1977 Krugersdorp bank robbery, Investigations afterwards
Brigadier JF Roos from Pretoria was in charge of the investigation. Identikits of the robbers were drawn up by witnesses who said they saw the men on the weekend wearing blue overalls.


1977 Krugersdorp bank robbery, Outcome
No verifiable leads were ever produced, no arrests were made, and no verifiable conclusion(s) were ever made. It remains unresolved.


1977 Kvalserien
The 1977 Kvalserien was the third edition of the Kvalserien. It determined which two teams of the participating ones would play in the 1977–78 Elitserien season and which two teams would play in the 1977–78 Swedish Division 1 season.


1977 LFF Lyga
The 1977 LFF Lyga was the 56th season of the LFF Lyga football competition in Lithuania. It was contested by 27 teams, and Statybininkas Siauliai won the championship.


1977 LPGA Championship
The 1977 LPGA Championship was the 23rd LPGA Championship, played June 9–12 at the Gold Course of Bay Tree Golf Plantation in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.


1977 LPGA Championship
Chako Higuchi won her only major title, three strokes ahead of runners-up Pat Bradley, Sandra Post, and Judy Rankin.


1977 LPGA Championship
The purse was nearly tripled this year to $150,000, up from $55,000 in 1976.


1977 LPGA Championship
It was the first golf major to be held in South Carolina. The Bay Tree Golf Plantation courses were closed and abandoned in 2006. Since then, the Senior PGA Championship (2007), PGA Championship (2012, 2021), and the U.S. Women's Open (2019) have been held or are scheduled to be conducted in the state, with all four in the Charleston market.


1977 LPGA Tour
The 1977 LPGA Tour was the 28th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 11 to November 13. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Debbie Austin and Judy Rankin won the most tournaments, five each. Rankin led the money list with earnings of $122,890, becoming the first player to win $100,000 in a season.


1977 LPGA Tour
There were six first-time winners in 1977: Debbie Austin, Silvia Bertolaccini, Vivian Brownlee, Bonnie Lauer, Debbie Massey, and Hollis Stacy.


1977 LPGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1977 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1977 LSU Tigers football team
The 1977 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Under head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers had a record of 8–4 with a Southeastern Conference record of 4–2. It was McClendon's sixteenth season as head coach at LSU.


1977 La Flèche Wallonne
The 1977 La Flèche Wallonne was the 41st edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 7 April 1977. The race started and finished in Verviers. The race was won by Francesco Moser of the Sanson team.


1977 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 1977 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season.


1977 Lafayette Leopards football team
In their seventh year under head coach Neil Putnam, the Leopards compiled a 5–6 record. John Orrico and Thomas Padilla were the team captains.


1977 Lafayette Leopards football team
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.


1977 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 1977 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1977 season with a 2–9 overall record and a 1–4 conference record. One highlight for the season was that the game against the Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns was the fifth-highest-attended game in the history of the stadium, with 17,222 fans in attendance.


1977 Larne Borough Council election
Elections to Larne 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 Larne Borough Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Loyalist joins DUP


1977 Larne Borough Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 3 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent Unionist1977: 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP1973-1977 Change: Vanguard and Alliance gain from Loyalist (two seats), Loyalist joins DUP and Independent Unionist joins UUP


1977 Larne Borough Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP1973-1977 Change: Independent gain from Loyalist, Loyalist (three seats) join Vanguard (two seats) and DUP


1977 Latvian SSR Higher League, Overview
It was contested by 13 teams, and Energija won the championship.


1977 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 1977 Society of West End Theatre Awards were held in 1977 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of West End Theatre. The awards would not become the Laurence Olivier Awards, as they are known today, until the 1984 ceremony.


1977 Lehigh Engineers football team
The 1977 Lehigh Engineers football team represented Lehigh University during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season, and completed the 94th season of Engineers football. The Engineers played their home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The 1977 team came off a 6–5 record from the previous season. The team was led by coach John Whitehead. The team finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and made the NCAA Division II playoffs. The Engineers defeated the Jacksonville State Gamecocks 33–0 in the National Championship Game en route to the program's first NCAA Division II Football Championship.


1977 Libertarian National Convention
Turning Point – 1977, the 1977 Libertarian Party National Convention was held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco between July 12 and 17, 1977. It had more than 50 events and an estimated attendance of 1500 people.


1977 Libertarian National Convention, Event
A march across the room was organized by a group of libertarian feminists in support of the Equal Rights Amendment; the March featured a few of the leading women in the movement and two men: Robert Anton Wilson and Steve Trinward.


1977 Liberty Bowl
The 1977 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 19, 1977. In the 19th edition of the Liberty Bowl, the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference rallied to defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference, 21–17.


1977 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
North Carolina led by ten points after three quarters, but was outscored, 14–0, in the fourth quarter as Randy Garcia came off of the Husker bench and completed all three of his passes, two for touchdowns. It was the eighth bowl victory in nine seasons for Nebraska; they remained at twelfth in the final AP poll, and North Carolina slipped to seventeenth.


1977 Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crash
On 2 December 1977, a Tupolev Tu-154 passenger jet ran out of fuel and crashed near Benghazi, Libya. A total of 59 passengers were killed.


1977 Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft was a Tu-154A registered LZ-BTN and had its first flight in 1974. It was one of six Tu-154s to be leased by Libyan Arab Airlines from Balkan Bulgarian Airlines for that year's pilgrim flights to Mecca for the Hajj.


1977 Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crash, Accident
The aircraft took off from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia on a flight to Benina International Airport in the Libyan city of Benghazi with a crew of six and 159 passengers – pilgrims returning to Libya from the Hajj – on board. Egyptian airspace was closed to Libyan aircraft at the time, necessitating an indirect route to Benghazi instead of the direct route across Egypt; the crew reportedly did not plan for the longer flight time, leaving the aircraft short of fuel. As the aircraft neared Benghazi heavy fog blanketed the airport and the crew could not land the aircraft. After failing to locate the alternate airport the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed during the crew's subsequent attempt to make an emergency landing, killing 59 passengers.


1977 Liechtenstein operations centre referendum
A referendum on building a safe operation centre was held in Liechtenstein on 2 October 1977. The proposal was approved by 54.4% of voters.


1977 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season
Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1977 season was the club's 47th year of existence, the 24th year in professional football and the 17th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.


1977 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
The 1977 Bolivian Primera División, the first division of Bolivian football (soccer), was played by 16 teams. The champion was The Strongest.


1977 Limavady District Council election
Elections to Limavady 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 Limavady District Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), DUP and SDLP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance


1977 Limavady District Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 2 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from United Unionist


1977 Limavady District Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), SDLP and DUP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance


1977 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 1977 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 83rd staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board.


1977 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
On 13 November 1977, Patrickswell won the championship after a 3-07 to 0-07 defeat of Killeedy in the final. It was their fifth championship title overall and their first title in seven championship seasons.


1977 Lisburn Borough Council election
Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.


1977 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP


1977 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP


1977 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP


1977 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI1973-1977 Change: UPNI gain from UUP


1977 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Area E
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP


1977 Little League World Series
The 1977 Little League World Series took place between August 23 and August 27 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Li-Teh Little League of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, defeated the Western Little League of El Cajon, California, in the championship game of the 31st Little League World Series.


1977 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 63rd edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège road cycling race in Belgium was held on 24 April 1977. French rider Bernard Hinault won his first monument classic, after beating André Dierickx in a two-man sprint.


1977 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Summary
Six riders – Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck, Freddy Maertens, André Dierickx, Dietrich Thurau and Bernard Hinault – were in front of the race. While all eyes were on Eddy Merckx, André Dierickx launched an attack at 8 km from the finish. Frenchman Bernard Hinault was the only one to respond and beat Dierickx in the sprint. A faltering Merckx, in his final display in Liège, finished a disappointing sixth.


1977 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Summary
The race was run in bad weather, with cold and rain affecting riders. Only 24 of 143 riders finished the race.


1977 London WCT
The London WCT was a men's professional tennis tournament held on indoor carpet courts at the Earls Court in London, England. It was the sixth and final edition of the tournament and was held from 28 March through 3 April 1977. The event was part of the 1977 World Championship Tennis circuit. Fourth-seeded Eddie Dibbs won the singles title and £18,000 / $30,000 first–prize money.


1977 London WCT, Finals, Doubles
Ilie Năstase /  Adriano Panatta defeated  Mark Cox /  Eddie Dibbs 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 6–3


1977 London summit
The 1977 London summit was the 4th NATO summit bringing the leaders of member nations together at the same time. The formal sessions and informal meetings in London took place on 10–11 May 1977. This event was only the fifth meeting of the NATO heads of state following the ceremonial signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949.


1977 London summit, Background
In this period, the organization faced unresolved questions concerned whether a new generation of leaders would be as committed to NATO as their predecessors had been.


1977 Londonderry City Council election
Elections to Londonderry City Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 27 councillors.


