The 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 91st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 8 May 1977 and ended on 25 September 1977.
Kilkenny returned to the Leinster Senior Football Championship.
Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 25 September 1977, Dublin won the championship following a 5–12 to 3–6 defeat of Armagh in the All-Ireland final. This was their 20th All-Ireland title and their second championship in succession.
Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 2–27. Keaveney was also the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Top scorers
Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Jimmy KeaveneyDublin2–273356.60Dermot EarleyRoscommon1–303356.603Vincent HenryOffaly1–1821210.504Jimmy SmythArmagh1–161963.165Brendan KellyDerry2–111744.25Damien ReidLouth1–141728.507Willie BrennanLaois2–101628.00Willie CullenCarlow2–101635.339Barry WalshKerry2–91535.0010Tommy CarewKildare3–51427.00
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Jimmy KeaveneyDublin2–612Armagh2Brendan KellyDerry2–511TyroneVincent HenryOffaly1–811WexfordKen RennicksMeath1–811Laois5Willie BrennanLaois2–410LouthBarry WalshKerry2–410TipperaryB. McGrathClare1–710WaterfordVincent HenryOffaly0–1010WicklowDamien ReidLouth0–1010Laois10John TobinGalway2–39LondonDermot EarleyRoscommon0–99Galway
Miscellaneous
After 2 years in the Connacht championship London record against Leitrim was their first ever championship win. Armagh qualify for the Ulster final for the first time since 1961. Their defeat of Derry in that game secures their first provincial title since 1953. The All-Ireland semi-final draw between Armagh and Roscommon was the first at that stage of the competition since 1969 when Cavan and Offaly drew. The attendance of 54,974 at the All-Ireland semi-final between Dublin and Kerry was the largest at an All-Ireland semi-final since 1962 when 60,396 watched the same teams in action. Jimmy Keaveney of Dublin set a new scoring record in an All-Ireland final when he scores 2–6 for Dublin against Armagh.
References
External links Haughey, Jimmy. "My Greatest Game: Former Armagh captain Jimmy Smyth relives 1977 Ulster Final". BBC Sport. 16 May 2020.