in Tamilnadu at its peak intensity. It emerged into the Arabian Sea off the Kerala coast as a Deep Depression on November 13. It re-intensified into a Severe Cyclonic Storm while making an anticlockwise loop. It then began to weaken rapidly as wind shear tore apart its structure. It made its second landfall at Honnavar in Karnataka as a Depression on November 22 and dissipated on November 23.


1977 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclone Five (05B)
Many places in the Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, and Thiruvarur districts received wind gusts up to 165 kmph. 23,000 cattle perished and 560 people were reported to be killed by the storm. 10 Lakh people were affected in Tamil Nadu by the storm. Damages in Indian Rupees were estimated to be 155 crores. During its second landfall at Karnataka, only minor damages were reported to the fishing hamlets there.


1977 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclone Five (05B)
During its existence over the Arabian Sea, the storm coexisted with the 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone which was the first time in the satellite era in the basin to have two cyclones on the either side of the North Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea). The next time this happened was in 2018 with Cyclone Titli and Cyclone Luban. If we consider the whole duration of the storm, this cyclone is also the longest-lasting storm in the North Indian Ocean basin on record, though the India Meteorological Department didn't agree with this as they consider it as two different cyclones.


1977 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclone Six (06B)
The monsoon trough spawned a tropical depression on November 14. It tracked westward, becoming a tropical storm on the November 15 and a cyclone on November 16. A break in the subtropical ridge pulled the cyclone northward, where it slowly strengthened to a peak of 125 mph winds. It hit the Andhra Pradesh coastline on November 19 at that intensity, and dissipated the next day. Strong winds, heavy flooding, and storm surge of 5 meters high killed 10,000 people, left hundreds of thousands homeless, killed 40,000 cattle. and destroyed 40% of India's food grains.


1977 North Korean local elections
Elections to provincial, municipal, city, county and district people's assemblies were held in North Korea on March 4, 1977. In total, 3,244 provincial people's assembly deputies and 24,268 city, county and district people's assembly deputies were elected.


1977 North Korean local elections
Voter turnout was reported as 100%, with candidates receiving a 100% approval rate.


1977 North Korean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 11 November 1977 to elect the 579 members of the sixth Supreme People's Assembly. In the first session of the parliament that was formed that year, the second seven-year economic development plan (1978–1984) was approved. Another topic on the agenda was "Let us Further Strengthen the People's Government", which was released on 15 December.


1977 North Texas State Mean Green football team
The 1977 North Texas State Mean Green football team represented North Texas State University—now known as the University of North Texas—during the 1977 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fifth season under head coach Hayden Fry, the team compiled a 10–1 record. The team played its home games at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas.


1977 North Texas State Mean Green football team, Game summaries, SMU
In the first meeting between the two teams at Texas Stadium, the Mean Green ended a 44-year drought against the Mustangs. Coach Hayden Fry earned a victory over the program that had controversially dismissed him in 1972.


1977 North-East Fife District Council election
Elections to North-East Fife Council were held in May 1977, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections.


1977 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team
The 1977 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team was an American football team that represented Northeast Louisiana University (now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe) as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their second year under head coach John David Crow, the team compiled a 2–9 record.


1977 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The 1977 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season. In their third year under head coach Joe Salem, the Lumberjacks compiled a 9–3 record (5–1 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 324 to 204, and finished second out of seven teams in the Big Sky.


1977 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The team played its home games at the newly-constructed NAU Ensphere (later renamed the Walkup Skydome) in Flagstaff, Arizona. The first game in the new stadium was played on September 17 against Montana.


1977 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The Lumberjacks earned a berth in the 1977 NCAA Division II Playoffs, losing in the first round to Jacksonville State.


1977 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 1977 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Huskies competed under the Mid-American Conference banner during this season. They were led by head coach Pat Culpepper, and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.


1977 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
The 1977 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 1977 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference.


1977 Northern Ireland local elections
Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in May 1977.


1977 Northern Ireland local elections
The elections saw good performances by the four largest parties: the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), while smaller parties failed to make a breakthrough. The DUP took control of their first council, Ballymena, while the UUP retained control of Banbridge. The SDLP lost control of Magherafelt, their only council.


1977 Northern Mariana Islands constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in the Northern Mariana Islands on 6 March 1977. The new constitution was approved by 93% of voters and came into force on 9 January 1978.


1977 Northern Mariana Islands constitutional referendum, Background
A Constitutional Assembly had been elected and drafted the new constitution between 18 October until 5 December 1976.


1977 Northern Mariana Islands general election
General elections were held in the Northern Mariana Islands on 10 December 1977. Carlos S. Camacho of the Democratic Party was elected Governor, defeating Jose C. Tenorio of the Territorial Party. Camacho's running mate Francisco Ada became Lieutenant Governor after a win over Olympio T. Borja. Democratic Party candidate Edward Pangelinan was elected as the territory's member of the United States House of Representatives, defeating Juan T. Lizama of the Territorial Party.


1977 Northern Mariana Islands general election
Although it lost the elections for the main posts, the Territorial Party won the legislative election, taking five of the nine seats in the Senate and eight of the fourteen seats in the House of Representatives. Felicidad Ogumoro, who was elected to the House in Saipan, became the first woman elected to the islands' legislature.