1977 Londonderry City Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), DUP and SDLP gain from United Loyalists (three seats) and Alliance


1977 Londonderry City Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) and DUP gain from United Loyalist (three seats)


1977 Londonderry City Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x Republican Clubs1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Nationalist1973-1977 Change: Nationalist gain from Republican Clubs


1977 Londonderry City Council election, Districts results, Area D
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x UUP1973-1977 Change: SDLP and UUP gain from Alliance and United Loyalist


1977 Londonderry City Council election, Districts results, Area E
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from United Loyalist


1977 London–Sydney Marathon
The 1977 London–Sydney Marathon, officially Singapore Airlines Rally London-Sydney 1977 was the second running of the London-Sydney Marathon. The rally took place between 14 August and 27 September 1977. The event covered 19,000 miles (30,000 km) through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was won by Andrew Cowan, Colin Malkin and Mike Broad, driving a Mercedes-Benz 280E.


1977 London–Sydney Marathon, Background
The success of the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon would inspire Australian advertising publicist Wylton Dickson, who had no previous links to rallying to organised the World Cup Rally, which took place in 1970 and again in 1974. But following the controversy over the running of the 1974 event, the World Cup Rally was cancelled and Dickson decided to organise another London to Sydney Marathon in 1977, with sponsorship from Singapore Airlines, who were celebrating their 30th Anniversary, by running the longest car rally in history.


1977 London–Sydney Marathon, Background
The route would see competitors cross Europe and Asia in the first twelve days of the event before the cars would be shipped from India to Malaysia with competitors driving through the country and into Singapore for the next eleven days before being shipped to Australia for the last seven days of the rally.


1977 Long Beach State 49ers football team
The 1977 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University, Long Beach during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.


1977 Long Beach State 49ers football team
Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by first year head coach Dave Currey, and played the majority of their home games at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California. One game was still played at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins, six losses (4–6, 1–3 PCAA).


1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season saw Tommy Lasorda in his first full season at the helm of the Dodgers, replacing longtime manager Walter Alston as Manager of the team near the end of the previous season. The Dodgers won the National League West by 10 games and defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in four games in the NLCS, then lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series. This edition of the Dodgers featured the first quartet of teammates that hit 30 or more home runs: Steve Garvey with 33, Reggie Smith with 32, and Dusty Baker and Ron Cey, who both hit 30. The Dodgers duplicated this feat again 20 years later in 1997.


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


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


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


1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The Dodgers drafted 40 players in the June draft and eight in the January draft. Of those, eight players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.


1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The first round draft pick in the June draft was pitcher Bob Welch from Eastern Michigan University. In 17 years with the Dodgers and Oakland Athletics he started 462 games with a 211–146 record and a 3.47 ERA. He became a two time All-Star, a two time World Series Champion and won the 1990 American League Cy Young Award.


1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The draft also included Mickey Hatcher, who hit .280 in 1130 games, mostly as an outfielder and was a part of two Dodgers World Series champions; outfielder/utility player Ron Roenicke who played eight seasons in the Majors before becoming a coach and manager; and relief pitcher Tom Niedenfuer, who was picked in the 36th round but would play 10 seasons in the Majors and save 97 games.


1977 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 3rd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1977, were announced on 19 December 1977 and given on 10 January 1978.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season
The 1977 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 40th year with the National Football League and the 32nd season in Los Angeles.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season
Hobbled by chronic knee woes, quarterback Joe Namath was waived by the New York Jets after the 1976 season, after they were unable to trade him. Namath signed with the Rams in May 1977. Hope of a Rams revival sprung when Los Angeles won two of their first three games, but Namath was hampered by low mobility. After a poor performance in a Monday Night loss to the Bears, Namath never saw NFL game action again.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season
After a home playoff loss to the Minnesota Vikings 14-7 on a saturated field in game which has been termed the "Mud Bowl", Rams head coach Chuck Knox was fired due to ownership's frustration that Knox had not been able to reach the Super Bowl.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1
Namath threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Harold Jackson early, but then it was all Falcons as their defense totally shut down the running game. Scott Hunter, starting in place of injured Steve Bartkowski, directed a ball-control attack and ran for a touchdown.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2
Namath passed for two touchdowns in this game, 14 yards to Lawrence McCutcheon and 2 yards to Terry Nelson. Rafael Septien provided the other scoring with 2 extra points and 2 field goals (20 and 23) It also turned out to be the final two touchdowns Namath would ever throw in his Hall of Fame career.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3
McCutcheon and John Cappelletti both ran for two touchdowns in this blowout. Jim Plunkett was completely ineffective against the Rams defense.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4
Namath's final NFL start and game. He was 16 for 40 and once again victimized by no running game. Rams did get off to a 13–0 lead, but Bears QB Bob Avellini completed two long touchdown passes to James Scott and Walter Payton ran for 126 yards to bring the Bears back.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5
Pat Haden took back over as the starting quarterback and led a ball-control attack with McCutcheon gaining 152 yards and rookie Wendell Tyler scoring his first career NFL touchdown on a 16-yard run.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6
In a Monday Night blowout, Haden passed for two touchdowns and ran for another. The Rams' defense sacked Fran Tarkenton four times and intercepted him twice, both by rookie Pat Thomas.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7
In a wild game at the New Orleans Superdome, the Saints won on a 31-yard field goal by Rich Szaro with 16 seconds left.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8
Haden continued to roll with two more touchdown passes and Jim Youngblood scored on a 25-yard interception return.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9
McCutcheon and Tyler each scored running touchdowns and Haden passed for another.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10
Rookie wide receiver Billy Waddy scored his first NFL touchdown on a pass from Haden and McCutcheon scored on a 42-yard run.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11
Rams won slug-it-out game in the mud despite Haden throwing 3 INT's. Cappelletti scored on a 7-yard run and Rafael Septién added a field goal.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12
Against the defending Super Bowl champions, the Rams survived a late scoring drive and a touchdown pass by Ken Stabler by answering with a 43-yard Haden-to-Harold Jackson touchdown bomb with around two minutes left. The win clinched the Rams' fifth straight division title.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13
Rams avenged their season-opening loss to the Falcons as Haden ran for a touchdown and passed for another to Cappelletti.


1977 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14
In the cold and rain at RFK Stadium, Redskins quarterback Billy Kilmer threw for two early touchdowns. Rookie backup quarterback Vince Ferragamo nearly led the Rams back in the second half with two touchdowns of his own, but Septien missed a potential game-tying FG with no time left. It turned out to be George Allen's final regular-season game as an NFL coach.


1977 Los Angeles mayoral election
The 1977 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 5, 1977. Incumbent Tom Bradley was re-elected.


1977 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 1977 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their eleventh year under head coach Maxie Lambright, the team compiled a 9–1–2 record and as both Southland Conference and Independence Bowl champions.


1977 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 1977 Louisville Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Louisville as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their third season under head coach Vince Gibson, the Cardinals compiled a 7–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 291 to 194.


1977 Louisville Cardinals football team
The team's statistical leaders included Stu Stram with 455 passing yards, Calvin Prince with 1,050 rushing yards and 78 points scored, and Marc Mitchell with 358 receiving yards.


1977 Louisville Open
The 1977 Louisville Open, also known as the Louisville International Tennis Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Louisville Tennis Center in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 25 July through August 1, 1977. The tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and categorized as a Four Star event. The singles final was won by first-seeded Guillermo Vilas who received $20,000 first prize money. It was Vilas' third title win at the tournament after 1974 and 1975.


1977 Louisville Open, Finals, Doubles
John Alexander /  Phil Dent defeated  Chris Kachel /  Cliff Letcher 6–1, 6–4


1977 Maccabiah Games
At the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Israel, 2,700 athletes from 33 countries participated in 26 different sports.


1977 Maccabiah Games, History
The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932 in Palestine, then a British Mandate jurisdiction. In 1961, under an independent Israel, they were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and supervision of, the International Olympic Committee.


1977 Maccabiah Games, Notable medalists
Miki Berkovich, Motti Aroesti, Barry Leibowitz, and Steve Kaplan were among the Israeli basketball team's squad. The United States, coached by Dolph Schayes and with his son Danny Schayes, Ernie Grunfeld, Howard Lassoff, and Willie Sims on the team, won the gold medal in that sport.


1977 Maccabiah Games, Notable medalists
Esther Roth of Israel won the 100-meter hurdles in 13.50, and the 200-meter race in 24.03. Roth set records in the 100-meter hurdles, 200-meters, and 4×100-meters.


1977 Maccabiah Games, Notable medalists
American Sharon Shapiro won five gold medals in individual and team gymnastics, when she was 15 years of age. American swimmer Wendy Weinberg (Olympic bronze medalist) won six gold medals and two silver medals.


1977 Maccabiah Games, Notable medalists
In fencing, 2-time Olympic bronze medal winner Yves Dreyfus of France won gold medals in individual and team épée. In men's tennis, Steve Krulevitz won the gold medal for the United States. In women's tennis, South African Ilana Kloss won a silver medal in mixed doubles. Joel Kramer won a gold medal in basketball with Team USA.


1977 Maccabiah Games, Notable medalists
Also competing were Canadian sprinter Abigail Hoffman (two-time Pan American Games champion), and Venezuelan Elizabeth Popper (table tennis Olympian).


