1977 Bolivarian Games
The stadium in La Paz was one of the first in South America equipped with asynthetic track for the athletics running events. Because the stadium issituated 3,650 metres above sea level, and this about the first time that abig international sports event of that size took place at this altitude, therewas a substantial medical interest in its influence on both the performanceand the health of the athletes.


1977 Bolivarian Games
A detailed history of the early editions of the Bolivarian Games between 1938 and 1989 was published in a book written (in Spanish) by José Gamarra Zorrilla, former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, and first president (1976-1982) of ODESUR. Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano.


1977 Bolivarian Games, Medal count
The medal count for these Games is tabulated below. A slightly different number of medals was published elsewhere. This table is sorted by the number of gold medals earned by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.


1977 Bophuthatswana parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bophuthatswana between 22 and 24 August 1977. The Bophuthatswana Democratic Party won 43 of the 48 elected seats in the National Assembly.


1977 Bophuthatswana parliamentary election, Electoral system
The National Assembly had a total of 96 seats, 48 of which were appointed and 48 elected.


1977 Boston City Council election
The Boston City Council election was held on November 8, 1977, with preliminary elections on September 27, 1977.


1977 Boston City Council election, Candidates
All six incumbents (James Michael Connolly, Lawrence DiCara, Louise Day Hicks, Christopher A. Iannella, John J. Kerrigan, Frederick C. Langone, Patrick F. McDonough, Dapper O'Neil, and Joseph M. Tierney) ran for reelection.


1977 Boston College Eagles football team
The 1977 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In its tenth and final season under head coach Joe Yukica, the team compiled a 6–5 record and were outscored by a total of 269 to 242.


1977 Boston College Eagles football team
The team's statistical leaders included Ken Smith with 2,073 passing yards, Dan Conway with 613 rushing yards, and Mike Godbolt with 711 receiving yards.


1977 Boston College Eagles football team
After the season, coach Yukica left Boston College to become head coach at Dartmouth. He compiled a 68-37 record in 10 years at Boston College.


1977 Boston College Eagles football team
The team played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.


1977 Boston Red Sox season
The 1977 Boston Red Sox season was the 77th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished tied for second in the American League East with a record of 97 wins and 64 losses, 2+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.


1977 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season
Boston's final game of the season, scheduled for October 2 at home against the Baltimore Orioles, was rained out and not rescheduled.


1977 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Highlights
Lack of pitching depth might have been a hindrance, but the team was helped by a league-leading offense, which during one ten-game span hit 33 home runs. With that kind of scoring, Boston managed to compete with the Yankees and Orioles—leading the division as late as August 22—but at season's end, not even 97 wins would be enough.


1977 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Highlights
On June 18, during a nationally televised game against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park in Boston, Jim Rice, a powerful hitter but a slow runner, hit a ball into right field. Yankees outfielder Reggie Jackson seemed to approach the ball indifferently, and Rice reached second base. Furious, Yankees manager Billy Martin removed Jackson from the game without even waiting for the end of the inning, sending Paul Blair out to replace him. When Jackson arrived at the dugout, Martin yelled that Jackson had shown him up.


1977 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Highlights
They argued, and Jackson said that Martin's heavy drinking had impaired his judgment. Despite Jackson being 18 years younger, about 4 inches (10 cm) taller and maybe 40 pounds (18 kg) heavier, Martin lunged at him, and had to be restrained by coaches Yogi Berra and Elston Howard. Red Sox fans could see this in the dugout and began cheering wildly, and the NBC television cameras showed the confrontation to the entire country. The Red Sox went on to win the game, 10–4.


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


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


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


1977 Boston University Terriers football team
The 1977 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season. In their first season under head coach Rick Taylor, the Terriers compiled a 3–7 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in a three-way tie for last place in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 313 to 177.


1977 Bournemouth East by-election
The Bournemouth East by election was a by election for the Parliament of the United Kingdom held on Thursday, 24 November 1977 after the resignation of John Cordle following his criticism by a Select committee for business links to corrupt architect John Poulson.


1977 Bournemouth East by-election
Cordle had been elected at the October 1974 general election for the Conservative Party with a majority of 10,661 votes over the Liberal Party.


1977 Bournemouth East by-election, Outcome
David Atkinson served in the House of Commons until he stood down at the 2005 general election. He was succeeded by retired Army Major Tobias Ellwood, also from the Conservative Party.


1977 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 1977 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Denny Stolz, the Falcons compiled a 5–7 record (4–3 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the MAC, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 296 to 275.


1977 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The team's statistical leaders included Mark Miller with 2,103 passing yards, Dan Saleet with 572 rushing yards, and Jeff Groth with 693 receiving yards.


1977 Brazilian Grand Prix
The 1977 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos on 23 January 1977.


1977 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Report
James Hunt took pole again with Carlos Reutemann second and Mario Andretti third on the grid. Home hero Carlos Pace took the lead at the start, with Hunt dropping behind Reutemann as well but soon Hunt was back behind Pace and attacking. There was contact, and Hunt took the lead whereas Pace had to pit for repairs. Hunt led Reutemann until he began to suffer from tyre troubles and was passed by Reutemann. Hunt pitted for new tyres, and rejoined fourth and soon passed Niki Lauda in the Ferrari and John Watson to reclaim second. Reutemann marched on to victory, Hunt was second and Lauda third after Watson crashed out.


1977 Brisbane City FC season
The 1977 season was Brisbane City's first season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the inaugural NSL Cup. Brisbane City finished tenth in their National Soccer League season, but were winners in their NSL Cup campaign.


1977 Brisbane City FC season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1977 Brisbane Lions SC season
The 1977 season was Brisbane Lions's first season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the inaugural NSL Cup. Brisbane Lions finished ninth in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup first round by Brisbane City.


1977 Brisbane Lions SC season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1977 Brisbane Rugby League season
The 1977 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 70th season of Brisbane's semi-professional rugby league football competition. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the  Eastern Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs.


1977 Brisbane Rugby League season, Season summary
Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs and Redcliffe.


1977 Brisbane Rugby League season, Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs 17 (Tries: J. Callus, S. Farquhar, W. Lindenburg. Goals: G. Holben 4)


1977 Brit Awards
The 1977 Brit Awards were the 1st edition of the Brit Awards, annual popular music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 18 October 1977 at Wembley Conference Centre in London. These awards were to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee and were for the previous 25 years of her reign.


1977 Brit Awards, Multiple nominations and awards
The following artists received multiple awards and/or nominations, not counting Outstanding Contribution to Music.


1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash
On 17 March 1977 a British Airtours Boeing 707 being used for pilot training crashed and caught fire during its take-off roll at Glasgow Prestwick Airport. All four crew members on board survived.


1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft was a Boeing 707-436, registered as G-APFK, and first flew in 1960. Its construction number was 17712  and its four engines were Rolls-Royce Conway 508 turbines. The aircraft entered service with BOAC on 29 September 1960, transferred to BEA Airtours on 30 December 1971 and finally British Airtours on 1 April 1974.


1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash, Flight
On board were: a 29-year-old first officer trainee; a 48-year-old flight commander; a captain trainee who was acting as flight engineer; and a supervisory first officer seated behind the commander. After the standard pushback and engine starting procedures, the commander relayed the crosswind information from the control tower to the trainee first officer, who was in control for the take-off. The wind forecast was 18 knots, increasing to 35 knots. No flight number was assigned to the training session.


1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash, Accident
After receiving take-off clearance from the tower, the crew taxied the aircraft to runway 31 for departure. The trainee first officer commenced the take-off run by applying full power to the engines. As the crew rotated the aircraft from VR speed (125 knots), the flight commander pulled back engine No.1's thrust lever, saying “Engine number one’s failed.”, which was followed by, “I have it.”  The crew applied left rudder trim and the aircraft climbed to 20–30 feet. The aircraft began to descend and the left wing dropped 20 degrees.


1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash, Accident
The engine simulated as failing struck the left edge of runway 31. The aircraft then yawed and rolled to the right, and engine No.4 struck the ground. The aircraft slid sideways down the runway, tearing off all four engines and collapsing the landing gear while bursting into flames. It came to rest at the intersection with runway 3. During evacuation one crewman was injured.


1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash, Investigation
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) began an investigation the day after the accident. According to the flight data and cockpit recorders, an engine failure would be simulated as an exercise for the two trainees to quickly demonstrate procedures for restarting or shutting down the failed engine. The AAIB determined the pilots did not deal with the failure as quickly as recommended. Usually, a pilot must deal with failed engine in 1 1/2 seconds, but the trainee first officer took 2–3 seconds.


1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash, Investigation, Probable cause
After investigating the crash for one year and four months, the  AAIB published its final report in September 1978, stating the probable cause of the accident:"A loss of control which resulted from a delay in taking full corrective action during a simulated outboard engine failure exercise during take-off."


1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash, Aftermath
G-APFK was damaged beyond repair in the accident and fire. It was written off in November 1978 and scrapped in 1979.