1977 Northern Mariana Islands general election, Aftermath
The new legislature was sworn in on 9 January 1978 Lorenzo Guerrero was elected President of the Senate and Oscar Rasa Speaker of the House of Representatives.


1977 Northern Territory general election
A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 13 August 1977. Though the election was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP), the party lost five of its seven executive members. Surprisingly, one of the casualties was Majority Leader Goff Letts—one of the few instances where a major-party leader at any level in Australia lost his own seat. The election also marked the emergence of the Labor Party as a parliamentary force: Labor took six seats in the new assembly.


1977 Northern Territory general election
The Progress Party contested the elections, winning 9.76% of the primary vote across the territory, but failed to secure any assembly seats.


1977 Northern Territory general election
The Country Liberals chose Paul Everingham to succeed Letts as Majority Leader. Everingham appointed a new Executive, which included future Chief Ministers Marshall Perron and Ian Tuxworth. The following year, the Territory attained self-government. Everingham became Chief Minister, while his Executive became a Ministry with greatly expanded powers.


1977 Northern Territory general election
Independent Dawn Lawrie retained her seat of Nightcliff at this election, while Ron Withnall lost his seat of Port Darwin to the CLP.


1977 Northern Territory general election, Results
Northern Territory general election, 13 August 1977Legislative Assembly << 1974–1980 >>


1977 Northern Territory general election, Candidates
Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk is used.


1977 Northumberland County Council election
Local elections to Northumberland County Council, a county council in the north east of England, were held on 5 May 1977, resulting in a council with no party forming a majority.


1977 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1977 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1977 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach John Pont, the Wildcats compiled a 1–10 record (1–8 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.


1977 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Scott Stranski with 541 passing yards, Dave Mishler with 520 rushing yards, and Mark Bailey with 347 receiving yards.


1977 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1977 Norwegian Football Cup was won by Lillestrøm after beating Bodø/Glimt 1–0 in the final on 23 October 1977. This was the first time Lillestrøm won the Norwegian Cup.


1977 Norwegian Football Cup, Summary
While Third Division side Sogndal was the biggest surprise in the previous season by reaching the final, this year's surprise was Raufoss who reached the semifinal for the first time. Raufoss had eliminated the First Division sides Vålerengen, Brann and Moss, but were eliminated by Lillestrøm in the semifinal. Steinkjer, which were playing in the Second Division  eliminated Rosenborg and HamKam, but lost 3–0 against Bodø/Glimt in the semifinal. This was the second consecutive year that Steinkjer reached the semifinal.


1977 Norwegian Football Cup, Summary
In the final, Lillestrøm won 1–0 against Bodø/Glimt, with their biggest star, Tom Lund scoring the only goal. This was Lillestrøm's fourth final, and the first time they won the Norwegian Cup.


1977 Norwegian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 1977. The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 76 of the 155 seats.


1977 Norwegian parliamentary election, Results
Seven seats were won by joint lists, of which four went to the Christian People's Party, and one each to the Centre Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party.


1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Irish, coached by Dan Devine, ended the season with 11 wins and one loss, winning the national championship. The Fighting Irish won the title by defeating the previously unbeaten and No. 1 ranked Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl Classic by a score of a 38–10. The 1977 squad became the tenth Irish team to win the national title and were led by All-Americans Ken MacAfee, Ross Browner, Luther Bradley, and Bob Golic. Junior Joe Montana, a future Pro Football Hall of Famer, was the team's starting quarterback.


1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season
Dan Devine entered his third year as head coach, coming off of a 9–3 season in 1976 that culminated in a Gator Bowl win over Penn State . Devine returned a highly touted defense, featuring 1976 Outland Trophy winner Ross Browner, defensive end Willie Fry, and All-American linebacker Bob Golic. On offense, quarterback Joe Montana earned the starting job and led an offense that included running backs Jerome Heavens and Vagas Ferguson and All-American tight end Ken MacAfee.


1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season
Montana,  earned a reputation as "the comeback kid", had two come from behind victories in the fourth quarter, against Purdue and Clemson, down 17 and 10 respectively. After a surprising loss to unranked Ole Miss, patience among the fans was running thin,  who considered Devine's previous 8–3 and 9–3 seasons as lackluster compared to the team success under Devine's predecessor, Ara Parseghian. The Irish rebounded to win their remaining games, including a 49–19 rout of USC in the now famous "Green Jersey Game." The Irish earned a berth in the Cotton Bowl Classic, where they defeated No. 1 and unbeaten Texas by a score of 38–10 to capture Notre Dame's tenth national title. The Irish leaped four spots in the polls after the Cotton Bowl Classic victory to claim the consensus title.


1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
Ole Miss gave the eventual national champion Notre Dame its only loss of the season.


1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, USC
Notre Dame wore green jerseys for the first time since their 1963 game against Syracuse.


1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Navy
Notre Dame wore green jerseys for the second straight week.


1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election
The 1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 5 May 1977. The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Conservative Party, which won 66 of the 89 seats on the county council. The Labour Party won just 20 seats, compared to 54 at the previous election.


