A Ponte Preta de 1977 foi vice-campeã paulista: perdeu a final de três jogos para o Corinthians, que decidiu a série com um 1 a 0 de Basílio em 13 de outubro de 1977 no Morumbi.
Ponte Preta 1977
Ponte Preta in 1977 was the runner-up in the São Paulo State Championship that year, in a three-game final against Corinthians, decided at Morumbi. The series ended with a goal by Basílio, which ended Corinthians' long title drought.
History
Associação Atlética Ponte Preta, from Campinas, was founded on August 11, 1900 and is one of the oldest clubs in Brazilian football. Its stadium is Moisés Lucarelli and its colors are black and white. In 1977, the team reached the São Paulo State Championship final against Corinthians. The final had three games, all at Morumbi. In the first, Corinthians won 1-0, goal by Palhinha. In the second, Ponte Preta won 2-1, with goals by Dicá and Rui Rei, in front of a paid attendance of 138,032 people, a stadium record. In the decisive game, on October 13, 1977, Corinthians won 1-0, goal by Basílio, in front of 86,677 paying spectators, and ended a wait of more than 22 years without titles. The expulsion of striker Rui Rei at the start of the match is remembered as one of the most controversial moments of the final.