1977 British Formula Three season
The 1977 British Formula Three season was the 27th season of the British Formula Three season. Derek Daly took the B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British Formula 3 Championship, while Stephen South took the B.R.D.C. Vandervell British Formula 3 Championship.


1977 British Formula Three season
The success of the European Championship, now in its third season, stole some of the limelight from the British championships in 1977 and the continuing divide between the BP-sponsored BARC title and the Vandervell-sponsored BRDC title cannot have helped.


1977 British Formula Three season
South started the season in dominant form in the March 763-Toyota he had raced in the previous year and led both championships into July. After wrecking the 763 in an accident with Len Cooke he moved over to a March 773-Toyota and the BP series turned into a three-way fight with Daly and Cooke. Daly led into the final round and clinched the title by winning after his rivals dropped out. South's consolation was the Vandervell title. Both drivers moved into F2 for 1978 but only Daly was able to secure a proper budget.


1977 British Grand Prix
The 1977 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 16 July 1977. It was the tenth race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.


1977 British Grand Prix
The 68-lap race was won from pole position by local driver James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, with Austrian driver Niki Lauda second in a Ferrari and Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson third in a Lotus-Ford. The race marked the debut of Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve, as well as the first outing for the first turbocharged Formula One car, the Renault RS01, driven by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who retired when the turbocharger had failed after 16 laps. It was also the last race to be given the honorific designation of the European Grand Prix.


1977 British Grand Prix, Pre-Qualifying
Owing to the large number of entrants, a special system of pre-qualification was devised, taking place on the Wednesday before the race. Fourteen cars took part, most from teams which were not members of FOCA. Debutant Gilles Villeneuve also took part, along with Patrick Tambay, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Brett Lunger, Patrick Nève, Mikko Kozarowitzky, another debutant Andy Sutcliffe, Guy Edwards, Tony Trimmer, David Purley, Emilio de Villota, Brian Henton, Arturo Merzario and yet another debutant, Brian McGuire.


1977 British Grand Prix, Pre-Qualifying
Kozarowitzky crashed his RAM March in the first session, and Purley suffered a huge accident in the second session, when the throttle stuck open on his LEC. He suffered multiple fractures and spent many months recovering. He later returned to racing but never appeared in a World Championship Formula One race again. The fastest five drivers after both sessions were Villeneuve, Tambay, Jarier, Lunger and Henton, all of whom went through to the full qualifying sessions. Merzario and Nève were subsequently also allowed through, as was de Villota, who replaced Harald Ertl when the Austrian driver withdrew his entry.


1977 British Grand Prix, Qualifying
Henton and de Villota were eliminated after the qualifying sessions, along with Alex Ribeiro and Clay Regazzoni. James Hunt took pole position by less than 3 tenths from Northern Irish racing driver John Watson in the Brabham, whilst the rest of the top 10 qualifiers were Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Gunnar Nilsson, Mario Andretti, Hans Joachim Stuck, Vittorio Brambilla, Gilles Villeneuve and Ronnie Peterson in the leading Tyrrell. It was also proven to be a relief for Hunt to secure pole position in front of the home crowd, this was because British racing drivers had not been lucky all season up to this point.


1977 British Grand Prix, Classification, Race
James Hunt had started from pole position with John Watson along side him. But typically, Hunt did not get a good start due to clutch problems at the start and dropped back to 4th as a result. This allowed Watson to take the lead into the first corner ahead of Niki Lauda's Ferrari and Jody Scheckter's Wolf. However, as the race had slowly progressed Hunt eventually managed to re-overtake Lauda and Scheckter and re-passed Watson for the race lead as the British drivers were running first and second.


1977 British Grand Prix, Classification, Race
But the order of the top 2 did not stay the same as Watson started to slow when his fuel system failed on lap 53  and retired only 8 laps later. With Watson dropping out of contention this promoted Niki Lauda to second and Jody Scheckter to third. But Scheckter was also forced to retire later on when his engine failed on lap 60 which gave Mario Andretti in the leading Lotus third before his engine had also failed 3 laps later but was classified 14th. As Gunnar Nilsson in the remaining Lotus was given 3rd place and stayed there. James Hunt had finally managed to take his first win of the season for McLaren to the delight of the British fans, ahead of championship leader Niki Lauda, Gunnar Nilsson, Jochen Mass in the second McLaren, Hans Joachim Stuck in the remaining Brabham and Jacques Laffite in the only Ligier.


1977 British League season
The 1977 Gulf British League season was the 43rd season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 13th season known as the British League.


1977 British League season, Summary
Newport had dropped down to the National League but their riders transferred to the Bristol Bulldogs so the league retained 19 teams. Cradley Heath reverted to their nickname of Heathens after four years of being called United. The league was sponsored by Gulf Oil for a third season.


1977 British League season, Summary
White City Rebels won the title in only their second season of existence. The London team caused a surprise with their consistent form throughout the season with heavy scoring of Gordon Kennett leading the team. The success came from a group of five other riders hitting around a seven average to support Kennett. The five were Englishmen Mike Sampson, Steve Weatherley and Trevor Geer, Pole Marek Cieślak and Finn Kai Niemi. Wolverhampton Wolves signed 18 year-old Danish rider Hans Nielsen.


1977 British League season, Summary
Kevin Holden of Poole Pirates had started the season in great form for his new club, following his move from Exeter Falcons. He was hitting over a 9 point average but sadly was killed during the home match against Reading on 27 April. After sliding into the fence he ruptured a blood vessel of the heart.


1977 British League season, Final table
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points


1977 British League season, British League Knockout Cup
The 1977 Speedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 39th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners.


1977 British League season, British League Knockout Cup, Final, Second leg
King's Lynn Stars were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 79-77.


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand
In 1977 the British Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand. The Lions played 26 matches, including four internationals against the All Blacks. They lost the series against the All Blacks by three matches to one. The team played as the British Isles in their internationals against the All Blacks and the British Lions for the non-international games. Unlike all previous tours to New Zealand, the Lions did not play any matches in Australia, though one game was also played at Buckhurst Park, Suva, against Fiji.


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand
The Lions tourists left London on 10 May 1977 and returned on 19 August. Of their 26 matches on tour, they won 21 and lost 5. Although the Lions lost the test series against the All Blacks they were level 1–1 after the second international and came close to drawing the series; they led 9–6 going into injury time in the fourth test only to concede a match-winning try scored by Lawrie Knight.


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand
Outside the test series, the Lions beat all their New Zealand provincial opponents as well as the NZ Maori and NZ Juniors representative teams, losing only to the New Zealand Universities team four days before the first international – this was the first defeat for a Lions team since the 1971 tourists lost the second test to the All Blacks on the same Christchurch ground and ended an unbeaten run of thirty-nine matches for the Lions. It was during the Junior All Blacks game that the famous 'Mudman' image of Fran Cotton, waiting for the ball at a line-out while caked head-to-toe in mud, was taken. Captured by Colorsport's Colin Elsey, it became one of the iconic images of rugby union.


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand
On their way home, in August 1977, the Lions stopped off to play the Fiji for the first time and suffered their fifth defeat of the tour, Fiji winning 25–21.


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand
A team selected from the Lions touring party played one further match, against the Barbarians at Twickenham on 10 September 1977, to mark the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The Lions won by 23-14 in front of a capacity crowd, having led 15–0 at half-time.


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, Squad
The touring party as originally announced contained 17 players from Wales (including the as-yet uncapped Elgan Rees and Brynmor Williams), 5 from England, 5 from Scotland and 3 from Ireland. Geoff Wheel had to withdraw on medical advice before the touring party left and was replaced by Moss Keane. Roger Uttley aggravated a back injury at the get-together prior to leaving and was subsequently replaced by Jeff Squire. Bill Beaumont, Charlie Faulkner and Alun Lewis joined the tour party later in New Zealand as replacements – Lewis never played international rugby for Wales.


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, Squad, Forwards
Elgan Rees, Brynmor Williams and Alun Lewis were uncapped at the time of the 1977 tour; Rees and Williams were subsequently capped by Wales.


