The 1877 South Australian Football Association season was the inaugural season of the top-level league of Australian rules football in South Australia. The clubs participating were South Adelaide, Victorian, Adelaide, Port Adelaide, Woodville, South Park, and Bankers.
South Adelaide and Victorian would share the premiership honours, while the Bankers Football Club, who finished last without a win, folded at the end of the season.
South Australian Football Association
The newly formed South Australian Football Association decided that the playing fields for the season must be between 180 and 200 yards (165-183m) long and 120-150 yards (110-137m) wide, with pushing from behind being prohibited. For clubs to gain membership of the association, they would need to pay two guineas for the year.
Premiership Season
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Summary of other matches
Adelaide, 4 goals, beat Kapunda, 2. Woodville, 1 goal, beat Gawler, 0. Adelaide, 1 goal, tied Gawler, 1. Adelaide, 3 goals, beat Kapunda, 2. Melbourne, 1 goal, beat Victorian, 0. Melbourne, 5 goals, beat Combined Team, 0. South Australians, 3 goals, beat Victorians, 1. St. Kilda, 5 goals, beat Adelaide, 2. St. Kilda. 7 goals, beat South Australians, 2.
Ladder
finished the season with eight more goals but a slightly inferior record than , but one should consider that played the Bankers twice whereas did not (their only scheduled match, in Round 6, was a forfeit when the Bankers could only muster 13 players). Further, while Adelaide finished with one more win than the other two clubs, they played 17 games to 13 and 14 respectively.
It was declared and would be deemed joint Champion Club (premiers).
Note: Woodville were ranked above South Park on head-to-head record (2-1).