1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election, Results by division
Each electoral division returned either one, two or three county councillors. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.


1977 Oakland Athletics season
The 1977 Oakland Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished 7th in the American League West with a record of 63 wins and 98 losses. Paid attendance for the season was 495,578, one of the worst attendance figures for the franchise during the 1970s.


1977 Oakland Athletics season, Regular season
After the 1976 season, most of the Athletics' veteran players who had become eligible for free agency left. In 1977, only three years after winning the World Series, the A's finished with the worst record in the American League West, behind even the expansion Seattle Mariners (though by only 1/2 game, as one game with the Minnesota Twins was canceled by weather and never made up).


1977 Oakland Athletics season, Regular season
On June 10, Jack McKeon was fired as manager and replaced by former Arizona State University coach Bobby Winkles.


1977 Oakland Athletics season, Regular season
After the season, owner Charlie Finley attempted to trade Vida Blue to the Cincinnati Reds for a player of lesser stature and cash, but Commissioner Bowie Kuhn vetoed the deal. The commissioner claimed that it was tantamount to the sale of the star pitcher to the New York Yankees that the commissioner voided in 1976. The commissioner claimed that adding Blue to the Reds' already formidable pitching staff would make a mockery of the National League West race. Instead, Blue was traded across the bay to the San Francisco Giants in a multi-player trade that received the Commissioner's blessing.


1977 Oakland Athletics season, Regular season, Proposed sale
Kuhn and other owners thought that the Athletics relocating would alleviate baseball's problems in the Bay Area regarding poor attendance. Kuhn attempted to get an ownership group to purchase the Athletics and relocate to Washington, D.C., with the intention of moving them to the National League.


1977 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1977 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1977 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1977 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1977 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1977 Oakland Raiders season
The 1977 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 18th season overall, and 8th season since joining the NFL. The Raiders entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champions. The team couldn't improve on their 13-1 record from last year and finished 11-3, but it was good enough for the second best in the AFC.


1977 Oakland Raiders season
The Raiders reached the AFC Championship Game for the fifth consecutive season, and their sixth in eight years. They lost the AFC Championship, however, to the division rival Denver Broncos. This marked the seventh time in ten seasons that the Raiders' season ended in the AFL Championship/AFC Conference Championship game.


1977 Oakland Raiders season
The 1977 Raiders set a professional football record with 681 rushing attempts. Fullback Mark van Eeghen 324 times for 1273 yards, and running back Clarence Davis ran 194 times for 787 yards.


1977 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Schedule
This was the last NFL regular season with 14 games: it was expanded to 16 games in 1978.


1977 Oakland Raiders season, Playoffs
Oakland made the playoffs as a wild card and won its divisional round game against the Baltimore Colts when Errol Mann tied the game with a late field goal, set up by a pass to tight end Dave Casper, a play known as the Ghost to the Post. In the second overtime, Casper caught another touchdown pass for the victory. The following week on New Year's Day, they lost the AFC Championship Game 20–17 in Denver.


1977 October Revolution Parade
The 1977 October Revolution Parade was a military parade that took place in Red Square in Moscow on 7 November 1977 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution. The annual parade marks the protest of the Bolsheviks against the Tsarist Government. The Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin attended the parade, among other foreign leaders from Warsaw Pact and allied countries who decided to fly in for the celebrations.


1977 October Revolution Parade
Marshal Dmitry Ustinov delivered his second holiday address to the nation on this day, right after the parade inspection that had presided over by him and led by the commander of the Moscow Garrison Colonel General Vladimir Govorov. Music was performed by the Combined Military Band of the Moscow Garrison conducted by Colonel Nikolai Mikhailov. As per tradition, 14 other Soviet Cities (including Leningrad) held their parades on this day. A folding stock version of the AK-47 appeared in the contingent from the Airborne troops. This parade included the updated anthem of the Soviet Union.


1977 October Revolution Parade, Parade Units, Ground Column
Leading the column was the limousine carrying the parade commander, Col. General Vladimir Govrov, the commanding general of Moscow Military District.


1977 October Revolution Parade, Parade Units, Mobile column
The parade saw the return of military tanks after a two year hiatus. The highlight was the T-72 tank was first publicly seen at this parade. The parade also featured a full return to the iconic armor columns and missiles in the second half of the military portion of the parade.


1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the seventh Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1977.


1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Constituencies
The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 604 candidates contested for these 147 seats.


1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Political Parties
In 1974, Utkal Congress merged into Bharatiya Lok Dal to form Odisha Janata Party. Odisha Janata Party includes Indian National Congress (O) – where "O" stood for "Organisation" or "Old", Samyukta Socialist Party and the Bharatiya Jana Sangh had formed a coalition called the "Grand Alliance" to oppose Indira Gandhi and the Congress (R) and the alliance was named as Janata Party.


1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Political Parties
Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, and Janata Party took part in the assembly election.


1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Government
Janata Party  party emerged again as the winner by winning 78% of the seats with a vote share of 49%. Nilamani Routray become the Chief Minister of the state.