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, The matches, First Test
NEW ZEALAND; Colin Farrell, Bryan Williams, Bruce Robertson, Bill Osborne, Grant Batty, Duncan Robertson, Sid Going, Brad Johnstone, Tane Norton (c), Kent Lambert, Andy Haden, Frank Oliver, Kevin Eveleigh, Ian Kirkpatrick, Lawrie Knight


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, The matches, First Test
LIONS; Irvine, Squires, Fenwick, McGeechan, J. J. Williams, Bennett (c), B. Williams, Orr, Windsor, Price, Martin, Keane, Cobner, T. Evans, Duggan


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, The matches, Second Test
NEW ZEALAND; Colin Farrell, Bryan Williams, Bill Osborne, Lyn Jaffray, Mark Taylor, Doug Bruce, Sid Going, Brad Johnstone, Tane Norton (c), Billy Bush, Andy Haden, Frank Oliver, Kevin Eveleigh, Ian Kirkpatrick, Lawrie Knight


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, The matches, Second Test
LIONS; Irvine, J. J. Williams, Fenwick, McGeechan, G. Evans, Bennett (c), B. Williams, Cotton, Wheeler, Price, Beaumont, Brown, Cobner, Quinnell, Duggan


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, The matches, Third Test
NEW ZEALAND; Bevan Wilson, Bryan Williams, Bruce Robertson, Bill Osborne, Brian Ford, Doug Bruce, Lyn Davis, John McEldowney, Tane Norton (c), Billy Bush, Andy Haden, Frank Oliver, Graham Mourie, Ian Kirkpatrick, Lawrie Knight


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, The matches, Third Test
LIONS; Irvine, J. J. Williams (rep McGeechan), Burcher, Fenwick, G. Evans, Bennett (c), B. Williams (rep Morgan), Cotton, Wheeler, Price, Beaumont, Brown, Cobner, Quinnell, Duggan


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, The matches, Fourth Test
NEW ZEALAND; Bevan Wilson, Bryan Williams, Bruce Robertson, Bill Osborne, Brian Ford (rep Mark Taylor), Doug Bruce, Lyn Davis, John McEldowney (rep Billy Bush), Tane Norton (c), Kent Lambert, Andy Haden, Frank Oliver, Graham Mourie, Ian Kirkpatrick, Lawrie Knight


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, The matches, Fourth Test
LIONS; Irvine, Rees, Fenwick, McGeechan, G. Evans, Bennett (c), Morgan, Cotton, Wheeler, Price, Beaumont, Brown, Neary, Squire, Duggan


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, The matches, vs Fiji
FIJI; Kemueli Musunamasi, Joape Kaunikoro, Senitiki Nasave, Qele Ratu, Wame Gavidi, Pio Bosco Tikoisuva (c), Samisoni Viriviri, Josefa Rauto, Atonio Racika, Nimilote Ratudina, Ilaitia Tuisese, Ilisoni Taoba, Rupeni Qaraniqio, Vuata Narisia, Viliame Ratudradra


1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, The matches, vs Fiji
LIONS; Irvine, G. Evans, McGeechan, Burcher, Bennett (c), Bevan, Lewis, Faulkner, Windsor, Price, Beaumont, Martin, Neary, T. Evans (rep Brown), Squire


1977 British National Track Championships
The 1977 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from 5–13 August 1977 at the Leicester Velodrome. The Championships were sponsored by Newmark and the championships suffered two cancelled days due to rain.


1977 British Rowing Championships
The 1977 National Rowing Championships was the sixth edition of the National Championships, held from 15–17 July 1977 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. London won the John Player Trophy (men's Victor Ludorum) and Thames won the Charlton Cup (women's Victor Ludorum).


1977 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1977 British Saloon Car Championship was the 20th season of the championship. Bernard Unett won his third drivers title with a Chrysler Avenger GT.


1977 British Saloon Car Championship, Calendar & Winners
All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in bold.


1977 British motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1977 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth and final round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 13–14 August 1977 at Silverstone Circuit. 1977 marked the beginning of a new era as, it was the first time the event was held on the British mainland after the Isle of Man TT had represented the United Kingdom on the FIM Grand Prix calendar for the previous 28 years since the championship's inception in 1949. Once the most prestigious race of the year, the Isle of Man TT had been increasingly boycotted by the top riders, and finally succumbed to pressure for increased safety in racing events. It was also the final grand prix race for Giacomo Agostini.


1977 Brown Bears football team
The 1977 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. A year after its first Ivy League championship, Brown dropped to second place.


1977 Brown Bears football team
In their third season under head coach John Anderson, the Bears compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 173 to 96. Louis Cole and B. Hill were the team captains.


1977 Brown Bears football team
The Bears' 5–2 conference record placed second in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 101 to 73.


1977 Brown Bears football team
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.


1977 Brownlow Medal
The 1977 Brownlow Medal was the 50th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Graham Teasdale of the South Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling fifty-nine votes during the 1977 VFL season. The count was the second of two occasions in which the two field umpires independently voted for the best players on the ground under the 3-2-1 system.


1977 Brownlow Medal
This meant that the winner of the Brownlow had a higher number of votes than usual, and Teasdale's fifty-nine votes set and holds the record for the most votes ever polled in a single season. From 1978 onwards, the field umpires conferred after each game and awarded a single set of votes, rather than voting independently.


1977 Brownlow Medal, Leading votegetters
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the VFL Tribunal during the year.


1977 Buckinghamshire County Council election
Elections to Buckinghamshire County Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1977, when the whole council of 70 members was up for election.


1977 Buckinghamshire County Council election
The result was that the Conservatives comfortably retained their control, winning sixty-four seats, a gain of eighteen. The ranks of Labour were decimated, and the party was left with only one county councillor, a loss of fifteen. Independents gained two seats, one Ratepayer and one Independent Conservative, but lost one and the Liberals lost the single seat they had had. Three other candidates also won seats.


1977 Bucknell Bison football team
The 1977 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season.


1977 Bucknell Bison football team
In their third year under head coach Bob Curtis, the Bison compiled a 4–5 record. Bill Clifford, Dave Devonshuk and Tom Hislop were the team captains.


1977 Bucknell Bison football team
Bucknell played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


1977 Buffalo Bills season
The 1977 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 18th season, and their eighth in the National Football League. The team posted a losing record for the second-consecutive season, and missed the postseason for the third season.


1977 Buffalo Bills season
Buffalo started the season with four consecutive losses, and failed to win consecutive games. The team was shut out two times at home. The Bills beat only one team with a winning record — the New England Patriots in an early November game in Foxboro that ultimately proved fatal to the Patriots' playoff hopes.


1977 Buffalo Bills season
After drawing 76,000 to Rich Stadium on opening day against the Dolphins, Buffalo drew an average of only 35,000 for the remaining six home games.


1977 Buffalo Bills season
The Bills had one of the most pass-heavy offenses in the NFL in 1977. Quarterback Joe Ferguson led the league in pass attempts (457, 32.6 per game) and passing yards (2,803, 200.2 per game). He also threw 24 interceptions, the most in the NFL.


1977 Buffalo Bills season
Although the Bills passed the ball more often than any other team, they were not efficient through the air: they ranked 19th out of 28 teams in passing touchdowns, 21st in yards per attempt, and 20th in quarterback rating (a dismal 54.7). Buffalo's 160 points scored was the third-worst in the NFL.


1977 Buffalo Bills season
Buffalo’s defense also gave up 313 points, the fourth-worst total in the league. Buffalo's anemic scoring and porous defense gave the team a point-differential of −153, dead-last in the league. This was the last season for O.J. Simpson as a member of the Bills, as he was traded to the 49ers the following season. Simpson would ultimately finish his last season with the Bills with 557 rushing yards on 126 attempts.


1977 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason, NFL Draft
Seventh round pick Mike Nelms was cut by the Bills in the 1977 training camp, and went to play in the Canadian Football League for the next three seasons. He returned to the NFL in 1980, joining the Washington Redskins, and was voted to three consecutive NFC Pro Bowl squads from 1980–1982.


1977 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason, NFL Draft
Cornerback Charles Romes played in every game for the Bills from 1977 until his final season with Buffalo in 1986. He finished his career in Buffalo with 28 interceptions, fourth in Bills’ history.


1977 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 1977 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 37th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army), and was contested between Levski Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia on 12 June 1977 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Levski won the final 2–1.


1977 CARIFTA Games
The 6th CARIFTA Games was held in Bridgetown, Barbados on April 25–26, 1977. For the first time, the Austin Sealy Award was presented to the athlete adjudged the most outstanding, either in terms of record accomplishment, or quality of performance as compared to other top medallists.


1977 CARIFTA Games, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 114 athletes (84 junior (under-20) and 30 youth (under-17)) from about 13 countries:  Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (19), Barbados (19), Bermuda (11), Guadeloupe (4), Guyana (3), Jamaica (34), Lesser Antilles (1), Martinique (6), Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (2), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (12), US Virgin Islands (1).


1977 CARIFTA Games, Austin Sealy Award
For the first time, the Austin Sealy Trophy was awarded. The recipient was Debbie Jones from Bermuda. This year, she won 2 gold (100 m and 200 m), 1 silver (400 m), and 1 bronze medal (4 × 100 m relay). Until then, she was the most successful athlete in the championships winning a total of 12 gold, 7 silver, and 2 bronze medals between 1973 and 1977.


1977 CARIFTA Games, Medal summary
Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), Girls under 17 (Youth). Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


1977 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1977 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the sixth CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 4 and March 12, 1977. All games were played at St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, the home venue of the St. Louis Billikens. By winning the tournament, Bowling Green received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's first invitation to play in the NCAA Division I Tournament, a first round game created to allow entrance for the CCHA.