1977 Maccabiah Games, Participating communities
The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that community contributed.


1977 Macdonald Brier
The 1977 Macdonald Brier was held March 6-12 in Montreal, Quebec at the Velodrome. The total attendance for the week was 50,001. This Brier would see the first victory for Quebec in the Brier's history. At this time, there was no playoffs in the Brier.


1977 Macdonald Brier, Background
This would be the first time that games were shortened to 10 ends. In 1927, teams played 14 ends, and from 1928–76, teams played 12.


1977 Macdonald Brier, Teams
Skip : L. Wayne HamiltonThird: Joe Power Jr.Second: Ken ThomasLead: Paul Hamilton


1977 Macdonald Lassies Championship
The 1977 Macdonald Lassies Championship, the Canadian women's curling championship was held February 27 to March 4, 1977, at the Saint Mary's Arena in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Team Alberta, skipped by Myrna McQuarrie won the event, having had the best round robin record.


1977 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Lethbridge Ladies CC, LethbridgeSkip: Myrna McQuarrieThird: Rita TarnavaSecond: Barbara DavisLead: Jane Rempel


1977 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Dorothy McKenzie Third: Simone RivardSecond: Una IrvineLead: Heather Helston


1977 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Karen Cole Third: Jean BurdenSecond: Shirley BurgessLead: Frances Burgess


1977 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Jean SkinnerThird: Adine BoutilierSecond: Shirley Pace Lead: Barbara McLeod


1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1977.


1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 320 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.


1977 Magherafelt District Council election
Elections to Magherafelt District 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 Magherafelt District Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from SDLP


1977 Magherafelt District Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Nationalist1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist1973-1977 Change: DUP and UUUP gain from UUP and Vanguard


1977 Magherafelt District Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, United Loyalist joins DUP


1977 Maine Black Bears football team
The 1977 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season. In its second season under head coach Jack Bicknell, the team compiled a 3–7 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and tied for last place in the Yankee Conference. Jack Cosgrove and David Secin were the team captains.


1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 48th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 19, 1977, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York, New York the home of the New York Yankees of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 7–5.


1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The host Yankees won the World Series; the third time in history that a team hosting the All-Star Game would win the World Series in the same year. As of 2018, the 1977 Yankees were the last team to accomplish this. The previous  teams to accomplish this were the 1939 New York Yankees and the 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers. This would have happened with the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers, but the All-Star Game was canceled.


1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
This was Yankee Stadium's third time as host of the All-Star Game, and it would be its last until 2008;  the last year of the park's use by the Yankees.


1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.


1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
The National League started with Joe Morgan blasting American League starter Jim Palmer's sixth pitch into Yankee Stadium's "short porch" in right field. Dave Parker followed with a single and scored on a double by George Foster. Greg Luzinski made it 4–0 with a two-run homer. Steve Garvey then sent Palmer to the showers in the third with a homer to make it 5–0 in favor of the NL.


1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
Meanwhile, National League starter Don Sutton cruised along with three shutout innings and Gary Lavelle added two more in the fourth and fifth. The American League first scored off of Tom Seaver in the sixth as Rod Carew led off with a single and went to second when Seaver stopped a lightning-fast shot up the middle hit by Willie Randolph. Seaver recovered to retire Randolph and retired George Brett, but then walked Fred Lynn and surrendered a two-run double to Richie Zisk. Seaver allowed the AL another run in the seventh when Butch Wynegar led off with a single, took second when Graig Nettles reached on an error, and scored on a single by Randolph.


1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
The National League got their final runs in the eighth when Dave Winfield hit a two-run single off Sparky Lyle. George Scott hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the AL off Rich Gossage for the final margin.


1977 Major League Baseball draft, First round selections
The following are the first round picks in the 1977 Major League Baseball draft.


1977 Major League Baseball draft, Background
The White Sox surprised some when they passed on right-handed pitcher Bill Gullickson, a native of nearby Orland Park, IL, and selected outfielder Harold Baines as the number one pick in the draft. White Sox owner Bill Veeck had seen Baines play little league baseball in Maryland and had followed his progress through the years. After spending three seasons in the minors, Baines was a fixture in the White Sox lineup for 10 seasons.


1977 Major League Baseball draft, Background
With Gullickson available, Montreal selected the pitcher second overall, and eventually pitcher Scott Sanderson in the third round and outfielder Tim Raines in the fifth.


1977 Major League Baseball draft, Background
Shortstop Tom Goffena from Sidney, Ohio became the Toronto Blue Jays' first draft pick as he was chosen 25th in the first round. The Seattle Mariners picked 26th and took outfielder Dave Henderson from Dos Palos, CA as their first draft pick. The Blue Jays also picked Danny Ainge out of Brigham Young University in the 15th round. Ainge, who was also drafted by the NBA's Boston Celtics, later quit baseball for a career in basketball as a player, coach and executive.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion
The 1977 Major League Baseball expansion resulted in the establishment of expansion franchises in Seattle and Toronto in the American League of Major League Baseball. The Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays began play in the 1977 Major League Baseball season, becoming the 25th and 26th teams in Major League Baseball.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion
Seattle and Toronto were included in a list of potential expansion cities in a survey conducted by the American League in 1960. The others were Atlanta, Buffalo, Dallas–Fort Worth, Denver, Oakland, and San Diego (all of which received franchises eventually through expansion or relocation except Buffalo).


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Seattle
In the 1969 Major League Baseball expansion, Kansas City, Montreal, San Diego, and Seattle were each granted a franchise; the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots were added to the American League, while the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres joined the National League. The Seattle Pilots only played one season, during which they faced financial difficulties owing to no television coverage, a poorly performing team, a stadium with problems, and the highest ticket and concession prices in the league.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Seattle
Owners of other American League teams wanted Dewey Soriano and William R. Daley to sell the team to a Seattle owner who would improve the team and address issues at Sick's Stadium, particularly uncovered seats with bad views. After several attempts to sell the team to a Seattle owner failed, on April 1, 1970 judge Sidney Volinn declared the team officially bankrupt; it was sold to Bud Selig, who moved the team to Milwaukee and renamed it the Milwaukee Brewers. Selig had negotiated a deal for the purchase with Soriano during Game 1 of the 1969 World Series.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Seattle
As a result of the relocation of the Seattle Pilots to Milwaukee, in 1970 the city of Seattle, King County and the state of Washington sued the American League for breach of contract. The 32.5 million dollar lawsuit proceeded until 1976, when at trial the American League offered the city a franchise in exchange for the city, county, and state to drop the suit. On November 2, 1972, King County had broken ground on the Kingdome, which would come to be used by the Seattle Mariners for baseball and by the Seahawks for football.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Seattle
On January 15, 1976, the expansion franchise was approved, becoming the 13th franchise in the American League. It was owned by Lester Smith and Danny Kaye, who paid an expansion fee of US$6.5 million. Owing to the history surrounding the franchise, sportswriter Emmett Watson of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer joked that the team should be named the Seattle Litigants.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Toronto
Toronto had a long history of interest in baseball. Its first professional baseball team was established in 1885, and in 1886 Sunlight Park was built to host its games. In 1897, Hanlan's Point Stadium was built at the Toronto Islands for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League, and on September 5, 1914 it was the site of baseball legend Babe Ruth's first professional home run and only minor league home run. In 1926, Maple Leaf Stadium was built for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The team was successful, sometimes drawing more fans than established Major League Baseball teams.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Toronto
The team was owned by Jack Kent Cooke, who in the mid-1950s sought municipal financing of a major league baseball park on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition. He was also involved in the failed attempt to establish the Continental League as a third league in Major League Baseball. Maple Leaf Stadium was demolished in 1968 after the Toronto Maple Leafs were sold to Walter Dilbeck and moved to Louisville, Kentucky. (The team moved two more times, and is now the Worcester Red Sox.)