1977 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 1977 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their 20th season under head coach Bill Hess, the Bobcats compiled a 1–10 record (0–8 against MAC opponents), finished in last place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 371 to 241.


1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1977 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1978 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, where they lost 35–6 to the Alabama Crimson Tide.


1977 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1977 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Oklahoma was a member of the Big Eight Conference and played its home games in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, where it has played its home games since 1923. The team posted a 10–2 overall record and a 7–0 conference record to earn the Conference title under head coach Barry Switzer who took the helm in 1973. This was Switzer's fifth conference title and third undefeated conference record in five seasons.


1977 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The team was led by All-Americans George Cumby, Daryl Hunt, Reggie Kinlaw, and Zac Henderson  Cumby was named Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year. After winning the conference title outright, it earned a trip to the Orange Bowl where it lost to Arkansas Razorbacks. During the season, it faced five ranked opponents (In order, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Texas, No. 16 Iowa State, No. 11 Nebraska, and No. 6 Arkansas). Four of its opponents ended the season ranked. It endured its only regular season defeat in the Red River Shootout against Texas. The Sooners started the season with a four consecutive wins before losing to Texas and then won the next six before their unsuccessful bowl game.


1977 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Elvis Peacock led the team in rushing with 812 yards, Dean Blevins led the team in passing with 385 yards, Steve Rhodes led the team in receiving with 272 yards, Uwe von Schamann led the team in scoring with 89 points, Hunt led the team in tackles with 159 tackles and Henderson posted 7 interceptions.


1977 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, at Ohio State
"The Kick" - Uwe von Schamann pretended to conduct the crowd as they chanted prior to his field goal attempt


1977 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason, NFL draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.


1977 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The 1977 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. This was the 77th year of football at OSU and the fifth under Jim Stanley. The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 4–7, and 2–5 in the Big Eight Conference.


1977 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, After the season
The 1978 NFL Draft took place on May 2–3, 1978 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. The following Oklahoma State players were selected during the draft.


1977 Old Dominion 500
The 1977 Old Dominion 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on September 25, 1977, at the historic Martinsville Speedway; a race track that has enjoyed the presence of NASCAR since its first sanctioned race on July 4, 1948.


1977 Old Dominion 500
Cup Series races are still held on the track today in addition to the Xfinity Series (started in 1982) and Camping World Truck Series (started in 1995). Since the track was repaved back in 1976, the one-year-old concrete surface allowed cars to travel at relatively fast speeds for a short track during the 1970s.


1977 Old Dominion 500, Background
Martinsville Speedway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races. The standard track at Martinsville Speedway is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.526 miles (0.847 km) long. The track's turns are banked at eleven degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at zero degrees. The back stretch also has a zero degree banking.


1977 Old Dominion 500, Race report
It took three hours and thirty-four minutes for the race to completely progress from the first green flag to the checkered flag. Had the race been held on this day in the year 2010, temperatures would have reached 93.0 °F (33.9 °C) - an increase of 16.8 degrees Fahrenheit from the temperatures of 1977. Five hundred laps on a paved oval track spanning 0.252 miles (0.406 km) per lap was the official distance of the race dictated by NASCAR. A grand total of 262.5 miles (422.5 km) was calculated from all the laps of the race. Thirteen lead changes were made as a part of the racing action.


1977 Old Dominion 500, Race report
Despite popular knowledge shared by non-NASCAR fans, the "500" number that was in the event's title indicated the number of laps that were in the race; as opposed to the number of kilometers or miles that the drivers had to finish. All Martinsville races traditionally advertised the number of laps that a race had because it is a very short track. Cale Yarborough managed to defeat Benny Parsons by 8/10ths of a second in front of 33000 live spectators; nine cautions slowed the race for 57 laps. Neil Bonnett would qualify for the pole position with a speed of 87.637 miles per hour (141.038 km/h) - which would be the equivalent of 87.637 seconds. However, Yarborough would average a speed of 73.447 miles per hour (118.201 km/h) during the entire race.


1977 Old Dominion 500, Race report
This happens to be the race that Darrell Waltrip got the engine change from his team in 10 minutes, he claimed during the 2001 Winston that Digard his team lead by Buddy Parrot was able to change an engine in 10 minutes and he still finished 10th.


1977 Old Dominion 500, Race report
Yarborough would retain his championship hopes after this race; being 219 points ahead of Richard Petty in the 1977 NASCAR Cup Series standings. The other top ten finishers were: David Pearson, Richard Petty, Sam Sommers, Jimmy Hensley, Buddy Arrington, James Hylton, Jimmy Means, and Darrell Waltrip. Baxter Price would become the event's last-place finisher with an oil leak on the fourth lap of the race. Chevrolet vehicles would make up the majority of the grid with Ford, Dodge, Mercury, and Matador holding a sizeable minority of the vehicles that would compete in this event.


1977 Old Dominion 500, Race report, Technological concerns
Improvements in tire and engine technology in the early 1970s had made NASCAR Cup Series vehicles overpowered compared to the limited space that Martinsville Speedway had for breathing space. Further technological advancements by 2013 have caused further concern for driver safety at Martinsville; indicating that the Cup Series may have to use restrictor plates in Martinsville if tire/engine technology keeps its current pace of development.


