Sports headlines for Wednesday December 7, 1977:
- Messersmith Finally Landed By Yankees
- Chief Vets Lanier, Lynch To Retire
- Howe Gets His 1,000th Goal 31 Years After No. 1
- The PGA Permits Women To Join
Associated Press Top 20 for this week (poll of Nov. 29): 1 Texas (49) 11-0 1124 2 Oklahoma (5) 10-1 940 3 Alabama (1) 10-1 895 4 Michigan 10-1 771 5 Notre Dame (1) 9-1 666 6 Arkansas 10-1 568 7 Kentucky (1) 10-1 527 8 Penn State 10-1 467 9 Ohio State 9-2 437 10 Pittsburgh 8-2-1 299 11 Clemson 8-2-1 198 12 Nebraska 8-3 128 13 Washington 7-4 124 14 North Carolina 8-2-1 118 15 Arizona State 9-2 109 16 San Diego State 10-1 78 17 Brigham Young 9-2 48 17 Texas A&M 7-3 48 19 Florida State 8-2 35 20 Southern California 7-4 31 |