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Toronto
In the early 1970s, Toronto City Council alderman Paul Godfrey proposed a plan for a publicly financed domed stadium in the city, but it was opposed by taxpayers and amateur sports groups. Undeterred, he proposed renovation of  Exhibition Stadium to support baseball. The stadium was renovated in anticipation of the city being awarded a Major League Baseball team, costing C$15,000,000. Half of the funds were provided by the municipal government, and the other half from an interest-free loan from the Government of Ontario. Its seating capacity was increased to 40,000.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Toronto
There had been strong interest from several groups and individuals to own a Major League Baseball team in the city. The most prominent was Labatt Brewing Company, who wanted to use ownership of a sports team as a means to establish a visible presence in the Toronto market.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Toronto
On January 9, 1976, the National Exhibition Company, owners of the San Francisco Giants, established an agreement in principle to sell the franchise to a consortium owned by Labatt Brewing Company, Vulcan Assets, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for C$13,250,000. The Giants had failed to repay a US$500,000 loan from Major League Baseball, and had experienced declining revenues since the relocation of the Kansas City Athletics to Oakland in 1968. Of the sale price, US$5,250,000 was to be placed in escrow to "meet certain possible obligations with respect to the transaction", especially the lease of Candlestick Park, which would expire in 1994.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Toronto
The new owners of the Giants, led by Don McDougall, would move the team to Toronto pending approval from the other eleven National League teams, which would be sought on January 14 at the Winter Meetings of General Managers in Phoenix. The team would be known as the Toronto Giants and would begin play during the 1976 Major League Baseball season. The deal was scuttled by a Superior Court of California, which issued an injunction blocking the sale on February 11, 1976; the injunction was requested by the city of San Francisco on January 10. The National Exhibition Company eventually accepted a purchase proposal from Bob Lurie in a deal brokered by George Moscone, the Mayor of San Francisco.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Toronto
The American League provided an opportunity for a Toronto franchise, and two groups bid for the rights to franchise ownership in the city. Ultimately, an ownership group named Metro Baseball Ltd. consisting of Labatt Brewing Company, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and Imperial Trust won the bid for a franchise fee of C$7,000,000. The other bid was made by Atlantic Packaging. The winning bid was represented by legal counsel Herb Solway and Gord Kirke. Kirke prepared the original documents which led to the foundation of the team in 1976.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Toronto
After the city was awarded the franchise, U.S. President Gerald Ford attempted to pressure Major League Baseball to instead award the franchise to Washington, D.C., which he claimed should have a team before Toronto. Both the American League and National League dismissed his request.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Toronto
In preparation for the 1977 season, Toronto City Council approved a further C$2,800,000 for renovation to Exhibition Stadium. Paul Beeston was hired as the team's first employee, and Peter Bavasi was hired as the team's first president and general manager.


1977 Major League Baseball expansion, Expansion draft
In order to stock the roster of each team, a draft was held on November 5, 1976 in which each of the extant teams would make available to the expansion franchises some of the players on their major league and minor league rosters. Each team was allowed to protect fifteen players on the major league roster, and an additional three players after each of the first and second round of the draft. The Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays each selected 30 players in the draft.


1977 Major League Baseball season
The 1977 Major League Baseball season. The American League (AL) had its third expansion as the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays began play. However, the National League (NL) did not expand, remaining at 12 teams compared to the AL's 14, until the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins joined the NL in 1993.


1977 Malagasy parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 30 June 1977. They were the first elections held under the constitution adopted in the 1975 referendum, which banned all political parties not affiliated with the National Front for the Defense of the Revolution.


1977 Malagasy parliamentary election
Prior to the elections, the National Movement for the Independence of Madagascar left the National Front, and did not take part in the elections. The remaining four parties were assigned all 137 seats in the National People's Assembly, and voters were asked to approve the list. AREMA was assigned 112 seats, the Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar 16, the Popular Movement for National Unity seven and the Malagasy Christian Democratic Union two. The list was approved by 92% of voters.


1977 Mangere by-election
The Mangere by-election of 1977 was a by-election for the electorate of Mangere on 26 March 1977 during the 38th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the resignation of the previous member Colin Moyle after accusations against him in parliament, and he was replaced by David Lange, also of the Labour Party. Apart from Lange, there were seven other candidates in the by-election.


1977 Mangere by-election, Candidates, Labour
Initially, there was media supposition that Moyle would stand again to vindicate himself from Muldoon's allegations and that he would not be opposed for selection. However several people did nominate though they were without name recognition. As Mangere was a safe Labour seat, there was a large amount of interest. Eventually there were four former Labour MPs in the race and Moyle decided to withdraw his nomination on 12 February only three days before the selection meeting. This led Labour's Auckland President Barry Gustafson to call for nominations to be re-opened, however Labour Party general secretary John Wybrow refused. With Moyle out, former MPs Dorothy Jelicich and Mike Moore became the favourites, with both Moyle and Labour leader Bill Rowling supporting Jelicich.


1977 Mangere by-election, Candidates, Labour
In the end a mammoth total of 16 candidates were nominated:


1977 Mangere by-election, Candidates, Labour
In addition to Moyle, several candidates pulled out of the nomination process; Malcolm Douglas unsuccessful Labour nominee for Onehunga in 1975, Geoff Braybrooke Labour's candidate for Pakuranga in 1975 and Murray Smith former MP for Whangarei.


1977 Mangere by-election, Candidates, Labour
The candidates were narrowed down to a shortlist three Jelicich, Lange and Moore. The local members preferred Moore whilst the Labour Party head office favoured Jelicich resulting in Lange being selected as a compromise candidate. Lange, a criminal defence lawyer, was relatively unknown in political circles and his selection was something of a surprise. He was an unsuccessful candidate on the Labour ticket for the Auckland City Council at the 1974 local elections and had stood for parliament in Hobson in 1975, placing third.


1977 Mangere by-election, Candidates, National
Simich won the selection. Simich was noted as being well presented but misjudging the nature of the Mangere electorate. His policies were largely conservative and he drove around in a Rolls-Royce followed by several other glamorous cars in a motorcade which jarred with the lower-middle class nature of the locals.


1977 Mangere by-election, Candidates, Others
The incipient Values Party chose their 1975 candidate Frank Grayson once again. Barry Moss, an unsuccessful candidate for Manukau in 1969 stood as a "Worker's Labour" candidate. Bill Owens was the candidate for the Social Credit Party who had contested the Mangere seat in 1975. Barry Shaw ran as an independent labour candidate and Brigid Mulrennan stood for the Socialist Action Party, both had contested Auckland Central in 1975.


1977 Mangere by-election, Campaign
Most of the campaigning was conducted by candidates hosting public meetings, most of which were well attended. Labour leader Bill Rowling spoke at several meetings in Lange's support as did several other MPs. In one noted occasion a heckler at a workplace meeting was chased across a nearby paddock by Wigram MP Mick Connelly. There was also a live televised debate between Lange and Simich which, despite being a local contest, was broadcast nationwide. Lange performed well and won the debate, giving him much publicity on the national stage.


1977 Mangere by-election, Aftermath
The by-election put Lange into parliament, and the attention that he got helped propel him to the deputy leadership of the parliamentary Labour Party in 1979 and the leadership itself in February 1983, and then a landslide victory over Muldoon in the 1984 general election. As Labour's majority was larger than expected Lange spent most of his first few weeks as an MP supporting Labour's candidate in the 1977 Pahiatua by-election, Allan Levett, attempt to increase their vote share. Moyle stood as Labour's candidate in Whangarei in 1978 and would re-enter parliament in 1981 as MP for Hunua.


1977 Manitoba general election
The 1977 Manitoba general election was held on October 11, 1977 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party, which took 33 seats out of 57. The governing New Democratic Party fell to 23 seats, while the Liberal Party won only one seat.


1977 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Post-election changes
Rossmere (Edward Schreyer appointed Governor-General of Canada, December 7, 1978), October 16, 1979:


1977 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Post-election changes
River Heights (res. Sidney Spivak, April 12, 1979), October 16, 1979:


1977 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Post-election changes
Fort Rouge (res. Lloyd Axworthy, April 6, 1979), October 16, 1979:


1977 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Post-election changes
Sidney Green (NDP) changed his party affiliation to Independent NDP on December 4, 1979.


1977 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Post-election changes
Robert Wilson was expelled from the Progressive Conservative caucus on November 20, 1980, and from the Progressive Conservative party on November 28, 1980. On June 17, 1981, he was expelled from the legislature, having been sentenced to seven years in prison.


1977 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Post-election changes
Ben Hanuschak (NDP) became an Independent MLA on February 26, 1981. On February 27, 1981, Bud Boyce left the NDP caucus.


1977 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Post-election changes
On March 3, 1981, Green, Hanuschak and Boyce announced their membership in the new Progressive Party of Manitoba.


1977 Manitoba municipal elections
The 1977 Manitoba municipal elections were held in October 1977 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.


1977 Manitoba municipal elections, Footnotes
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1977 Marlboro NSW Open
The 1977 New South Wales Open, also known by its sponsored name Marlboro New South Wales Open, was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the White City Stadium in Sydney, Australia. The men's was part of the 1977 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix circuit. It was the 85th edition of the event and was held from 12 December through 18 January 1977. The singles titles were won by Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Roscoe Tanner. Defending champion Tony Roche was unable to participate due to a stomach muscle injury.


1977 Marlboro NSW Open, Finals, Men's Singles
Roscoe Tanner defeated  Brian Teacher 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4


1977 Marlboro NSW Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
John Alexander /  Phil Dent defeated  Ray Ruffels /  Allan Stone 7–6, 2–6, 6–3


1977 Marlboro NSW Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Evonne Goolagong Cawley /  Helen Gourlay Cawley defeated  Mona Guerrant /  Kerry Reid 6–0, 6–0


1977 Marlboro South Australian Men's Tennis Classic
The 1977 Marlboro South Australian Men's Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Adelaide, Australia. The event was part of the 1977 Grand Prix circuit and categorized as a two–star event. It was the 77th edition of the tournament and was held from 10 January through 16 January 1977. The singles title and $13,500 prize money was won by Victor Amaya.