1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ken Cooper, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, the Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi and Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–5 in the SEC). In 1978 their record was updated to six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 3–4 in the SEC) after Mississippi State was forced by the NCAA to forfeit their win over the Rebels for playing an ineligible player.


1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Schedule
Note: Mississippi State later forfeited its win over Ole Miss due to NCAA infractions.


1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Ole Miss gave eventual national champion Notre Dame its only loss of the season.


1977 Omagh District Council election
Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.


1977 Omagh District Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist1973-1977 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP


1977 Omagh District Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist1973-1977 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP


1977 Omagh District Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist1977: 3 x UUP, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Nationalist


1977 Omagh District Council election, Districts results, Area D
1973: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Nationalist, Independent Republican joins Republican Clubs


1977 Oman cyclone
The 1977 Oman cyclone was the deadliest tropical cyclone on record to strike Oman. The storm formed off the west coast of India in the Arabian Sea, and curved westward to reach peak winds of 110 km/h (70 mph). The storm struck Masirah Island and later southern Oman on June 13, before dissipating the next day over Saudi Arabia. Producing wind gusts to 230 km/h (140 mph), the storm was the strongest cyclone on record to hit the Arabian Peninsula until Cyclone Gonu hit in 2007.


1977 Oman cyclone
About 95% of Marisah Island was damaged by the strong winds, including much of the military base. The cyclone dropped 430.6 mm (16.95 in) of rainfall over a 24 hour period on Marisah, which was the highest daily total in the country as of 2003. Overall, the storm killed at least 105 people and left 50,000 homeless.


1977 Oman cyclone, Meteorological history
On June 6, a monsoon depression formed in the Arabian Sea about 500 km (315 mi) south-southwest of Goa, India. It initially paralleled the Indian coastline, becoming a tropical storm on June 9 with a minimum barometric pressure of 986 mbar (29.1 inHg). That day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began tracking the system. The storm moved northward, followed by a northwest turn on June 10. It curved toward the west, and the JTWC reported the cyclone as reaching peak 1–minute sustained winds of 110 km/h (70 mph) on June 11. In addition, the India Meteorological Department estimated the system became a severe cyclonic storm, which has sustained winds of at least 118 km/h (73 mph). On June 12, the storm attained a minimum pressure of 975 mbar (28.8 inHg) while continuing westward.


1977 Oman cyclone, Meteorological history
On June 13, the eye of the cyclone passed over Masirah Island for a 40-minute period, producing peak sustained winds of 167 km/h (104 mph) and a minimum pressure of 956 mbar (28.2 inHg). The JTWC issued the final advisory at 0800 UTC that day. The Oman Department of Meteorology reported the storm as being much stronger than the JTWC, with sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and gusts to 230 km/h (140 mph). The cyclone was the strongest on record to make landfall on the Arabian Peninsula, until Cyclone Gonu surpassed it in 2007. Shortly after striking Masirah, the storm moved ashore mainland Oman, causing rapid weakening to tropical depression status. The system dissipated on June 14 after crossing into southeastern Saudi Arabia.


1977 Oman cyclone, Impact and aftermath
Along the southwest coast of India, the storm produced high swells of up to 7 m (23 ft) in conjunction with the monsoon. The waves affected several drilling rigs operated by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, forcing work to shut down. The tanker Texaco Plymouth experienced significant structural damage from the storm, losing two lifeboats. The freighter Buxom Island in the central Arabian Sea experienced 139 km/h (86 mph) winds before sinking, which took the lives of 23 of its crew.


1977 Oman cyclone, Impact and aftermath
The military base in Masirah was first warned about the cyclone on June 11. The next day, officials there raised a Category 3 warning, which was soon upgraded to Category 2. Aircraft were stored in hangars, and workers inspected the roofs of buildings before riding out the storm in a shelter. Hurricane-force winds struck during the morning hours of June 13, with sustained winds peaking at 167 km/h (104 mph) and gusts to 200 km/h (124 mph). After a lull during the eye's passage, winds then increased out of the southwest towards 185 km/h (115 mph).


1977 Oman cyclone, Impact and aftermath
The strong winds caused buildings to collapse and roof beams to be blown through the air. Every building at the base sustained damage, and virtually all homes in the nearby village were leveled. The radio relay station on the island was also damaged. Overall, the storm wrecked about 95% of the buildings in Masirah, leaving 2,000 people homeless there. Rain totals were significant, with a total of 482.3 mm (18.99 in) falling 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Salalah.


1977 Oman cyclone, Impact and aftermath
A station on Masirah Island reported 430.6 mm (16.95 in) in 24 hours, more than six times the average annual precipitation there. The total was the highest daily rainfall in the period from 1977 to 2003 nationwide. Floods washed away thousands of animals as well as lime and palm-tree plantations, downing thousands of trees across the region. The rains flooded the main highway from Muscat to Salalah, and also accumulated in the typically dry Dhofar region. There, most drains were unable to withstand the unusual flooding.


