# 1977 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1977 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 53rd season in the Victorian Football League and 76th overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers. Hawthorn qualified for finals for the fourth consecutive season. Hawthorn were eliminated by North Melbourne in the Preliminary final 45–112.

## Fixture
### Premiership season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Saturday, 2 April (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 13.14 (92) | 23.14 (152) | Lost by 60 points | Princes Park (H) | 20,943 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Monday, 11 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 19.6 (120) | 17.17 (119) | Lost by 1 point | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 42,192 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 6.14 (50) | 15.15 (105) | Won by 55 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 19,548 | 1–2 |
| 4 | Saturday, 23 April (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 13.18 (96) | 12.11 (83) | Won by 13 points | Princes Park (H) | 30,505 | 2–2 |
| 5 | Saturday, 30 April (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 12.14 (86) | 21.16 (142) | Won by 56 points | Junction Oval (A) | 10,428 | 3–2 |
| 6 | Saturday, 7 May (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 25.41 (191) | 16.7 (103) | Won by 88 points | Princes Park (H) | 12,698 | 4–2 |
| 7 | Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 8.13 (61) | 20.11 (131) | Won by 70 points | Western Oval (A) | 17,935 | 5–2 |
| 8 | Saturday, 21 May (2:10 pm) | South Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | 18.7 (115) | Won by 60 points | Lake Oval (A) | 11,443 | 6–2 |
| 9 | Saturday, 28 May (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 16.12 (108) | 22.10 (142) | Lost by 34 points | Princes Park (H) | 35,042 | 6–3 |
| 10 | Saturday, 4 June (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 16.19 (115) | 19.13 (127) | Won by 12 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 21,586 | 7–3 |
| 11 | Monday, 13 June (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 23.25 (163) | 8.9 (57) | Won by 106 points | Princes Park (H) | 26,770 | 8–3 |
| 12 | Saturday, 18 June (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 6.11 (47) | 6.12 (48) | Won by 1 point | Arden Street Oval (A) | 9,027 | 9–3 |
| 13 | Saturday, 25 June (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 9.12 (66) | 7.10 (52) | Won by 14 points | VFL Park (H) | 34,820 | 10–3 |
| 14 | Saturday, 2 July (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 9.8 (62) | 7.6 (48) | Lost by 14 points | Princes Park (A) | 26,363 | 10–4 |
| 15 | Saturday, 9 July (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 28.23 (191) | 13.6 (84) | Won by 107 points | Princes Park (H) | 10,016 | 11–4 |
| 16 | Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 20.14 (134) | 11.12 (78) | Won by 56 points | Princes Park (H) | 8,234 | 12–4 |
| 17 | Saturday, 23 July (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 11.11 (77) | 24.19 (163) | Won by 86 points | VFL Park (A) | 20,469 | 13–4 |
| 18 | Saturday, 30 July (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 18.10 (118) | 15.14 (104) | Won by 14 points | Princess Park (H) | 10,348 | 14–4 |
| 19 | Saturday, 6 August (2:10 pm) | South Melbourne | 10.18 (78) | 16.7 (103) | Lost by 25 points | VFL Park (H) | 30,253 | 14–5 |
| 20 | Saturday, 13 August (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 13.21 (99) | 15.15 (105) | Won by 6 points | Victoria Park (A) | 33,558 | 15–5 |
| 21 | Saturday, 20 August (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 16.14 (110) | 14.15 (99) | Won by 11 points | Princes Park (H) | 8,880 | 16–5 |
| 22 | Saturday, 27 August (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 19.16 (130) | 25.18 (168) | Won by 38 points | Windy Hill (A) | 14,325 | 17–5 |

### Finals Series

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
| Qualifying final | Saturday, 3 September (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne | 19.11 (125) | 12.15 (87) | Won by 38 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 64,068 |
| Second semi-final | Saturday, 10 September (2:30 pm) | Collingwood | 17.10 (112) | 16.14 (110) | Lost by 2 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 87,421 |
| Preliminary final | Saturday, 17 September (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne | 5.15 (45) | 16.16 (112) | Lost by 67 points | VFL Park (H) | 61,242 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Collingwood | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2560 | 1959 | 130.7 | 72 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2618 | 1959 | 133.6 | 68 |
| 3 | North Melbourne (P) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2124 | 1803 | 117.8 | 60 |
| 4 | Richmond | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2370 | 2085 | 113.7 | 58 |
| 5 | South Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2148 | 1942 | 110.6 | 54 |
| 6 | Carlton | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2081 | 1859 | 111.9 | 52 |
| 7 | Footscray | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2170 | 2141 | 101.4 | 42 |
| 8 | Geelong | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1930 | 2333 | 82.7 | 32 |
| 9 | Essendon | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2085 | 2518 | 82.8 | 30 |
| 10 | Fitzroy | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2072 | 2474 | 83.8 | 24 |
| 11 | Melbourne | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2117 | 2492 | 85.0 | 20 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1966 | 2676 | 73.5 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 99.4 Source: AFL Tables