1977 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured two rounds of play. Only the top four teams in the conference standings were eligible for postseason play. Each of the two rounds were structured so that the two teams facing one another would play two games and the winner would be decided by the goal differential totals of the combined scores. In the semifinal the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched as opponents. The victorious teams would then compete in the finals for the conference championship. The tournament champion was invited to play in a first round game in the 1977 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1977 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1977 CECAFA Cup
The 1977 CECAFA Cup was the fifth edition of the tournament. It was held in Somalia, and was won by Uganda. All matches were played in Mogadishu Stadium, between November 25 and December 12.


1977 CFL Draft
The 1977 CFL Draft composed of 10 rounds where 106 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA. A total of 18 players were selected as territorial exemptions, with the Montreal Alouettes being the only team to make no picks during this stage of the draft. Through a trade with the Calgary Stampeders, the Ottawa Rough Riders selected first overall in the draft.


1977 CFL Draft, 2nd Round
14. Montreal Alouettes                           Hector Pothier          DT                    Saint Mary's University (Halifax)


1977 CFL Draft, 2nd Round
15. Edmonton Eskimos                             J.P. Brescacin          TE                    University of North Dakota


1977 CFL Draft, 3rd Round
21. British Columbia Lions                       Mike Moore              DE                  University of British Columbia


1977 CFL Draft, 3rd Round
22. Winnipeg Blue Bombers                        Duncan MacKinlay        LB                  University of Western Ontario


1977 CFL Draft, 4th Round
36. Ottawa Rough Riders                          Rod Bell               TE              University of New Brunswick


1977 CFL Draft, 5th Round
40. Winnipeg Blue Bombers                        Jon McCorquindale      TB                       Brigham Young University


1977 CFL Draft, 8th Round
70. Hamilton Tiger-Cats                          Mark Dumont            LB                    St. Francis Xavier University


1977 CFL Draft, 9th Round
81. Ottawa Rough Riders                          Phil Ridley            FB                          St. Francis Xavier


1977 CFL season
The 1977 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 24th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 20th Canadian Football League season.


1977 CFL season, CFL News in 1977
The 65th Grey Cup game, nicknamed "The Ice Bowl", was held in Olympic Stadium in Montreal. The game itself set an attendance record with 68,318, which in turn set a record for ticket revenue of $1,401,930.


1977 CFL season, CFL News in 1977
The Montreal Alouettes also set an CFL regular-season team attendance record with 69,093 attending the September 6 game against the Toronto Argonauts at Olympic Stadium.


1977 CFL season, Regular season standings, Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


1977 CFL season, Grey Cup playoffs
The Montreal Alouettes are the 1977 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos, 41–6, in front of their home crowd at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. This Grey Cup was known as the "Ice Bowl" since the field was frozen in a sheet of ice. There was controversy with respect to the game due to the fact the Eskimos were wearing normal cleats, while the Alouettes were wearing staples on their cleats giving them a huge advantage on the icy field. The Alouettes' Sonny Wade (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Glen Weir (DT) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. The Alouettes' Don Sweet (K) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.


1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The 1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 13th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region and was played from 17 April 1977 till 18 February 1978.


1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North and Central zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.


1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Mexican club América beat Surinamese side Robinhood in the final, winning their first CONCACAF champion cup.


1977 CONCACAF Championship
The 1977 CONCACAF Championship, the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Mexico from 8 to 23 October. Mexico, as the host nation, easily secured a third title and a place in Argentina '78 since the tournament also served as qualification to the World Cup. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the final tournament.


1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification
Listed below are the dates and results for the tournament qualification. A total of 17 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Honduras withdrew before the matches were played. The remaining 16 teams were divided into 3 zones, based on geographical considerations, as follows:


1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification, CONCACAF North American Zone
Canada and United States finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.


1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification, CONCACAF Caribbean Zone, Group A, First round
The aggregate score was tied 2–2, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.


1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification, CONCACAF Caribbean Zone, Group A, First round
Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.


1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification, CONCACAF Caribbean Zone, Group A, Second round
The aggregate score was tied 3–3, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the tournament.


1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification, CONCACAF Caribbean Zone, Group B, Second round
The aggregate score was tied 2–2, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.


1977 Cairo Open
The 1977 Cairo Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts that was part of the 1977 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix . It was played at Cairo in Egypt and began on 21 March 1977.


1977 Cairo Open, Finals, Doubles
Bill Bartlett /  John Marks defeated  Pat DuPré /  Chris Lewis 7–5, 6–1, 6–3


1977 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 1977 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season.


1977 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The Mustangs were led by tenth-year head coach Joe Harper and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the regular season as champion of the CCAA, their second in what would be five consecutive conference championships. The team finished with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4, 2–0 CCAA).


1977 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 1978 NFL Draft.


1977 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team
The 1977 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team represented California State Polytechnic University, Pomona during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season.


1977 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team
Cal Poly Pomona competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Cal Poly Pomona was led by first-year head coach Jim Jones. They played home games at Kellogg Field in Pomona, California. The Broncos finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 0–2 CCAA). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 115–264 for the season.


1977 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Pomona players were selected in the 1978 NFL Draft.


1977 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team
The 1977 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team represented California State University, Fullerton during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.


1977 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team
The Titans competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by third-year head coach Jim Colletto, and played home games at Falcon Stadium on the campus of Cerritos College in Norwalk, California. They finished the season with a record of three wins, seven losses and one tie (4–7, 0–4 PCAA).


1977 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Fullerton Titans were selected in the 1978 NFL Draft.


1977 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
The 1977 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team represented California State University, Hayward in the 1977 NCAA Division II football season. Cal State Hayward competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1977 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
The Pioneers were led by third-year head coach Tim Tierney. They played home games at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. The Pioneers finished the season with a record of six wins, three losses and one tie (6–3–1, 2–2–1 FWC). They outscored their opponents 209–136 for the 1977 season.


1977 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Hayward Pioneers players were selected in the 1978 NFL Draft.


1977 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team
The 1977 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team represented California State University, Los Angeles during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season. The Diablos played as an independent in 1977 then discontinued the football program at the end of the season. They played 27 seasons in all, and finished with a record of 102–139–10 over those seasons.


1977 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team
The 1977 Diablos were led by Ron Hull in his second year as head coach. The team played home games at the Campus Field in Los Angeles, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5). The Diablos were outscored by their opponents 93–123 for the season.


1977 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Los Angeles players were selected in the 1978 NFL Draft.


1977 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles baseball team
The 1977 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles baseball team is a baseball team that represented California State University, Los Angeles in the 1977 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Eagles were members of the Southern California Baseball Association and played their home games at Reeder Field in Los Angeles, California. They were led by first-year head coach Jack Deutsch.


1977 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team
The 1977 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team represented Cal State Northridge during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season.


1977 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team
Cal State Northridge competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The 1977 Matadors were led by second-year head coach Jack Elway. They played home games at North Campus Stadium in Northridge, California. Cal State Northridge finished the season with a record of seven wins, three losses and one tie (7–3–1, 1–1 CCAA). The Matadors outscored their opponents 264–179 for the season.


1977 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Northridge players were selected in the 1978 NFL Draft.


1977 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1977, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1977 Calder Cup playoffs
The 1977 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 3, 1977. The top four teams in the league qualified for the playoffs and played best-of-seven series for Semifinals. The two winners played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on April 30, 1977, with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs defeating the Rochester Americans four games to two to win the Calder Cup for second consecutive year, and the third time in team history.


1977 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the 1976–77 AHL regular season, the top four teams in the league qualified for the playoffs. The Nova Scotia Voyageurs finished the regular season with the best overall record for the second straight season.


1977 Calder Cup playoffs, Bracket
In each round, the team that earned more points during the regular season receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.


1977 Calgary Stampeders season
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1977 Calgary Stampeders season
The 1977 Calgary Stampeders finished in 5th place in the Western Conference with a 4–12 record and failed to make the playoffs.


1977 California Angels season
The 1977 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.


1977 California Angels season, Offseason
On January 6, 1977, Angels utility infielder Mike Miley died in a one-car accident in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.


1977 California Angels season, Regular season, Opening Day lineup
1 Jerry Remy 	2B2 Bobby Grich 	SS3 Bobby Bonds 	RF4 Don Baylor 	DH5 Joe Rudi 	LF6 Tony Solaita 	1B7 Bruce Bochte 	CF8 Dave Chalk 	3B9 Terry Humphrey CP Frank Tanana


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


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


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


1977 California Golden Bears football team
The 1977 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Under head coach Mike White, the team compiled an overall record of 8–3 and 4–3 in conference. This was coach Whites's last season.


1977 California Golden Bears football team
Cal claims a loss to UCLA as a victory, due to UCLA's subsequent forfeiture of 1977 games involving ineligible players.


1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400
The 1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that was held on June 19, 1977, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.


