The 1977–78 National Football League was the 47th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Dublin beat Mayo in the final.GAA Final TeamsMayo Archive 1978
Format
Group stage
Division One (North)
Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 5 4 1 0 9 Qualified for Knockout Stages 5 3 0 2 6 5 2 12 5 5 2 1 2 5 5 1 1 3 3 5 1 0 4 2 Relegated to Division Two of the 1978–79 NFL "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 5 December 1977, p. 11
Division One (South)
Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 5 5 0 0 10 Qualified for Knockout Stages 5 3 1 1 7 5 2 03 4 5 2 0 3 4 5 1 1 3 3 5 1 0 4 2 Relegated to Division Two of the 1978–79 NFL
Division Two (North)
Group A play-offs
Group B play-offs
Inter-group play-offs
Group A Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 4 3 0 1 6 4 3 01 6 Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1978–79 NFL 4 3 0 1 6 4 1 03 2 4 0 0 4 0
Group B Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 4 3 0 1 6 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 02 4 4 2 02 4 4 0 0 4 0
Division Two (South)
Group A play-offs
Group B play-offs
Inter-group play-offs
Group A Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 4 3 0 1 6 Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1978–79 NFL 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 02 4 4 2 02 4 4 0 0 4 0
Group B Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 4 4 0 0 8 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 02 4 4 1 03 2 4 0 0 4 0
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References