1977 Marlboro South Australian Men's Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles
Cliff Letcher /  Dick Stockton defeated  Syd Ball /  Kim Warwick 6–3, 4–6, 6–4


1977 Marlboro South Australian Men's Tennis Classic – Doubles
The event was being held for the first time since 1974.


1977 Marlboro South Australian Men's Tennis Classic – Doubles
Cliff Letcher and Dick Stockton won the title, defeating Syd Ball and Kim Warwick 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 in the final.


1977 Marlboro South Australian Men's Tennis Classic – Singles
The event was being held for the first time since 1974.


1977 Marlboro South Australian Men's Tennis Classic – Singles
Victor Amaya won the title, defeating Brian Teacher 6–1, 6–4 in the final.


1977 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 1977 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In its third season under head coach Frank Ellwood, the team compiled a 2–9 record (0–4 against conference opponents) and was outscored by a total of 389 to 234. Bob Coleman, Ken Lawson, and Ed McTaggart were the team captains. The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.


1977 Marshallese status referendum
A referendum on holding separate negotiations on their future status was held in the Marshall Islands part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands on 30 July 1977. The proposal was approved by 62% of voters.


1977 Marshallese status referendum, Results
Voters were asked the question "Be it resolved that the Marshall Islands should pursue their future political status separate and apart from the other districts of the Trust Territory. Yes or no."


1977 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 1977 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their sixth season under head coach Jerry Claiborne, the Terrapins compiled an 8–4 record (4–2 in conference), finished in a tie for third place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents 254 to 179. The team ended its season with a 17–7 victory over Minnesota in the Hall of Fame Classic. The team's statistical leaders included Larry Dick with 1,351 passing yards, George Scott with 894 rushing yards, and Vince Kinney with 505 receiving yards.


1977 Masters (snooker)
The 1977 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between Monday 7th and Friday 11 February 1977 at the New London Theatre in London, England.


1977 Masters (snooker)
Doug Mountjoy won his first professional title, defeating Ray Reardon 7–6 in the final.


1977 Masters (snooker), Billiards
An English billiards tournament was held alongside the snooker event. Results are below.


1977 Masters Tournament
The 1977 Masters Tournament was the 41st Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.


1977 Masters Tournament
Tom Watson, age 27, won the first of his two green jackets, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus. The two were tied after 68 holes, then Watson birdied the par-4 17th. Needing a birdie to tie, Nicklaus bogeyed the final hole, one of 19 times in his career that he was the runner-up in a major championship. It was the second of Watson's eight major championships, and he won a second Masters in 1981.


1977 Masters Tournament
The pair again dueled for a major title in the final round in July in Scotland, at the Open Championship at Turnberry, also won by Watson.


1977 Masters Tournament
Although he had won a major in 1975 and led the PGA Tour in season earnings entering this Masters, Watson had been labeled a "choker" early in his pro career, known for relinquishing leads in the final round of majors and regular events. Notable among these was the U.S. Open in 1974 at Winged Foot; his win here and in Scotland put that to rest.


1977 Masters Tournament, Field
Tommy Aaron, George Archer (11), Gay Brewer (8), Billy Casper (8,12), Charles Coody (8,10), Raymond Floyd (8,9,10,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (3,4), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.


1977 Masters Tournament, Field
Lou Graham (8,12), Hale Irwin (8,12), Johnny Miller (3,8,9,12), Jerry Pate (9,10,11)


1977 Masters Tournament, Field
James T. Mason (a), Cary Parker Moore Jr. (a), Bill Sander (6,7,a), Stan Souza (a)


1977 Masters Tournament, Field
Buddy Allin (11), Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw (9,10,11), Al Geiberger (9,11,12), Hubert Green (9), Dave Hill (11), Tom Kite (11), Gene Littler (12), Roger Maltbie (11), Rik Massengale (11), Jerry McGee (10), Curtis Strange, Larry Ziegler (11)


1977 Masters Tournament, Field
Butch Baird (11), Rod Funseth, Mark Hayes (11), Don January (10,11), Lyn Lott, Mike Morley, Andy North, J. C. Snead (11,12)


1977 Masters Tournament, Field
Andy Bean, Woody Blackburn, Danny Edwards, Lee Elder, Gibby Gilbert, Joe Inman, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Bruce Lietzke, Mac McLendon, Tom Purtzer, Bob Wynn


1977 Masters Tournament, Field
Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros, Bruce Devlin (8), David Graham (10,11), Dale Hayes (8), Tommy Horton, John Lister (11), Graham Marsh (8,11), Takashi Murakami, Jack Newton, Christy O'Connor Jnr, Peter Oosterhuis (8), Bob Shearer


1977 Mayotte by-election
A by-election to the French National Assembly was held in Mayotte on 13 March 1977. The territory elected a single seat, taken by Younoussa Bamana of the Mahoré People's Movement, who was elected unopposed.


1977 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 1977 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 51st edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 18 teams. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1977 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
This was Duleek's return in the Intermediate grade after relegation from the S.F.C. the previous year.


1977 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Curraha and Nobber were promoted after claiming the 1976 Meath Junior Football Championship title and runners-up spot respectively.


1977 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
On 2 October 1977, Dunshaughlin claimed their 1st Intermediate championship title when they defeated Nobber 0–13 to 0–6 in the final in Pairc Tailteann.


1977 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1976 championship season.


1977 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
There are 3 groups called Group A, B and C. The top finishers in Group A and B will qualify for the semi finals. First place in Group C along with the runners-up in all the groups qualify for the quarter finals.


1977 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Finals
The teams in the semi-finals are the first and second placed teams from each group.


1977 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 1977 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 85th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1977 Meath Senior Football Championship
Summerhill were the defending champions after they defeated Walterstown in the previous years final and they completed a 4 in a row of titles when beating Seneschalstown 3–7 to 2-7 after a replay in the final in Pairc Tailteann. Padraig Grey raised the Keegan Cup for the 'Hill. They also became the first Meath club to win a Leinster Senior Club Football Championship when they beat Dublin kingpins St. Vincent's in the final. Their journey ended in the All-Ireland semi-final when losing away to St. John's of Belfast.


1977 Meath Senior Football Championship
This was Castletown's return to the senior grade after claiming the 1976 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title.


1977 Meath Senior Football Championship
Wolfe Tones were regraded to the 1978 I.F.C. at the end of the campaign after 3 years as a senior club after losing to Martry Harps in the Relegation Final.


1977 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1976 championship season.


1977 Meath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Finals
The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi finals.