1977 Oman cyclone, Impact and aftermath
The cyclone was considered the worst disaster in Oman during the 20th century, and remains the deadliest cyclone as of 2010. Overall, the cyclone caused 105 deaths, and over 5,000 injuries, and left about 20,000 people homeless. The death toll is disputed, as another report indicated 110 deaths in Oman. After the storm, neighboring Saudi Arabia sent assistance to Oman, as did other nations in the Persian Gulf. The cyclone struck before the nation created a coordinated disaster network in 1988; as a result, the relief work was spread among various agencies.


1977 Omloop Het Volk
The 1977 Omloop Het Volk was the 32nd edition of the Omloop Het Volk cycle race and was held on 5 March 1977. The race started and finished in Ghent. The race was won by Freddy Maertens.


1977 Ontario general election
The 1977 Ontario general election was held on June 9, 1977, to elect the 125 members of the 31st Legislative Assembly of Ontario.


1977 Ontario general election
The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Premier Bill Davis, was re-elected for an eleventh consecutive term in office, again with a minority in the legislature. The PCs won an additional seven seats, but were not able to win a majority.


1977 Ontario general election
The Liberal Party, led by Dr. Stuart Smith, lost one seat compared to its result in the previous election, but formed the Official Opposition because the NDP lost more seats.


1977 Ontario general election
The New Democratic Party, led by Stephen Lewis, lost five seats, and losing the status of Official Opposition to the Liberals.


1977 Ontario general election
Sheila Copps, future federal cabinet minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, made her political debut in this election, finishing second in the riding of Hamilton Centre.


1977 Ontario general election
This was the first election in which Jim Bradley, the second-longest serving MPP in Ontario, was elected.


1977 Ontario general election, Results
1 Includes T. Patrick Reid, a Liberal MPP who is re-elected in 1977 as a Liberal-Labour candidate (he had previously been elected as Liberal-Labour in 1967 but was re-elected in 1971 and 1975 as a straight Liberal).


1977 Ontario general election, Results
A number of unregistered parties also contested this election. The North American Labour Party, consisting of Lyndon LaRouche supporters, ran three candidates in Toronto and three elsewhere in the province. The Revolutionary Marxist Group and League for Socialist Action fielded one candidate apiece; soon after the election, both groups merged into the Revolutionary Workers League.


1977 Ontario general election, Results
Some members of the Social Credit Party also ran in the election, although it is not clear if they were formally endorsed by the party.


1977 Open Championship
The 1977 Open Championship was the 106th Open Championship, held 6–9 July on the Ailsa Course at Turnberry, Scotland. Tom Watson won the second of his five Open titles by one stroke over runner-up Jack Nicklaus. The two played together in the final two rounds and had separated themselves from the field under clear skies, leading this Open to be remembered as the "Duel in the Sun." This was the first Open ever held at Turnberry, which renamed its 18th hole after the duel. Three months earlier, Watson had held off Nicklaus to win his first green jacket at the Masters.


1977 Open Championship
In the second round, Mark Hayes rebounded from his opening 76 (+6) with 63 to establish a new single round record at The Open Championship by two strokes. The previous record of 65 was set by Henry Cotton in the second round in 1934 at Royal St. George's and later equaled by nine others. Lightning briefly interrupted play in the third round on Friday.


1977 Open Championship
Americans dominated the final leaderboard, filling the top eight spots and eleven of the first twelve. The first page of the leaderboard was loaded with future members of the World Golf Hall of Fame.


1977 Open Championship
The leader after 36 holes, Roger Maltbie, finished with 80 for 289 (+9), in a tie for 26th place.


1977 Open Championship
The previous year, Watson was defending champion, but missed the 54-hole cut after an 80 in the third round, while Nicklaus finished in a tie for second.


1977 Open Championship, Duel in the Sun
Watson's victory is considered by many to be the finest tournament played in the latter half of the 20th century. After two rounds, he and Nicklaus were one shot out of the lead, in a four-way tie for second, and were paired for the third round on Friday. Both shot five-under 65 for 203 (−7), three shots clear of Ben Crenshaw and six ahead of the remainder of the field after 54 holes.


1977 Open Championship, Duel in the Sun
Paired again for the final round on Saturday afternoon, Nicklaus birdied twice and was up by three strokes after four holes. Watson birdied three of the next four to pull even at two-under for the round, then bogeyed the ninth hole to fall one back at the turn. Nicklaus birdied the 12th hole to go two strokes ahead, then Watson birdied 13 and the par-3 15th, rolling in a putt from off the green to even up the round at three-under.


1977 Open Championship, Duel in the Sun
After halving the 16th with pars, it was on to the reachable par-5 17th, where Nicklaus missed the green to the right but chipped his third to four feet (1.2 m) from the cup. Watson missed an eagle putt and tapped in for birdie, but then Nicklaus two-putted for par to go a stroke down with one hole remaining. On the 18th tee, Watson drove to an ideal position in the fairway, but Nicklaus went right and into the rough.


