1976 Stanford Cardinals football team

1976 Stanford Cardinals football

Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
1976 record	6–5 (5–2 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jack Christiansen (5th year)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium (Capacity: 85,500)

1976 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 USC $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#15 UCLA	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Stanford	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the 1976 college football season. They were led by head coach Jack Christiansen. After a disappointing season, Christiansen was fired before the last game of the season, the Big Game versus Cal; Christiansen coached that final game, which Stanford rallied to win in the final two minutes.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	at #10 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	L 12–15	61,325
September 18	at #1 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–51	103,741
September 25	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 28–23	51,000
October 2	at Army*	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	L 20–21	30,382
October 9	at #5 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 20–38	50,894
October 16	Washington	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 34–28	36,000
October 23	at Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	W 22–16	24,300
October 30	Oregon State	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 24–3	30,500
November 6	#4 USC	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 24–48	76,500
November 13	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 28–17	18,000
November 20	at California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (79th Big Game)	W 27–24	76,780
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Stanford Cardinal football

Venues	Stanford Field (1905–1921) Stanford Stadium (1921–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games California: Big Game USC Notre Dame San Jose State: Bill Walsh Legacy Game

Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" "All Right Now" Stanford Band The Play Stanford Axe T formation 1906–17 Stanford rugby teams 1894 Chicago game 2007 USC game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

References

↑ "Late fumble produces Card win". The Spokesman-Review. November 21, 1976. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
↑ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1976–1980". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved February 21, 2013.

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