1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400, Background
Michigan International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long. Opened in 1968, the track's turns are banked at eighteen degrees, while the 3,600-foot-long front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at twelve degrees. The back stretch, has a five degree banking and is 2,242 feet long.


1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400, Race report
36 drivers started this 200-lap event; all of them were born in the United States of America. Bill Seifert would return after a five-year absence from NASCAR and recorded a12th-place finish.


1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400, Race report
Ferrel Harris was credited with the last-place finish due to difficulties with his engine on the ninth lap. Donnie Allison would be the highest place finisher not to finish the race; he acquired a similar problem on lap 176. Cale Yarborough would defeat Richard Petty by ten seconds. More than 61,000 fans would see nearly three hours of racing. Benny Parsons, Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty, and future NASCAR on FOX personality Darrell Waltrip would duel among each other for the lead early on in the race. Winnings for each driver varied from $20,625 for the race winner ($86,546 when adjusted for inflation) to $1,300 for the last-place finisher ($5,552 when adjusted for inflation).


1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400, Race report
The total prize purse of this race was $123,005 ($525,321 when adjusted for inflation). Notable crew chiefs in the race were Buddy Parrott, Jake Elder, Joey Arrington, Kirk Shelmerdine, Dale Inman and Tim Brewer.


1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400, Race report
Janet Guthrie was the lone female competitor in this race. Richard Childress, then a driver/owner, competed in this race and finished in 35th place (after starting out in 8th place). County singer Marty Robbins made his first NASCAR Cup start in more than two years and turned in a solid top-15 performance.


1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400, Race report
Roland Wlodyka made his NASCAR Cup debut but finished 29th after a transmission failure.


1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400, Race report
It was the first start as an owner for eventual Cup Series Champion Rod Osterlund.


1977 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1977 was won by the selection of the U.R.B.A. (Buenos Aires) that beat in the final the selection of Unión de Rugby de Rosario


1977 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals
Score system: Try= 4 points, Conversion=2 points . Penalty and kick from mark= 3 points. Drop= 3 points.


1977 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals
Cuyo: R. Muñiz, O. Morales, O. Terranova, E. Terranova, G. Morgan, P. Guarrochena, Chacón, J. Nasazzi, G. Antonini, J. Navessi (cap. ), A. Cattáneo, E. Casale, R. Irañeta, Cichitti, González. Rosario: D. Baetti, A. Nogués, H. Romero Acuña, E. Bracalenti, D. Giner, M. Dip, R. Castagna, V. Macat, R. Seaton, R. Imhoff, M. Chesta, G. Sinópoli, P. Sandionigi, J. Costante (cap. ), E.Pavani


1977 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals
Noreste : C. Palmetler, R. Molina, D. Romero, R. Taborda, M. González, C. Salvi, J. Pérez González (capt. ), E. Giménez, J. Domínguez, J. Feliciani, L. Colignon, M. Abraham, D. D'Elía, D. Feuerman, M. Freschi. Buenos Aires M. Alonso, A. Cappelletti, J. Trucco, G. Beccar Varela, J. Gauweloose, J. Capalbo, M. Devoto, F. Bustillo, M. Correa, A. Voltán, R. Sanz, J. Fernández (capt. ), D. Chimondegui, R. Mastai, H. Mazzini.


1977 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Final
Rosario: D. Baetti, A. Nogués, F. Bracalenti, H. Romero Acuña, D. Giner, M. Dip, R. Castagna, V. Macat, R. Seaton, R. lmhoff, M. Chesta, C. Suetaz, D. Poet, J. Costante (cap. ), E. Pavani. Buenos Aires: M. Alonso, G. Alvarez, L. Balfour, A. Cappelletti, J. Gauweloose, G. Beccar Varela, R. Landajo, R. Sanz, H. Mazzini, R. Mastai, J. Fernández (capt. ), S. lachetti, R. Ventura, J. Braceras, F. Bustillo.


1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the III Copa Brasil) was the 21st edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.


1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Overview
It was performed by 62 teams, and São Paulo won the championship. This championship is notable for producing a rare instance of an unbeaten runner-up. Atlético Mineiro had won all but three of its matches, which were drawn, but was to play a single final match against São Paulo, without any advantage. A controversial scoreless draw, marred by violent play mostly (but not exclusively) on the part of São Paulo, had to be solved in a penalty shootout.


1977 Campeonato Carioca
The 1977 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on March 26, 1977 and ended on September 28, 1977. It was organized by FCF (Federação Carioca de Futebol, or Carioca Football Federation). Fifteen teams contested this edition. Vasco da Gama won the title for the 14th time. no teams were relegated.


1977 Campeonato Gaúcho
The 57th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on March 26, 1977, and ended on September 25, 1977. Twenty-four teams participated. Grêmio won their 20th title. Six teams were relegated.


1977 Campeonato Gaúcho, Championship, Selective Tournament
Originally, only the Finalists would qualify for the Campeonato Brasileiro (in case there were only two finalists, the best team from Caxias do Sul would qualify). However, once it was decided to expand the championship for 1978, two more berths were opened, and were intended to be given to one team from Caxias do Sul and another from Pelotas, thus, a selective tournament was played with the two teams from each city. With Juventude already qualified, Caxias won the other berth in their group, while Brasil de Pelotas qualified in the Pelotas group.


1977 Campeonato Paulista
The 1977 Campeonato Paulista da Divisão Especial de Futebol Profissional was the 76th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Corinthians won the championship by the 16th time and no teams were relegated.


1977 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
The first phase of the championship was divided into two rounds, in which the nineteen teams of the championship were divided into four groups;five with five teams and one with four, with each team playing once against all other teams, and the best team of each group passing to the Semifinals. The champions of each round qualified to the Third round, along with the six best teams in the aggregate table. Wins by three goals' difference or more were worth an extra point.


1977 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
In the Third round, the eight remaining teams would be divided into two groups of four, each team playing once against the teams of its own group and the other group, and the best teams of each group qualifying to the Finals.


1977 Can-Am season
The 1977 Can Am season was the tenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype-based series. Despite the revived name, however, the new series was entirely unrelated to the previous series which had folded in 1974. Most of the competitive cars were based on Formula 5000 chassis. Also, the first time under 2-litre cars were allowed to race, but with no separate class. Patrick Tambay was declared champion, winning six of the nine races that year for Carl Haas.


1977 Can-Am season
While Lola chassis dominated the series, a Chevrolet powered Schkee DB1 driven by Tom Klausler won the first race at Mont Tremblant. Other competitive cars included the 1974 champions Shadow, who now used Dodge engines and Wolf with a Dallara-built chassis. While Chevrolet was not the only engine supplier, they swept the entire season. This season also marked a resurgence of interest in SCCA events, with Can Am accompanying F5000 and the Trans Am Series seeing a mild resurgence in the eighties.


1977 Can-Am season
Formula 5000 itself would also be classified as "single-seat Can Am", despite two-seater cars also entering the series.


1977 Canadian Grand Prix
The 1977 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 9, 1977, at Mosport Park. It was the 16th and penultimate race of the 1977 Formula One season.


1977 Canadian Grand Prix, Report
The field arrived in Canada without Niki Lauda who, having clinched the Drivers' Championship at the previous race at Watkins Glen, and having already announced his intention to drive for Brabham in 1978, abruptly quit Ferrari following the team's decision to run a third car for Gilles Villeneuve.


1977 Canadian Grand Prix, Report
In qualifying, Lotus's Mario Andretti took his sixth pole position of the season, with McLaren's James Hunt alongside him on the front row. Ronnie Peterson was third in his six-wheeled Tyrrell, ahead of Gunnar Nilsson in the second Lotus. The top ten was completed by Jochen Mass in the second McLaren, Patrick Depailler in the second Tyrrell, the Shadows of Alan Jones and Riccardo Patrese, Jody Scheckter in the Wolf, and John Watson in the Brabham.


1977 Canadian Grand Prix, Report
But the safety of the bumpy, high-speed Mosport Park track was in question: during practice Ian Ashley's Hesketh crested one of these bumps on the Mario Andretti straight; it flipped, vaulted the barrier and crashed into a television tower, seriously injuring Ashley and ending his Formula One career. The Englishman survived, but it took 40 minutes to remove him from the car and an additional 30 minutes passed until a helicopter arrived. These problems were underlined later that day when Mass crashed at the first corner into a barrier that flattened upon impact.


1977 Canadian Grand Prix, Report
At the start of the race, Andretti led away from Hunt, with Mass charging up to third. Andretti and Hunt then proceeded to pull away from the rest of the field, such that by three-quarter distance, they were coming up to lap third-placed Mass. As they did so, Hunt pulled ahead of Andretti, only to collide with his McLaren team-mate after a misunderstanding. Unable to continue, a visibly furious Hunt waved his fist at Mass, before punching a marshal who was trying to usher him away.