1977 Open Championship, Duel in the Sun
Watson's 7-iron approach stopped pin-high and two feet left of the flag, and with Nicklaus in trouble, appeared to seal the victory. But Nicklaus slashed his 8-iron recovery onto the front of the green and sank his 35-foot (11 m) putt for a remarkable birdie and a bogey-free 66. Now needing a seventh birdie of the round to avoid an 18-hole playoff, Watson sank the two-footer for his second straight 65, second Open, and third major title. With birdies on four of the final six holes, his total of 268 was eight strokes better than the previous best score ever in the Open.


1977 Open Championship, Duel in the Sun
Watson and Nicklaus finished well ahead of the other challengers, and shot the same score every day, except on Saturday. The third place finisher, reigning U.S. Open champion Hubert Green, shot a final round 67 and was a distant ten strokes behind Nicklaus, who won his third Open (and third career grand slam) the following year at St. Andrews.


1977 Open Championship, Course
^ The 18th hole was renamed "Duel in the Sun" in 2003.


1977 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Source:Amateurs: Garner (+13), McEvoy (+13), Powell (+13), Carrick (+15), Lyle (+15), Pierse (+16), Wilson (+16), Cosh (+21), Chapman (+25).


1977 Orange Bowl
The 1977 Orange Bowl was the 43rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, January 1. Part of the 1976–77 bowl game season, it matched the eleventh-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference and the #12 Colorado Buffaloes of the Big Eight Conference. Behind early, favored Ohio State won 27–10.


1977 Orange Bowl
This was the only Orange Bowl between 1976 and 1981 without Oklahoma, and the only one from 1976 through 1989 without either the Sooners or Nebraska (the 1979 game matched both). The night before, Nebraska won the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, and Oklahoma took the Fiesta Bowl a week earlier.


1977 Orange Bowl
It was the first Orange Bowl played on natural grass in seven years, since January 1970. Poly-Turf, similar to AstroTurf, was installed for the 1970 season, replaced in 1972, and removed in early 1976, following Super Bowl X.


1977 Orange Bowl, Teams, Ohio State
The Buckeyes were co-champions of the Big Ten Conference, but had been shut out at home by rival Michigan. Earlier at home, they lost to Missouri by a point and tied UCLA the next week. Ohio State was making its first bowl game appearance outside the Rose Bowl. This was the second season in which the Big Ten allowed multiple bowl teams; OSU had played in the previous year's Rose Bowl.


1977 Orange Bowl, Teams, Colorado
The Buffaloes lost their opener at Texas Tech and also dropped games to Nebraska and at Missouri. They were co-champions of the Big Eight Conference, gaining the Miami berth with victories over the other two teams at 5–2, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Colorado was making its third Orange Bowl appearance; the last was fifteen years earlier, and they had not been to a major bowl since.


1977 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Underdog Colorado scored quickly, jumping out to an early 10–0 lead. Ohio State sophomore quarterback Rod Gerald, who had not played since the seventh game of the season due to a bone chip in his lower back, relieved starter Jim Pacenta late in the first quarter and led the Buckeyes to victory.


1977 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Gerald rushed 14 times for 81 yards, including 17 on his first carry setting up a 36-yard scoring run by Jeff Logan. Ohio State was on the scoreboard with 3:11 to go in the first quarter. The Buckeyes scored on their next two possessions with a 28-yard field goal by Tom Skladany and Pete Johnson's three-yard run with 24 seconds remaining before halftime. That capped a 99-yard drive after a blocked Colorado field goal attempt, and gave Ohio State the lead for good.


1977 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Skladany added another short field goal in the third quarter. Gerald ended the scoring with a four-yard run in the game's final minute and was named the outstanding player of the game on offense; sophomore linebacker Tom Cousineau took the defensive honor.


1977 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Colorado had two turnovers (both interceptions), but made only five first downs. Ohio State committed six turnovers (four fumbles, two interceptions), but its defense responded.


1977 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
Ohio State climbed to sixth in the final AP poll and Colorado fell to sixteenth.


1977 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
The Buckeyes returned to the Orange Bowl in January 2014; through December 2019, this remains their only victory.


1977 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
Colorado did not return for thirteen years, until consecutive appearances in 1990 and 1991, winning the latter for the a share of the national championship.


1977 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 1977 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their second season under head coach Craig Fertig, the Beavers compiled a 2–9 record (0–7 in Pac-8, last), and were outscored 303 to 173. The team played its five home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis.


1977 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1977 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Oregon was a member of the Pac-8 Conference and home games were played at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. Led by first-year head coach Rich Brooks, Oregon was 2–9 overall and 1–6 in conference play.


1977 Orient Cup
The 1977 Orient Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Bogotá, Colombia that was part of the one star category of the 1977 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 7 November through 13 November 1977. First-seeded Guillermo Vilas won the singles title.


1977 Orient Cup, Finals, Doubles
Belus Prajoux /  Hans Gildemeister defeated  Jorge Andrew /  Carlos Kirmayr 6–4, 6–2


1977 Origins Award winners
The following are the winners of the 4th annual (1977) Origins Award, presented at Origins 1978:


1977 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1977 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 71st water polo championship in Hungary. There were twelve teams who played two-round match for the title.


1977 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1977 Ottawa Rough Riders season
The 1977 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–8 record. Richard Holmes became the first player in CFL history to rush for 1,000 yards with two different teams. He rushed for 1016 yards while playing for the Argonauts and the Ottawa Rough Riders.


