1976 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1976 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–5 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Cal Stoll (5th season)
MVP	Tony Dungy
Captain	Tony Dungy
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

1976 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Indiana	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Northwestern	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Minnesota in the 1976 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–5 record (4–4 against conference opponents), finished in a four-way tie for third place in the Big Ten Standings, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 211 to 201.^[1]

Quarterback Tony Dungy received the team's most valuable player award for the second consecutive year. Strong safety George Adzick was named All-Big Ten first team. Dungy, wide receiver Ron Kullas and defensive lineman George Washington were named All-Big Ten second team. Dungy, offensive lineman Brien Harvey, fullback Kent Kitzmann and cornerback Bob Weber were named Academic All-Big Ten. Terry Matula was named Offensive Lineman of the Year.^[2] Jim Perkins was the Big Ten's third leading scorer with 78 points on 13 rushing touchdowns.^[1]

Home attendance for the season was 257,878, which averaged to 42,979. The season high for attendance was against rival Iowa.^[3] 1976 was the last season of Tartan Turf at Memorial Stadium.

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Indiana	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis	W 32–13	34,004
September 18	Washington State*	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis	W 28–14	31,627
September 25	Western Michigan*	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis	W 21–10	33,229
October 2	at Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle	L 7–38	37,994
October 9	Illinois	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis	W 29–14	52,606
October 16	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	W 14–10	56,166
October 23	Iowa	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis (rivalry)	L 12–22	53,222
October 30	at No. 1 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan (Little Brown Jug)	L 0–45	104,426
November 6	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 38–10	15,183
November 13	No. 8 Ohio State	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis	L 3–9	53,190
November 20	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin (rivalry)	L 17–26	60,304
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1976 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`9`	Tony Dungy	Sr
C	`53`	Mark Slater	Sr
QB	`18`	Marc Trestman	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`84`	Michael Hunt	Jr
DE	`88`	Mark Merrill	Jr
LB	`97`	Steve Stewart	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Cal Stoll

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2018-03-11

References

^ ^a ^b "1976 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160^{[permanent dead link]}

v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Venues	Athletic Park (1892–1898) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–1898) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) Huntington Bank Stadium (2009–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa Michigan: Little Brown Jug Nebraska Penn State Wisconsin
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher Marching band Spirit squad "Minnesota Rouser" "Minnesota March" "Go Gopher Victory" "Minnesota Fight" "Our Minnesota" "Hail! Minnesota" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Minnesota shift T formation Smith of Minnesota
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees Annual awards
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National championship seasons in bold

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