1977 Canadian Grand Prix, Report
He was subsequently fined $2000 for assaulting a marshal and $750 for walking back to the pit lane in an "unsafe manner".. Gilles Villeneuve made his debut with Ferrari at this race and started seventeenth after a qualifying crash leading into Moss corner. He had risen to eighth place before spinning in Moss corner on lap 72, dropping back to tenth.


1977 Canadian Grand Prix, Report
There was drama in the final four laps. On lap 77, Andretti's engine blew and laid oil in turn 9 as he pulled into the pits. Patrese spun his Shadow in the turn 9 oil and into the second Hesketh of Rupert Keegan, which had crashed earlier in the race and had been left on the side of the track. Vittorio Brambilla then hit the oil and also spun his Surtees, collecting the wreckages of Keegan's and Patrese's cars. Danny Ongais was next in the Interscope Penske, but was able to continue. Finally Villeneuve spun, staying on the track only to break a driveshaft trying to pull away and retiring.


1977 Canadian Grand Prix, Report
Andretti's retirement meant that Scheckter inherited the win, with Depailler second and the recovered Mass completing the podium. Jones was fourth ahead of Patrick Tambay in the Ensign, while Brambilla was classified sixth, just ahead of Ongais.


1977 Canadian Open
The 1977 Canadian Open was the fourth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, the Canadian Open, which took place from August to September 1977.


1977 Canadian Open
Alex Higgins won the title defeating John Spencer 17–14 in the final.


1977 Canadian federal budget
The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 1977-1978 was presented by Minister of Finance Donald Stovel Macdonald in the House of Commons of Canada on 31 March 1977. The budget introduced wage and price controls in an attempt to control inflation. This policy had been a campaign proposal put forward by Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives it the 1974 Canadian federal election, but was criticized by Pierre Trudeau at the time.


1977 Cannes Film Festival
The 30th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 27 May 1977. The Palme d'Or went to the Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. A new non-competitive section, "Le Passé composé", is held at this festival only and focuses on compilations. This section, along with sections "Les Yeux fertiles" and "L'Air du temps" of the previous two years, were integrated into Un Certain Regard in 1978.


1977 Cannes Film Festival
The festival opened with The Bishop's Bedroom, directed by Dino Risi and closed with Slap Shot, directed by George Roy Hill.


1977 Cannes Film Festival, Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1977 feature film competition:


1977 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


1977 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


1977 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 16th International Critics' Week (16e Semaine de la Critique):


1977 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1977 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


1977 Cannes Film Festival, Awards, Official awards
The following films and people received the 1977 Official selection awards:


1977 Caribbean Series
The twentieth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 1977. It was held from February 4 through February 9 with the champions teams from the Dominican Republic, Tigres del Licey; Mexico, Venados de Mazatlán; Puerto Rico, Criollos de Caguas and Venezuela, Navegantes del Magallanes. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at UCV Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela.


1977 Caribbean Series, Summary
The Dominican team was represented by the Tigres del Licey and finished with a perfect record of 6–0. Managed by Buck Rodgers, the team received strong support from Series MVP Rico Carty, who led the hitters in runs (8) and RBI (10), while setting a new Series record with five home runs. Starters Ed Halicki and Odell Jones both earned two wins apiece, and Stan Wall led a bullpen that included Pedro Borbón, Rob Dressler and Ike Hampton. Other players included C Freddie Velázquez, IFs Bob Beall, Mario Guerrero, Ted Martínez and  Rennie Stennett, as well as OFs Jesús Alou, Jim Dwyer, Rafael Landestoy, Manny Mota and Sam Mejías.


1977 Caribbean Series, Summary
The Navegantes del Magallanes of Venezuela were managed by Don Leppert and finished second with a 3–3 record. LF Félix Rodríguez won the batting title (.522) and led the team in RBI (6), while receiving help from RF Mitchell Page (.381, two HRs, five RBI), DH Dave Parker (.346, one HR, three RBI) and 1B Cito Gaston (.300, four RBI). Other than SP Rick Reuschel (2–0, 0.50 ERA, two complete games) and RP Manny Sarmiento (1-0, 3.00 ERA), the pitching staff had an undistinguished performance. Also in the roster were Chris Batton (P), Bo Díaz (C), Jamie Easterly (P), Wayne Granger (P), Gus Gil (IF), Remy Hermoso (DH), Mike Kekich (P), Ken Macha (3B), Oswaldo Olivares (OF), Jimmy Sexton (SS), and Manny Trillo (2B).


1977 Caribbean Series, Summary
Managed by Alfredo Ortiz, the Venados de Mazatlán represented Mexico and went 2–4 to end in third place. The most significant contribution came from LHP George Brunet, who was credited with the two victories of Mexico, a team that batted a paltry .218, including homers by 1B Héctor Espino and OF Jeffrey Leonard, while committing a Series-leading 14 errors. Other members of the roster were Mike Dimmel (OF), Rex Hudson (P), Max León (P), Bobby Treviño (DH) and Ron Washington (SS), among others.


1977 Caribbean Series, Summary
The Criollos de Caguas of Puerto Rico finished last with a 1–5 record. Managed by Doc Edwards, the team batted a collective .253 average with five home runs and was outscored by their opponents 33–19, even though the roster was filled with Ps Mike Cuellar, Joe Henderson, Willie Hernández, Eduardo Rodríguez, Mike Krukow, Dennis Martínez and Ed Whitson; IFs Kurt Bevacqua, Julio González, Félix Millán and Eddie Murray; OFs José Cruz, Sixto Lezcano and Jerry Morales; C John Wockenfuss, and utilities Iván de Jesús, José Morales and Tony Scott.


1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
Elections to Carrickfergus Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.


1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from United Loyalist


1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Independent1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from United Loyalist and Independent


1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI, 1 x UUP1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) and UPNI gain from United Loyalist (two seats) and Loyalist


1977 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Elections to Castlereagh Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.


1977 Castlereagh Borough Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist1973-1977 Change: DUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP and United Loyalist


1977 Castlereagh Borough Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Loyalist Coalition1977: 3 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) and Alliance gain from UUP, United Loyalist and Loyalist Coalition


1977 Castlereagh Borough Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from UUP and Independent


1977 Centennial Cup
The 1977 Centennial Cup is the seventh Tier II Junior "A" 1977 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.


1977 Centennial Cup
The Centennial Cup was competed for by the winners of the Western Canadian Champions and the Eastern Canadian Champions.


1977 Centennial Cup
The finals were hosted by the Prince Albert Raiders in the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.


1977 Central American Games
The II Central American Games (Spanish: II Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 25 November - 4 December 1977.


1977 Central American Games, Medal table (incomplete)
The table below is taken from El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador, and from the archives of La Nación, San José, Costa Rica. Medals from a shooting event are missing.


1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
The 1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona in Xalapa, Mexico between 5–7 August.


1977 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 1977 Central Michigan Chippewas football team was an American football team that represented Central Michigan University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their eleventh and final season under head coach Roy Kramer, the Chippewas compiled a 10–1 record, finished in second place in the Mid-American Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 317 to 155.


1977 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The team's statistical leaders were quarterback Ron Rummel with 638 passing yards, tailback Mose Rison with 1,241 rushing yards, and Wayne Schwalbach with 426 receiving yards. Rison received the team's most valuable player award.


1977 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
Roy Kramer was the team's head coach. Herb Deromedi was the defensive coordinator. Dave Farris was the defensive line coach. Don Peddie was the offensive backs coach. Chris Allen was the offensive line coach. Jim Schulte was the defensive ends coach. Denny Swenson was the defensive secondary coach.


1977 Champion Spark Plug 400
The 1977 Champion Spark Plug 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on August 22, 1977, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.


1977 Champion Spark Plug 400, Background
Michigan International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long. Opened in 1968, the track's turns are banked at eighteen degrees, while the 3,600-foot-long front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at twelve degrees. The back stretch, has a five degree banking and is 2,242 feet long.


1977 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
There were 36 drivers on the racing grid; all of them were born in the United States. While Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip would duel for the lead during the opening laps of this racing event, Waltrip would battle against Benny Parsons for supremacy during the closing laps. Waltrip defeated David Pearson by two car lengths in front of an audience of 35,000. Waltrip's crew chief for this race was Buddy Parrott.


1977 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
Janet Guthrie was the only female in this race; scoring the first of 5 career top-10 finishes and proving that women could perform well in races instead of just being the wife of a race car driver. Earle Canavan would finish last due to an engine issue on the first lap. Most of the DNFs in this race would be due to engine issues. The lowest finishing driver running at the end was Dave Marcis. Only six drivers would end the race on the lead lap; with Yarborough being the lowest driver on the lead lap. After this race, Cale Yarborough and Richard Petty would be within 50 points of each other; both gunning for a championship.


1977 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
Sam Sommers was in the running for Rookie of the Year in 1977. He actually got a pole that year and some decent finishes. For reasons unknown after 1977, he only made two more starts in NASCAR in 1978, and completely disappeared.


