Information is provided concerning the revenues and expenses associated with intercollegiate athletic programs of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member institutions during the eight-year period from 1969-70 through fiscal year 1976-77. These financial trends and changes are expressed through means of a statistical description, based on information obtained through a national survey distributed to 722 NCAA member institutions during 1977. The report also seeks to identify the factors and conditions contributing to these financial trends, and to determine any significant changes that have occurred in the general profile of athletic programs regarding sources of revenue and percentage composition of total operating costs. (Author/LH)