1977 Memorial Cup
The 1977 Memorial Cup occurred May 8–14 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was the 59th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the winners of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Ottawa 67's, Sherbrooke Castors and New Westminster Bruins. New Westminster won their first Memorial Cup, defeating Ottawa in the final game.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
The New Westminster Bruins coached by Punch McLean, represented the Western Canada Hockey League at the 1977 Memorial Cup. This marked the Bruins third consecutive appearance at the tournament. The Bruins finished the 1976-77 season in first place in the West Division with a 47-14-11, earning 105 points. The high-scoring team earned 363 goals during the season, which ranked them second in the WCHL. The Bruins were also the top ranked defensive club in the league, allowing only 216 goals. In the post-season, the Bruins defeated the Victoria Cougars in a four game sweep during the WCHL quarter-finals.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
In the WCHL semi-finals, New Westminster defeated the Portland Winter Hawks four games to one, earning a trip to the final round. In the President's Cup finals against the top ranked Brandon Wheat Kings, New Westminster defeated the Wheat Kings four games to one to win their third consecutive WCHL title, earning a berth into the 1977 Memorial Cup.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
The Bruins offense was led by Mark Lofthouse, who scored 54 goals and 112 points in 70 games, ranking seventh in league scoring. Lofthouse was a top prospect heading into the 1977 NHL Entry Draft, where he would be selected by the Washington Capitals with the 21st overall pick. Lofthouse continued his hot scoring in the playoffs, scoring a team high 10 goals in 14 games. Defenseman Brad Maxwell was another to prospect on the Bruins. In 70 games, Maxwell scored 21 goals and 79 points.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
Maxwell led the club in post-season scoring with seven goals and 22 points in 14 games. He would be selected by the Minnesota North Stars in the first round, seventh overall at the 1977 NHL Entry Draft. Defenseman Barry Beck was another highly sought prospect for the Bruins. In 61 games, Beck scored 16 goals and 62 points. At the upcoming 1977 NHL Entry Draft, Beck was selected second overall by the Colorado Rockies. Beck was named the Top Defenseman in the league.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
Stan Smyl scored 35 goals and 66 points in 71 games, as he began getting attention for the 1978 NHL Entry Draft. Ray Creasy was acquired from the Flin Flon Bombers early in the season. In 48 games, Creasy scored 30 goals and 66 points. In goal, Blaine Peterson appeared in 46 games, earning a record of 26-10-4 with a 3.33 GAA and a .898 save percentage.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
The 1977 Memorial Cup was the Bruins third trip to the tournament in team history. In 1975, New Westminster lost to the Toronto Marlboros in the final game. In 1976, the Bruins returned to the final game of the tournament, where they lost to the Hamilton Fincups.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, Ottawa 67's
The Ottawa 67's represented the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League at the 1977 Memorial Cup. The 67's were the top team in the Leyden Division, earning a record of 38-23-5, getting 81 points and winning the Leyden Trophy. Ottawa scored 348 goals during the season, ranking them fourth in the OMJHL. The 67's allowed 288 goals, which ranked them fifth in the league. During the post-season, the 67's defeated the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds four games to zero, with a tie, during the Leyden Division semi-finals.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, Ottawa 67's
In the next round, Ottawa was pushed to the limit by the Kingston Canadians, as they won the series four games to three, with another game tied, during the Leyden Division finals. The 67's faced the London Knights for the J. Ross Robertson Cup. Ottawa defeated London four games to two to capture the OMJHL championship, earning a berth into the 1977 Memorial Cup.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, Ottawa 67's
Bobby Smith led the 67's offense, scoring a team high 65 goals and 135 points in 64 games, finishing third in league scoring. In 19 playoff games, Smith scored 16 goals and 32 points to lead the club. Smith became a top prospect for the 1978 NHL Entry Draft after his spectacular season. Tom McDonell scored 35 goals and 89 points in 66 games to finish second in club scoring, while Tim Higgins also scored 35 goals, while earning 87 points in 66 games. Defenseman Doug Wilson was another top prospect on the 67's. Wilson scored 25 goals and 79 points in 48 games. He was selected by the Chicago Black Hawks with the sixth overall pick in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft. Bob Daly was the 67's starting goaltender, however, the London Knights loaned their goaltender Pat Riggin to Ottawa for the tournament.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, Ottawa 67's
The 1977 Memorial Cup was the first appearance by the 67's in team history.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, Sherbrooke Castors
The Sherbrooke Castors represented the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League at the 1977 Memorial Cup. The Castors finished in first place in the Lebel Division with a record of 40-23-9, earning 89 points. The Castors scored 392 goals during the regular season, ranking them second in the league. The club allowed 311 goals, the third fewest in the QMJHL. In the post-season, the Castors had an early scare, as the Laval National pushed the Castors to a seventh game before Sherbrooke won the series four games to three during the QMJHL quarter-finals.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, Sherbrooke Castors
In the QMJHL semi-finals, the Castors defeated the Cornwall Royals four games to one, with another game ending in a tie, advancing to the league finals. In the final round, Sherbrooke defeated the top ranked Quebec Remparts four games to one to win the President's Cup and earn a berth into the 1977 Memorial Cup.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, Sherbrooke Castors
The Castors offense was led by Jere Gillis, as he emerged as one of the top prospects for the upcoming 1977 NHL Entry Draft. Gillis scored 55 goals and 140 points in 72 games, finishing in sixth in league scoring. Ron Carter scored a team high 77 goals, and finished second in team scoring with 127 points in 72 games. Carter led the Castors with 12 goals and 30 points in 18 playoff games.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, Sherbrooke Castors
Seventeen year old rookie Rick Vaive scored 51 goals and 110 points in 68 games, winning the Michel Bergeron Trophy, which is awarded to the QMJHL Rookie of the Year. Richard Sevigny was the Castors starting goaltender. In 64 games, he earned a record of 34-18-9 with a GAA of 4.14 and a save percentage of .863.


1977 Memorial Cup, Teams, Sherbrooke Castors
The 1977 Memorial Cup was the Castors second appearance at the tournament. At the 1975 Memorial Cup, Sherbrooke finished in third place after going winless in two games.


1977 Memorial Cup, Winning roster
Bruce Andres, Barry Beck, Jerry Bell, Randy Betty, Ray Creasy, Larry Dean, Doug Derkson, Don Hobbins, John-Paul Kelly, Mark Lofthouse, Brad Maxwell, Dave Orleski, Blaine Peterson, Randy Rudnyk, Stan Smyl, Carl Van Harrewyn, Carey Walker, Brian Young, Miles Zaharko. Coach: Ernie McLean


1977 Memphis State Tigers football team
The 1977 Memphis State Tigers football team represented Memphis State University (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In its third season under head coach Richard Williamson, the team compiled a 6–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 228 to 194. The team played its home games at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.


1977 Memphis State Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Lloyd Patterson with 1,336 passing yards, James King with 626 rushing yards, Earnest Gray with 826 receiving yards, and Rusty Bennett with 60 points scored (21 extra points, 13 field goals).


1977 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The 1977 Lucas Industries British Open Championships was held at Wembley Squash Centre in London from 26 March - 4 April 1977. Geoff Hunt won his fourth title defeating Cameron Nancarrow in the final. The Pakistan government did not allow their leading players to compete because South African players lined up in the field.


1977 Men's European Volleyball Championship
The 1977 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the tenth edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Helsinki, Finland, Tampere, Turku and Oulu from September 25 to October 2, 1977, with the final round held in Helsinki.


1977 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
The 1977 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the first edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Sweden from 11 to 19 April 1977.


1977 Men's South American Volleyball Championship
The 1977 Men's South American Volleyball Championship, the 12th tournament, took place in 1977 in Lima ( Peru).


1977 Men's World Open Squash Championship
The 1977 PSA Men's Uniroyal World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1977 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place at Brahma Lodge in Adelaide, Australia from 11 October to 21 October 1977. Geoff Hunt won his second World Open title, defeating Qamar Zaman in the final.


1977 Men's World Open Squash Championship, Draw and results, Third Place Play Off
The only time a third place play off took place in World Open history was in 1977.


1977 Men's World Team Squash Championships
The 1977 Men's World Team Amateur Squash Championships were held in Toronto and Ottawa in Canada and took place from September 12 to September 18, 1977.


1977 Merdeka Tournament
The 1977 Merdeka Tournament was held from 16 July to 31 July 1977 in Malaysia.


1977 Merseyside County Council election
The 1977 Merseyside County Council election took place on 5 May 1977 to elect members of Merseyside County Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


1977 Merseyside County Council election
The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from Labour.


1977 Merseyside County Council election, Ward results
Results compared directly with the last local election in 1973.


1977 Merseyside County Council election, Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate


1977 Mestaruussarja
This page provides statistics of the Mestaruussarja, the premier division of Finnish football, for the 1977 season.


1977 Mestaruussarja, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Haka Valkeakoski won the championship.


1977 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1977 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 3–5 at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.


1977 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Defending champions Cincinnati defeated Georgia Tech in the championship game, 74–61, to win their second Metro men's basketball tournament.


1977 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Bearcats, in turn, received a bid to the 1976 NCAA Tournament. They were joined by fellow Metro member, and tournament runner-up, Louisville, who earned an at-large bid.


1977 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field, including new member Florida State. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.


1977 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 3rd Metro Manila Film Festival was held in the year 1977. Previously known as the Metropolitan Film Festival and Filipino Film Festival, it was changed to Metro Manila Film Festival. A total of nine movies directed by the Philippines' great filmmakers participated in the 1977 Metro Manila Film Festival.


1977 Metro Manila Film Festival
In this year, only two films were awarded. Ian Film Productions' Burlesk Queen, the top grosser of the 10-day festival, romped away with most of the awards. It won seven major awards including the Best Film, Best Actress for Vilma Santos, Best Actor for Rolly Quizon, and more. Pera Films' Mga Bilanggong Birhen won two awards: Best Cinematography for Romy Vitug and Best Art Direction for Laida Lim-Perez.


1977 Metro Manila Film Festival, Ceremony Information, Controversies
Director Lino Brocka walked out of the awarding ceremonies at the Metropolitan Theater when Celso Ad. Castillo's Burlesk Queen starring Vilma Santos won eight of the ten awards including the Best Picture award. Mr. Brocka reportedly threw invectives at Rolando Tinio, who was the chairman of the panel of judges of the festival. It was also reported that organizers asked the winners to return their medals (the MMFF handed out medals that year) due to the controversy. However, this turned out to be just a malicious rumor as all winners still have their awards to this day.


1977 Mexico City WCT
The 1977 Mexico City WCT was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was part of the 1977 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 8 March until 13 February 1977. Unseeded Ilie Năstase won the singles title.


1977 Mexico City WCT, Finals, Doubles
Wojciech Fibak /  Tom Okker defeated  Ilie Năstase /  Adriano Panatta, 6–2, 6–3


1977 Miami Dolphins season
The 1977 Miami Dolphins season was the team's 12th as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins improved upon their previous season's output of 6–8, winning ten games. After suffering their first losing season under Coach Don Shula, the Dolphins bounced back to finish 10-4. Bob Griese had a stellar year, despite being forced to wear thick eyeglasses due to a problem with his contacts. Griese, whose season was highlighted by a six touchdown game in St. Louis against the Cardinals, was named Player of the year by the Maxwell Club of Philadelphia. Despite the improvement, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight season.


1977 Miami Dolphins season, Schedule
Dolphins quarterback Bob Griese would throw for six touchdown passes in a Thanksgiving Day match versus the St. Louis Cardinals. The Dolphins would set a franchise record for most points scored in one game with 55. Of note, the Dolphins would score eight touchdowns and accumulate 34 first downs.


1977 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 1977 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Led by first-year head coach Lou Saban, the Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Miami finished the season with a record of 3–8.