1977 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
The purse for this race was $108,825 ($464,762 when adjusted for inflation); Waltrip brought home $16,820 ($71,834 when adjusted for inflation) while Canavan earned $600 ($2,562 when adjusted for inflation). Terry Ryan would retire from NASCAR Cup Series racing after this event, finishing in 9th place.


1977 Charlotte Tennis Classic
The 1977 Charlotte Tennis Classic, also known by its sponsored name North Carolina National Bank Tennis Classic,  was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts that was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from April 18 through April 24, 1977 at the Julian J. Clark Tennis Stadium, owned by the Olde Providence Racquet Club in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. Unseeded Corrado Barazzutti won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1977 Charlotte Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles
Tom Okker /  Ken Rosewall defeated  Corrado Barazzutti /  Adriano Panatta 6–1, 3–6, 7–6


1977 Chatham Cup
The 1977 Chatham Cup was the 50th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


1977 Chatham Cup
Early stages of the competition were run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with the National League teams receiving a bye until the Fourth Round of the competition. In all, 142 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition: some start round one with the beginning of the regional qualifications; others start numbering from the first national knock-out stage. The former numbering scheme is used in this article.


1977 Chatham Cup, The 1977 final
Nelson United became the first team from outside the four main urban centres to win the cup since 1962. Their winning team contained several players who were to make a considerable mark on New Zealand soccer, either as players or administrators, among them Kevin Fallon, Kenny Cresswell, Peter Simonsen, and Keith Mackay. Against them was a Mount Wellington side containing the likes of Ron Armstrong, Brian Turner, Tony Sibley, and Earle Thomas.


1977 Chatham Cup, The 1977 final
The final was low-scoring but not without excitement. The only goal came early in the second half when referee John Perkins pointed to the spot after a foul on Nelson's David Powdrell by Stewart Carruthers. The penalty was converted by John Enoka giving Nelson a one-goal lead they never relinquished.


1977 Chatham Cup, Results, Third Round
* Won on penalties by Waterside (4-2) and Wanganui East (3-2)


1977 Chatham Cup, Results, Fifth Round
* Won on penalties by Christchurch Technical (14-13), Courier Rangers (5-3), Gisborne (?-? ), North Shore (2-1), and Nelson United (5-4)


1977 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
The 1977 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Moccasins were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Morrison and played their home games at Charmerlain Field. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 9–1–1 overall and 4–1 in Southern Conference play to tied for first place.


1977 Chicago Bears season
The 1977 Chicago Bears season was their 58th regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 9–5 record, which was their first winning season since 1967 and earned them a wild card spot against the Dallas Cowboys, who eventually beat the Bears en route to a Super Bowl victory. This was their first postseason appearance since winning the 1963 championship. They secured this by winning their last six games, including among others the last of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ record run of twenty-six losses.


1977 Chicago Bears season
Star halfback Walter Payton had the best season of his career as he led the entire NFL in rushing (1,852 yards), 275 of those 1,852 came on a November 20 game against their division rivals the Minnesota Vikings and he did it despite coming down with the flu and a dark rainy day at Soldier Field.


1977 Chicago Bears season
A week after the Dallas playoff loss, Coach Pardee stunned the team by resigning to take the head coaching position of the Washington Redskins (George Allen having been fired after the Redskins were eliminated from the playoffs by a Bears overtime victory over the New York Giants in the last game of the regular season).


1977 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2
Jim Hart completed 12 straight passes, one of 10 yards for a second-quarter touchdown, while directing St. Louis to victory over Chicago 16-13. The veteran Hart who completed 16 of 24 passes while suffering two interceptions, contributed balance to  a crisp Cards attack and Jim Bakken booted three field goals.


1977 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3
Archie Manning scored on runs of 8, 2 and 11 and threw a 35-yard Touchdown pass to Chuck Muncie as the Saints gain a road victory. The Saints also got TDs on a 52-yard fumble recovery by Bob Pollard and a 57-yard interception return by Jim Merlo.


1977 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6
With about two minutes to go, Chicago appeared to have a one point victory over Atlanta. But the Bears' Steve Schubert fumbled a punt deep in his own territory, Atlanta recovered and Haskel Stanback plowed in moments later from the two-yard line for the Falcons victory. Chicago had taken a 3-0 lead on Bob Thomas' 40-yard field goal, but Nick Mike-Mayer come back with shots of 32 ,44, and 21 yards to put Atlanta ahead 9-3. Brian Baschnagel's 84-yard kickoff return resulted in the Bears only touchdown.


1977 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7
Walter Payton's 205 tied Gale Sayers record for most rushing yards in a game that was set in 1968. "I didn't want to break Sayers' record because Sayers is a super guy. What's a record? I just want to win the game" Payton said it after scoring touchdown runs of 1 and 6 and setting up Johnny Musso's 3-yard touchdown run in a rout over the Packers.


1977 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoff
Safety Charlie Waters led the Cowboys to a 37–7 victory by setting an NFL playoff record of 3 interceptions. Dallas built a 17–0 halftime lead, with the aid of running back Doug Dennison’s 2-yard touchdown run and quarterback Roger Staubach’s 28-yard scoring pass to tight end Billy Joe Dupree. In the second half, running back Tony Dorsett recorded two rushing touchdowns and Efren Herrera added two more field goals. The Bears were limited to 224 total yards and did not score until the fourth quarter when the game was already out of reach.


1977 Chicago Cubs season
The 1977 Chicago Cubs season was the 106th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 102nd in the National League and the 62nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 81–81, 20 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.


1977 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason
On November 24, 1976, Bob Kennedy was named head of baseball operations for the Cubs. His first move was to inform Jim Marshall that he was fired as manager. Salty Saltwell‚ after a year as general manager‚ was named secretary and director of park operations. After Leo Durocher turned down an offer from Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley to manage the Cubs for the 1977 season, Herman Franks‚ who had briefly been a Cubs coach under Leo Durocher‚ was named the new manager.


1977 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
In 1977, the franchise experienced one of its biggest collapses. The Cubs hit a high-water mark on June 28 at 47–22 with an 8½-game National League East lead led by Bobby Murcer, who had 27 home runs and 89 RBI overall during the season, and Rick Reuschel, who had a record of 20–10. However, the Philadelphia Phillies cut the lead to two by the All-Star break, as the Cubs sat 19 games over .500, and the Cubs swooned late in the season, going 20–40 after July 31, finishing in fourth place at 81–81.


1977 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
On July 28, with the Cubs down 14–10 in the eighth inning of a game against the Cincinnati Reds, the Cubs pinch-hit for both of their middle infielders, replacing shortstop Iván DeJesús with José Cardenal and second baseman Mick Kelleher with Greg Gross. The Cubs scored three runs, making the score 14–13 going into the ninth inning.


1977 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
Since both replacements were typically outfielders, and the Cubs had just one player left on the bench who normally played middle infield to enter the game in the ninth inning, utilityman Dave Rosello, the Cubs allowed Cardenal to stay in the game and play second base while Rosello entered the game at shortstop. Rosello and Cardenal alternated between the two positions during the ninth inning depending on whether the batter was a left-handed or right-handed hitter. The Reds failed to score in the ninth, and the Cubs tied the game, forcing extra innings.


1977 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
At that point, the Cubs moved Cardenal to right field, and brought Bobby Murcer in to play the infield instead, continuing to flip-flop the positioning of Rosello and Murcer for the remainder of the game, which wound up going thirteen innings. In all, Rosello wound up switching positions twelve times, and Murcer eight times.


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


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


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


1977 Chicago Loop derailment
The 1977 Chicago Loop derailment occurred on Friday, February 4, 1977, when a Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ended another on the northeast corner of the Loop at Wabash Avenue and Lake Street during the evening rush hour. The collision forced the first four cars of the rear train off the elevated tracks, killing 11 people and injuring over 180 as the cars fell onto the street below.


1977 Chicago Loop derailment, Infrastructure layout
"The Loop"  not only refers to Chicago's central business district, but also a rectangular pattern formed by the city's elevated trains. Some trains entering the Loop do a complete  circuit around the entire rectangular "loop", and after turning around all four corners, leave on the same path they came from. Other routes enter the Loop, turning only two of the corners, and then leave on a different route. Further complicating this is the fact that some trains' routes follow a clockwise pattern around the Loop, but others go counter-clockwise.


1977 Chicago Loop derailment, Infrastructure layout
In 1977, when the crash occurred, there were three lines operating on the Loop, each in a different direction. The Ravenswood Line (current Brown Line) operated counter-clockwise around the loop, while the Evanston Express (current Purple Line) operated clockwise opposite from the Ravenswood trains. The Lake–Dan Ryan Line (part of which is the current Green Line) operated in both directions, but only used the Lake and Wabash legs of the Loop.


