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Format

Group stage

Knockout stage

References

Division One (North)

Division One (South)

Division Two (North)

Division Two (South)

Quarter-Finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Play-offs

Table

Play-offs

Table

Group B play-offs

Inter-group play-offs

Group A Table

Group B Table

Inter-group play-offs

Group A Table

Group B Table

1976–77 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1976 – 17 April 1977
Teams	32
League champions
Winners	Kerry (13th win)
Captain	John O'Keeffe
Manager	Mick O'Dwyer
League runners-up
Runners-up	Dublin
Captain	Tony Hanahoe
Manager	Tony Hanahoe (player-manager)
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 National Football League was the 46th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Kerry narrowly beat Dublin in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]

All 32 counties of Ireland compete: 12 in Division 1 and 20 in Division 2.

Division 1 is composed of two groups of 6 teams (North and South). Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

The first-placed team in each group advances to the NFL semi-finals.
The second-placed team in each group advances to the NFL quarter-finals.
The last-placed team is relegated.

Division 2 is composed of two groups of 10 teams (North and South). Each of these is further divided into two groups of 5. The top two in each group play semi-finals and finals, with the North champions and the South champions advancing to the NFL quarter-finals and being promoted.

6 February 1977 For 1st Place

Mayo

1-9 — 1-6

Roscommon

Tuam

13 March 1977 For 5th Place

Antrim

2-7 — 0-10

Sligo

Clones

^[4]

13 March 1977 For 5th Place

Galway

0-16 — 2-6

Meath

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

16 January 1977 For 1st Place

Cavan

2-10 — 1-5

Leitrim

Pearse Park, Longford

30 January 1977 For 2nd Place

Donegal

0-14 — 1-9
AET

Leitrim

Sligo^[5]

6 February 1977 Semi-Final

Cavan

0-12 — 0-9

Armagh

Ballybay

6 February 1977 Semi-Final

Donegal

1-8 — 0-8

Down

Dungannon

6 March 1977 Final

Cavan

0-12 — 0-9

Donegal

Irvinestown

6 February 1977 Semi-Final

Laois

2-9 — 2-8

Waterford

Carlow

6 February 1977 Semi-Final

Offaly

4-14 — 2-2

Wicklow

Croke Park, Dublin

6 March 1977 Final

Offaly

2-13 — 0-9

Laois

Croke Park, Dublin

13 March 1977

Roscommon	1-4 – 0-5	Offaly

Athlone

13 March 1977

Dublin	2-12 – 1-7	Cavan

Pearse Park, Longford

27 March 1977

Mayo	0-5 – 2-12	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin

3 April 1977

Kerry	2-13 – 0-8	Roscommon

Croke Park, Dublin^[6]

17 April 1977
Final

Kerry	1-8 – 1-6	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 43,456^[7]

Referee: JJ Landers (Waterford)^[7]

Qualified for knockout stages

Qualified for knockout stages

Relegated to Division Two of the 1977–78 NFL

^ "Final Teams". gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
^ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: :: 1977 League :: Final :: Kerry Vs Dublin". www.terracetalk.com.
^ "'Hanno's Heroes', All-Ireland Semi-Final, 1977". dublincitypubliclibraries.com. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 6 December 1976, p. 11
^ "Leitrim crash in extra time", Irish Independent, 31 January 1977, p. 11
^ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1977 League". www.terracetalk.com.
^ ^a ^b "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151