1977 Miami Redskins football team
The 1977 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their fourth season under head coach Dick Crum, the Redskins tied for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship, compiled a 10–1 record (5–0 against MAC opponents) and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 262 to 173. The team's sole loss came against South Carolina by a 42–19 score in the second week of the season.


1977 Miami Redskins football team
The team's statistical leaders included Larry Fortner with 1,473 passing yards, Mark Hunter with 809 rushing yards, and Paul Warth with 540 receiving yards.


1977 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1977 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1977 Big Ten Conference football season.


1977 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Michigan
On October 8, 1977, Michigan State lost to Michigan, 24-14, at Spartan Stadium. Michigan State took a 7-0 lead on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Ed Smith to Kirk Gibson. Michigan responded with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Rick Leach to White and a 50-yard field goal to take a 10-7 lead at halftime. Michigan extended its lead to 24-7 in the third quarter on touchdown runs by Russell Davis and Ed Leach. Harlan Huckleby rushed for 146 yards, and Russell Davis added 96 yards. Ralph Clayton caught three passes for 99 yards. Michigan completed four of 10 passes in the game and threw only one pass in the second half.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1977 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1977 Big Ten Conference football season. In its ninth year under head coach Bo Schembechler, the team compiled a 10–2 record, tied with Ohio State for the Big Ten Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 353 to 124. The Wolverines were ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll midway through the season but were upset by the unranked Minnesota Golden Gophers. In the final game of the regular season, Michigan beat No. 4 Ohio State but lost to No. 13 Washington in the 1978 Rose Bowl. In the final AP and UPI polls, Michigan was ranked No. 9 and No. 8, respectively.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team
The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Rick Leach with 1,109 passing yards, fullback Russell Davis with 1,013 rushing yards, wing back Ralph Clayton with 393 receiving yards, and placekicker Gregg Willner with 49 points scored. Davis was selected as the team's most valuable player.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team
On defense, linebacker Ron Simpkins broke Michigan's single-season record with 158 total tackles (113 solo and 45 assists) during the regular season. He also sacked opposing quarterbacks 10 times and recovered five fumbles in 1977. In the final regular season game of the 1977 season, Simpkins had 20 tackles (15 solo) and recovered a fumble that set up the game-winning touchdown in Michigan's 14-6 victory over Ohio State.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team
Three Michigan players received first-team honors on the 1977 All-America team: (1) offensive guard Mark Donahue (unanimous); (2) center Walt Downing; and (3) linebacker and punter John Anderson. Fourteen Wolverines received first- or second-team honors on the 1977 All-Big Ten Conference football team.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The 1976 Michigan Wolverines football team compiled a 10–2 record and was ranked No. 3 in the final AP and UPI polls. Michigan lost several starters from the 1976 team, including running back Rob Lytle, who finished third in the 1976 Heisman voting, flanker Jim Smith, and middle linebacker Calvin O'Neal, a consensus first-team All-American. In the spring of 1977, coach Schembechler publicly questioned whether the 1977 team could be as good as the 1976 team: "How many other teams lost 75 percent of the offense and seven of their 11 defensive starters?" His comment about 75 percent of the offense referred to Rob Lytle and Jim Smith who had a combined total of more than 2,400 rushing and receiving yards.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
Key veterans returning from the 1976 team included quarterback Rick Leach and defensive end John Anderson (moved to linebacker in 1977). Another strength was an all-senior offensive line, including guards Mark Donahue and Gerry Szara, center Walt Downing, and tackles Mike Kenn and Bill Dufek. In August 1977, Coach Schembechler paraded the five linemen in front of the press and boasted: "That is probably the best interior line we've had since I've been here. They're all big, they can move and they're smart. They can make adjustments." Dufek sustained a cracked fibula before the season started and was replaced by Jon Giesler.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The 1977 season also saw major changes in the coaching staff. In December 1976, defensive coordinator Gary Moeller was hired as the head coach at Illinois. Less than two weeks later, offensive coordinator and offensive backfield coach Chuck Stobart was hired as head coach at Toledo. Bill McCartney was promoted to take over Moeller's role as defensive coordinator, and Bowling Green head coach Don Nehlen was hired to replace Stobart as the offensive backfield coach.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The 1977 recruiting class included Kurt Becker, Andy Cannavino, B. J. Dickey,  Stan Edwards, and Mike Trgovac.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
On September 10, 1977, Michigan, ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll, defeated Illinois, 37-9, at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, in a game matching Michigan coach Bo Schembechler against his former defensive coordinator, Gary Moeller. Moeller left Michigan to become Illinois' head coach in 1977. The game attracted a crowd of 60,477, the largest opening day crowd in Illinois school history.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
Michigan dominated the Illini, rushing for 350 yards. Junior quarterback Rick Leach ran an option offense in which he kept the ball for 78 rushing yards and also completed six of 11 passes for 76 yards, including touchdown passes of 30 yards to Ralph Clayton and 11 yards to Gene Johnson. Running back Harlan Huckleby rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries. Russell Davis added 99 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries. However, the Wolverines turned the ball over four times: a fumble by Huckleby on Michigan's first play from scrimmage, a fumbled punt return by Roosevelt Smith, and interceptions by Leach and backup quarterback John Wangler. The two fumbles set up the two Illini scores.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
On defense, Michigan allowing only 48 passing yards and 59 rushing yards on 38 attempts. Defensive back Mike Jolly had both an interception and a fumble recovery.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Duke
On September 17, 1977, Michigan (ranked #1 in the AP Poll) defeated Duke, 21-9, in front of a crowd of 104,072 at Michigan Stadium. On the opening kickoff, Harlan Huckleby stepped across the goal line to the one-yard line, then stepped back, with the ball being marked down at the one-yard line. From there, Michigan was penalized for being offside and then for delay of game. Michigan did not score in the first quarter, but then scored two touchdowns in the second quarter. Rick Leach rushed for 99 yards and two touchdowns and complete six of 11 passes for 76 yards. Russell Davis also rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Navy
On September 24, 1977, Michigan defeated Navy, 14-7, at Michigan Stadium. Michigan's points were all scored in the second quarter on runs of 13 and 34 yards by running back Harlan Huckleby. Huckleby rushed for 147 yards, and Russell Davis added 93 more, but Navy outgained Michigan by 301 total yards to 277 total yards. Michigan had defeated Navy by 56 points in 1976, and the seven-point victory in 1977 was considered a disappointment. After the game, Michigan dropped from #1 to #3 in the AP and Coaches' Polls.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Texas A&M
On October 1, 1977, No. 3 Michigan defeated No. 5 Texas A&M, 41-3, in front of 104,802 spectators at Michigan Stadium. Russell Davis rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns, and Harlan Huckleby added 73 yards and a touchdown. Rick Leach also threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Curt Stephenson. On defense, Ron Simpkins had 14 tackles, recovered a fumble, and blocked a punt that Jim Pickens recovered in the end zone for a touchdown. Mike Jolly also returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Texas A&M
After "skimpy victories" over Duke and Navy, the trouncing of the highly rated Aggies was considered "one of [Michigan's] most stunning performances in recent years. Columnist Joe Falls wrote: "It may have been Bo Schembechler's finest coaching job in his nine years at Michigan." Texas A&M coach Emory Bellard said, "Michigan came out in the second half and beat us every way you can beat a football team. . . . Michigan is an outstanding team."


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
On October 8, 1977, Michigan defeated Michigan State, 24-14, at Spartan Stadium. Michigan State took a 7-0 lead on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Ed Smith to Kirk Gibson. Michigan responded with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Rick Leach to White and a 50-yard field goal to take a 10-7 lead at halftime. Michigan extended its lead to 24-7 in the third quarter on touchdown runs by Russell Davis and Ed Leach. Harlan Huckleby rushed for 146 yards, and Russell Davis added 96 yards. Ralph Clayton caught three passes for 99 yards. Michigan completed four of 10 passes in the game and threw only one pass in the second half.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Wisconsin
On October 15, 1977, #1 Michigan defeated undefeated and #14 Wisconsin, 56-0, in front of 104,892 spectators at Michigan Stadium. Rick Leach rushed for 32 yards and a touchdown and completed 10 of 16 passes for 127 yards and touchdown passes to Doug Marsh and Gene Johnson. Roosevelt Smith rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns, and Russell Davis rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown. Stanley Edwards and B. J. Dickey also scored rushing touchdowns. After the game, Michigan coach Bo Schembechler said, "We played this one as a big game and it turned out that way."


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
On October 22, 1977, #1 Michigan lost to unranked Minnesota, 16-0, at Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis. All 16 of Minnesota points were scored by Paul Rogind (three field goals and an extra point) and Marion Barber, Jr. (three-yard touchdown run). Both Rogind and Barber were from the State of Michigan—Rogind from Farmington, Michigan and Barber from Detroit. Michigan's offense was shut out for the first time in 112 games dating back to 1967. After the game, Minnesota's players swarmed across the field to reclaim the Little Brown Jug trophy that had been in Michigan's custody for a decade. After the game the Detroit Free Press wrote: "In one fell swoop, Minnesota took away Michigan's No. 1 rating, its undefeated season, and, oh yes, that little chunk of pottery known as the Little Brown Jug."