1977 Oxfordshire County Council election
Elections to Oxfordshire County Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1977, when the whole council of sixty-nine members was up for election.


1977 Oxfordshire County Council election
The result was that the Conservatives retained their control, winning sixty-one seats, a gain of eight. Labour ended with only three county councillors, a loss of seventeen, Independents also held three, a loss of six, while the Liberals held the two seats they had had.


1977 PBA Open Conference Finals
The 1977 PBA Open Conference Finals is the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1977 PBA Open Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The U-Tex Wranglers and Crispa Redmanizers played for the 8th championship contested by the league.


1977 PBA Open Conference Finals
Crispa Redmanizers won against U-Tex Wranglers, 3 games to 2, for an amazing sixth straight PBA title and a quest for another grandslam season.


1977 PBA season
The 1977 PBA season was the third season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1977 PBA season, All-star games
On August 7, Trust beats Most, 135-124, to win the P82,000 battle of PBA superstars at the Araneta Coliseum on a 2-1 score. Players for Trust were Rudolf Kutch, Rosalio Martirez, Jun Papa, Jesse Sullano, Estoy Estrada, Romy Cabading, Danilo Basilan, Atoy Co, Philip Cezar, Bernie Fabiosa, Freddie Hubalde and Rudy Soriano, while the Most line-up were consist of Manny Paner, Jimmy Mariano, Freddie Webb, Jaime Taguines, Larry Mumar, Johnny Revilla, Robert Jaworski, Francis Arnaiz, Ramon Fernandez, Jess Sta. Maria and Abe King.


1977 PGA Championship
The 1977 PGA Championship was the 59th PGA Championship, played August 11–14 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Lanny Wadkins, 27, won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over Gene Littler. It was the first playoff at the PGA Championship in ten years and was the first-ever sudden-death playoff in a stroke-play major championship. The last was 36 years earlier at the 1941 PGA Championship, when the 36-hole final match went to two extra holes.


1977 PGA Championship
Prior to the start of the championship, the irons of several top players were deemed to have non-conforming groove dimensions, most notably those of Tom Watson. He had won the Masters and British Open earlier that year, and was attempting to become the first to win three majors in the same year since Ben Hogan in 1953. Others with non-conforming irons included major winners Raymond Floyd, Hale Irwin, Gary Player, and Tom Weiskopf. The rule limiting groove width to .035 inches (0.89 mm) had been around for decades.


1977 PGA Championship
Watson shot an opening round of 68 (−4) with an old set of borrowed irons, and finished at 286 (−2), four strokes back in a tie for sixth. He won eight majors but never a PGA Championship; his only win in the U.S. Open came here at Pebble Beach in 1982.


1977 PGA Championship
Four-time champion Jack Nicklaus finished one stroke out of the playoff at 283 (−5). He won the previous major at this course, the U.S. Open in 1972, and was runner-up to Watson at the next in 1982.


1977 PGA Championship
This was the 13th consecutive professional major won by American-born players. The streak began with Lee Trevino's victory at the 1974 PGA Championship and continued as the Americans swept the majors in 1975, 1976, and the previous majors in 1977. This remains the second longest major-winning streak for Americans; the longest was in the 1940s and ended with Lew Worsham's win at the 1947 U.S. Open.


1977 PGA Championship
This was the second major championship at Pebble Beach, which had hosted the U.S. Open in 1972. The U.S. Open returned in 1982, 1992, 2000, 2010, and 2019. It was only the second PGA Championship in California and the first as a stroke-play competition; the previous was in December 1929 in Los Angeles at Hillcrest. The 1962 event was originally awarded to Brentwood in L.A., but was moved to Philadelphia at Aronimink.


1977 PGA Championship
The fairways at Pebble Beach were extremely dry, due to an extended drought, in its third year in northern California.


1977 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Littler, 47, was the leader in each of the first three rounds and entered Sunday at 206 (−10), with a four-shot lead over Jack Nicklaus. One-under on the front nine, Littler staggered on the back with a five-over 41. After the turn, he made five bogeys in six holes, then rallied with pars on the three finishing holes to make the playoff with a 76 (+4). Wadkins started the round six strokes back and shot a 70, which included a birdie on the par-5 18th hole to get to six-under for the championship.


1977 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round
As the clubhouse leader, he waited for the final pairing of Nicklaus and Littler. Tied for the lead with two holes remaining, Nicklaus  bogeyed the par-3 17th to miss the playoff by a stroke. He had famously birdied the same hole in the final round of the 1972 U.S. Open, which he won by three strokes.


1977 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Playoff
The sudden-death playoff began on the par-4 first hole, where Wadkins missed the green, chipped from the heavy rough to 20 feet (6 m) and saved par to tie. At the second hole, both reached the green of the par-5 in two shots, narrowly missed eagle putts, and tapped in for birdies. At the third hole, both missed the green in the heavy rough. Littler's difficult chip left him 20 feet (6 m) for a par four, while Wadkins got his chip to within five feet (1.5 m). After Littler missed to the right, Wadkins rolled his in for the win.