1977 Chicago Loop derailment, Infrastructure layout
Earlier in the day of the accident, a switching issue forced dispatchers to reroute the Evanston Express to run counter-clockwise around the Loop instead of its normal clockwise route. This put it on the tracks normally used by the Ravenswood and westbound Lake–Dan Ryan trains. Because of congestion caused by this abnormal track sharing, the Ravenswood train would be required to stop short, waiting for the rerouted Evanston Express to clear before proceeding. Additionally, this delay meant that the Ravenswood was still in place when the Lake–Dan Ryan train arrived on these tracks, and it too was required to stop and wait for the Ravenswood to clear the track before proceeding.


1977 Chicago Loop derailment, Collision
At about 5:25 p.m., a Ravenswood train was waiting on the tracks, just past the northeast turn, waiting for the Evanston Express to clear the State/Lake platform. However, the Lake–Dan Ryan train did not stop as it approached the Ravenswood train. The Lake-Dan Ryan train proceeded against both track and cab signals, and struck the back of the Ravenswood train. This impact was at a slow speed, as the train had only started off a few seconds earlier and was still halfway through pulling out of Randolph/Wabash. Passengers on the train reported the impact as nothing more than a slight bump.


1977 Chicago Loop derailment, Collision
However, after the impact, the operator - Stephan A. Martin - continued to apply traction power. This resulted in the rear cars continuing to push forwards, pinning the front of the train against the waiting Ravenswood on the right-angle turn of the track. With the front Lake-Dan Ryan train unable to move forward, the pressure from behind caused the coupling bar between the first two cars to bend and the coupled ends of those two cars to be pushed in the air.


1977 Chicago Loop derailment, Collision
As motor power continued to be applied, the first three cars (2 Budd 2200 units and a single Pullman-Standard 2000) were pushed further upwards, until they jackknifed and fell off the tracks. The second and third cars fell all the way to the street below, while the first car fell onto a track support structure. The fourth car (another 2000 connected to the third car), pulled forward by the third, was derailed and dangled between the track edge and surface street. The last four cars remained on the track - and, in fact, still in Randolph/Wabash station.


1977 Chicago Loop derailment, Investigation and CTA response
Subsequent investigation revealed that Martin had been smoking marijuana and had four marijuana cigarettes in his shoulder bag. He also had a poor safety record and was responsible for an earlier derailment, and he had a tendency to talk to passengers while driving the train. It is theorized that, having made the normal station stop before the curve, Martin had caused the restrictive cab signal caused by the train ahead to be overridden. Distracted, he then left the station at under 15 miles per hour, which was slow enough to not trigger the automatic control, and then after the initial collision, panic or inertia caused him to move the Cineston controller forward resulting in the derailment.


1977 Chicago Loop derailment, Investigation and CTA response
As a result of the accident, the CTA forbade motormen to proceed past a red signal "on sight" without first getting permission from the Control Center. 2200 units 2289-2290 and 2000 units 2043-2044 were wrecked beyond repair and scrapped: all other trains involved were repaired and returned to service.


1977 Chicago Marathon
The 1977 Chicago Marathon was the first running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on September 25. The elite men's and women's races were won by Americans Dan Cloeter (2:17:52 hours) and Dorothy Doolittle (2:50:47). A total of 2128 runners finished the race. It marked a return of a full marathon race to the city, following on from the Windy City Marathon of the 1960s.


1977 Chicago White Sox season
The 1977 Chicago White Sox season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League West, 12 games behind the Kansas City Royals.


1977 Chicago White Sox season, Offseason
White Sox owner Bill Veeck tried a new philosophy during the offseason: figuring that if he could not compete with the bigger spending clubs for free agents, he would "rent" them, even if only for one year. With this strategy in mind, he traded for Richie Zisk (who had one year remaining on his contract) and Oscar Gamble (also in the final year of his contract), hoping that he would be able to continue the practice financially.


1977 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
On April 7 in Toronto, the White Sox played the Toronto Blue Jays in the first game in Blue Jays history.


1977 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
The White Sox, who came to be called the "South Side Hitmen", were in solid contention for most of the season, battling the division-winning Royals and Minnesota Twins most of the way. Moved into first place in the AL West on July 1 and remained there until August 12. Their primary weapon was their power hitting. As a team, the White Sox hit 192 home runs, a record which lasted until 1996. Their displays of power caused fans to cheer for "curtain calls", where players came out of the dugout after hitting a home run to acknowledge those cheers. Some Royals players greatly resented this, and called such behavior "bush" and "unprofessional." The climax of this came on August 5, when White Sox pitcher Bart Johnson and Royals catcher Darrell Porter had a fistfight in a game at Kansas City.


1977 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


1977 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


1977 Chicago mayoral special election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1977, interim mayor Michael A. Bilandic was elected to complete the remainder of an unexpired mayoral term, defeating Republican Dennis H. Block by a landslide 56% margin.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Background
After to the death in office of Richard J. Daley on December 20, 1976, Bilandic had been selected by the Chicago City Council to serve as acting mayor for six months until an election would be held.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Background
On December 24, Bilandic told alderman and other city hall leaders that he would not be competing in the upcoming special election for the remainder of Daley's term. However, the following week, Bilandic reneged on this pledge, and announced that he would be open to a draft.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Background
By 1977, Chicago had not elected a Republican mayor, and had only elected Democratic mayors, for a half-century, with the last Republican elected having been William Hale Thompson in 1927.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Background
Dating back to Edward J. Kelly, who took office in 1933, all Chicago mayors up to this point (Kelly, Martin H. Kennelly, Richard J. Daley, and now Bilandic)  had hailed in some sense from Bilandic's 11th Ward.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Bilandic had a well-staged "draft" effort. He won the Cook County Democratic Party central committee's endorsement.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Roman Pucinski had entered the race at the point when Bilandic had yet to reverse course on his pledge to not seek election. The party organization had pressured him to drop out of the race for Bilandic's benefit, which he refused to do. Pucinski sought to receive strong support from the city's sizable Polish-American electorage. He also sought to challenge Bilandic to a series of debates, which Bilandic declined. Pucinski was considered Bilandic's foremost opponent in the primary.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Puncinski argued that a Bilandic administration would present more, "politics-as-usual". Pucinski focused much of his campaign on addressing the issue of unemployment. He alleged that Bilandic had been using unfair campaign tactics, alleging that Puncinski campaign workers and supporters had received threats from landlords and city inspectors.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Harold Washington's campaign was underfunded and lacked strong organization. He also suffered due to the impact of personal legal issues. He focused his campaign on the black wards of the city's South Side. Washington was an African American, and was counting on receiving strong African American support.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Also running was disgraced former Cook County State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Minor candidates in the primary were lawyers Anthony R. Martin-Trigona and Ellis E. Reid, the latter of whom was African American.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Wanting to be seen by voters as a competent administrator and chief executive, Bilandic refused to be drawn into controversy and largely ignored his opponents. He sought to also present himself as a friend to business and a successful labor mediator. During the campaign, he made appearances at ribbon-cutting ceremonies, charity dinners, and other events.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
The Washington Post noted that, largely absent from the discourse of the primary, had been the issues of industries leaving the city, public transport, the quality of schools, and racial integration.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary, Results
Bilandic won a plurality of the vote in 38 of the city's 50 wards. Pucinski won a plurality of the vote in 7 wards (all on the North and Northwest Sides). Washington won a plurality of the vote in 5 wards.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary, Results
Bilandic had won Southwest Side Polish wards that Pucinski had been counting on winning.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary, Results
After the election results came in, Harold Washington alleged that there had been, "massive vote fraud".


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Republican primary
The Republican nomination was captured by 47th Ward alderman Dennis H. Block. He handily won the Republican primary.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Republican primary
Block, at the time, was the city's sole Republican alderman. He had been elected an alderman two years prior.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, Primaries and nominations, Republican primary
Block was the first mayoral candidate since Martin H. Kennelly to be a resident of Edgewater. Thus, he was the first candidate from Edgewater since 1955 and the first general election nominee since 1951 to hail from Edgewater. He was the fourth overall mayoral candidate from the neighborhood, and would have been the third mayor from the neighborhood if elected.


1977 Chicago mayoral special election, General election, Result
Bilandic won a majority of the vote in each of the city's 50 wards.


1977 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1977 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State University during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season. Chico State competed in the Far Western Conference in 1977.


1977 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1977 Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Dick Trimmer. They played home games at University Stadium in Chico, California. Chico State finished the season with a record of six wins, two losses and one tie (6–2–1, 3–1–1 FWC). The Wildcats outscored their opponents 159–137 for the season.


1977 Chico State Wildcats football team, Team players in the NFL
No Chico State players were selected in the 1978 NFL Draft.


1977 Chilean International
The 1977 Chilean International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Santiago, Chile. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 14 November through 20 November 1977. The tournament was part of the 1 Star tier of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. First-seeded Guillermo Vilas won the singles title.


1977 Chilean International, Finals, Doubles
Jaime Fillol /  Patricio Cornejo defeated  Henry Bunis /  Paul McNamee 5–7, 6–1, 6–1