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Iowa
On October 29, 1977, Michigan, ranked #6 after losing to Minnesota, defeated Iowa, 23–6, before a crowd of 104,617 at the annual homecoming game at Michigan Stadium. Rick Leach completed nine of 12 passes for 202 yards, including touchdown passes covering 63 yards to Russell Davis, six yards to Gene Johnson, and 32 yards to Rick White. Leach's three touchdown passes gave him 25 for his career, breaking the record of 23 set by Bob Chappuis in the 1940s. Michigan also scored on a safety in the fourth quarter when linebacker Dom Tedesco tackled Iowa's quarterback in the end zone. After the game, Bo Schembechler said, "That was a devastating defeat a week ago. No one will ever know how hard it was to come back from that game."


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
On November 5, 1977, Michigan defeated Northwestern, 63-20, at Michigan Stadium. In the lopsided victory, 77 Michigan players had an opportunity to play in the game. Rick Leach ran for two touchdowns, passed for two more (one to Stanley Edwards, the other to Ralph Clayton), and set a new Michigan's record with 2,664 career passing yards. Late in the game, John Wangler threw a touchdown pass to Alan Mitchell. Michigan totaled 511 yards of total offense.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
On November 12, 1977, Michigan defeated Purdue, 40–7, before a crowd of 68,003 at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. One year earlier, Purdue had upset Michigan by a 16–14 score, knocking Michigan out of the No. 1 ranking. Adding to the anticipation, the game matched coach Schembechler against his longtime defensive coordinator, Jim Young, who took over as Purdue's head coach in 1977.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
Purdue's freshman quarterback Mark Hermann led the Boilermakers on a 55-yard, seven-play opening drive capped by a six-yard touchdown pass to Dave Young. Defensive back Dwight Hicks set up Michigan's first score when he intercepted Hermann's pass at Purdue's 18-yard line with five minutes remaining in the first quarter. Michigan settled for a field goal, and Purdue held a 7-3 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Michigan quarterback Rick Leach led the Wolverines on a 60-yard, eight-minute drive capped by an eight-yard touchdown pass to Mark Schmerge. With less than a minute remaining in the second quarter, Michigan forced a fumble on a punt, which was recovered by Curt Stephenson at the two-yard line. Roosevelt Smith scored on the next play, and Michigan took a 17-7 lead at halftime.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
Michigan back Russell Davis, playing in place of an injured Harlan Huckleby, rushed for 127 yards in the third quarter (168 in the game), including a 24-yard touchdown run. Michigan extended its lead to 31-7 when Dom Tedesco intercepted a Hermann pass and returned it for a touchdown. With 50 seconds left in the third quarter, Michigan scored again on a second touchdown pass from Leach to Schmerge. Michigan concluded the scoring in the fourth quarter when Tom Seabron sacked Hermann in the end zone for a safety.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
After Purdue's opening drive, Michigan's defense held Purdue scoreless for the remainder of the game. Linebacker Ron Simpkins led the defense with 10 tackles, and the Wolverines also limited Hermann to 74 passing yards with three interceptions.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
On November 19, 1977, Michigan, ranked No. 5 in both polls, defeated No. 4 Ohio State, 14–6, at Michigan Stadium. The game was broadcast to a national television audience on ABC, and the crowd of 106,024 at the stadium was the largest ever to attend a regular-season college football game. The opening minutes were preempted by the arrival of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat on his historic visit to Israel, causing an angry reaction in Ann Arbor bars where hundreds had gathered to watch the game.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
For the second consecutive year, Michigan's defense prevented Ohio State from scoring a touchdown. Ohio State had the momentum in the first quarter, taking a 3–0 lead on a Vlade Janakievski field goal and limiting Michigan to five plays and five yards. A second Janakievski field goal attempt in the opening quarter went wide to the right. In the second quarter, quarterback Rick Leach led the Wolverines on a 50-yard drive, but a 42-yard field goal attempt by Gregg Willner fell short. On the next possession, Leach again led the Wolverines down the field, and this time the drive ended with a one-yard touchdown run by Roosevelt Smith. Michigan led, 7–3, at halftime.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
In the third quarter, Michigan linebacker Ron Simpkins recovered a Ron Springs fumble at Ohio State's 20-yard line. Leach then scored on a two-yard run. Willner converted the extra point kick, and Michigan led, 14–3. On the next drive, Ohio State quarterback Rod Gerald led a 74-yard drive to Michigan's 11-yard line, but the Buckeyes lost yardage on the next three plays, including a sack by Simpkins. Ohio State settled for a field goal by Janakievski. Ohio State moved deep into Michigan territory on two additional drives.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
On the first, the defense stopped Ohio State fullback Paul Campbell on a fourth-and-one run at the 10-yard line. On the other, Ohio State drove more than 90 yards and had a first down at Michigan's eight-yard line. On the next play, Gerald was hit in the backfield by linebacker John Anderson and fumbled, with Derek Howard recovering the ball for Michigan.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
In a battle of two great defenses, Ohio State out-gained Michigan by 352 yards to 196. Michigan managed only 10 first downs to 23 for Ohio State. After the game, coach Schembechler praised his defense: "Our defense was terrific. They came up with big plays when we had to have them." Ohio State coach Woody Hayes said: "This is by far the best game we ever played and lost. Their defense should receive great, great credit, for they stopped us when we were in scoring position."


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
The game was marred by controversy when 64-year-old coach Hayes punched ABC's sideline cameraman in the stomach. Hayes was angered when the cameraman focused on Hayes after his quarterback's fourth quarter fumble. Asked about the incident in a post-game press conference, Hayes "went into a mini-rage", balled his fist in front of the reporter and said: "They stick it in your face every damn time." Two days later, Hayes apologized for the incident, but at the same time called the cameraman "a liar" and said he was "so damned tired of hearing what I did to that man out there."


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
On January 2, 1978, Michigan lost to Washington, 27–20, in the 1978 Rose Bowl. Michigan entered the game ranked No. 4 by the AP and favored by two touchdowns against No. 13 Washington. With the loss, Michigan coach Schembechler had a record of 0-8-1 in the final games of his nine seasons at Michigan.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
Washington dominated early, taking a 17–0 lead at halftime. Washington quarterback Warren Moon scored on two rushing touchdowns, and Steve Robbins kicked a 30-yard field goal. Washington was aided in the first quarter when Michigan punter John Anderson dropped to one knee to field an errant snap, giving Washington excellent field position. In another first half mishap, Michigan drove to Washington's 31-yard line but turned the ball over on a Russell Davis fumble. With two minutes remaining the first half, Washington coach Don James called for a fake punt on fourth-and-seven from the Huskies' 33-yard line. Washington's freshman punter Aaron Wilson completed a pass from punt formation that resulted in a 46-yard gain.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
At the start of the third quarter, Michigan's Mike Jolly intercepted a Moon pass deep in Washington territory. On fourth down inside the five-yard line, Roosevelt Smith's run was stopped short of the line to gain. After the goal-line stand, Moon led the Huskies on a 97-yard touchdown drive ending with a 28-yard touchdown pass from Moon to Spider Gaines. The Huskies led, 24–0.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
In the final 20 minutes of the game, Michigan turned to a passing game and scored three touchdowns. With less than five minutes remaining in the third quarter, Rick Leach threw 23 yards to Curt Stephenson who ran untouched the remaining 53 yards into the end zone. Leach's 76-yard completion to Stephenson was the longest pass play in Rose bowl history to that point. Michigan next scored on touchdown runs by Russell Davis and Stan Edwards.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
With 95 seconds left in the game, Michigan had the ball at Washington's 19-yard line when Ralph Clayton dropped Leach's pass in the end zone. Leach then hit Stan Edwards with a pass at the six-yard line, but the ball bounced off Edwards' hands and helmet and was intercepted by Washington linebacker Michael Jackson. Michigan's defense then held on three plays and forced Washington to punt from its end zone. On the final drive of the game, Leach threw into the end zone again, but the pass was intercepted by Washington back Nesby Glasgow.


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Award season
Five Michigan players received honors on the 1977 All-America team:


1977 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Award season
Fourteen Michigan players received recognition from the Associated Press (selected by sports writers and broadcasters) and/or United Press International (selected by the Big Ten coaches) on the 1977 All-Big Ten Conference football team: Mark Donahue at guard (AP-1, UPI-1), Dwight Hicks at defensive back (AP-1, UPI-1), Rick Leach at quarterback (AP-1, UPI-2), Mike Kenn at offensive tackle (AP-1, UPI-2), Walt Downing at center (AP-1), John Anderson at defensive end (AP-2, UPI-1) and punter (AP-2, UPI-2), Ron Simpkins at linebacker (AP-2, UPI-1), Jim Pickens at defensive back (AP-2, UPI-1), Russell Davis at running back (AP-2, UPI-2), Harlan Huckleby at running back (UPI-2), Steve Graves at middle guard (UPI-2), Derek Howard at defensive back (UPI-2), Gene Johnson at tight end (AP-2), and Dom Tedesco at linebacker (AP-2).