The 1976 NAIA Division II football season was the 21st season of college football sponsored by the NAIA and the seventh season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1976 and culminated in the 1976 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played on the campus of the University of Redlands in Redlands, California.[1]

The Westminster Titans defeated the Redlands Bulldogs in the championship game, 20–13, to win their second NAIA national title.

Conference standings

1976 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carroll (WI) $^ 7 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Augustana (IL) ^ 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 13 Illinois Wesleyan 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Wheaton (IL) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
North Central (IL) 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Millikin 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Carthage 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Elmhurst 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
North Park 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1976 Frontier Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Carroll (MT) $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Western Montana 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Rocky Mountain 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Eastern Montana 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Montana Tech 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1976 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Northwood $ 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
No. 7 Grand Valley State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Wayne State (MI) 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Ferris State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Hillsdale 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Saginaw Valley State 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1976 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Missouri Valley $ 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
No. 17 Graceland 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Ottawa 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
William Jewell 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Central Methodist 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tarkio 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Baker 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1976 Hoosier–Buckeye Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Defiance + 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Findlay + 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Hanover + 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Wilmington (OH) 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Taylor 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Manchester (IN) 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Anderson (IN) 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Bluffton 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Earlham 0 – 7 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1976 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Milton $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Eureka 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Northeastern Illinois 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Concordia (IL) 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Lakeland 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1976 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Friends $ 8 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Sterling 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Bethany (KS) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Bethel (KS) 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
McPherson 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Southwestern (KS) 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
St. Mary of the Plains 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Kansas Wesleyan 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tabor 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1976 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint John's (MN) $^ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 1
St. Olaf 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
St. Thomas (MN) 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Concordia–Moorhead 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Gustavus Adolphus 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Hamline 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Augsburg 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Macalester 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • St. Thomas (MN) received a non-conference forfeit win from St. Cloud State.
1976 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Midland + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Hastings + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Nebraska Wesleyan + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Doane 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Dana 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Concordia (NE) 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1976 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Valley City State $^ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Minot State 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Jamestown 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Mayville State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Dickinson State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Wahpeton Science 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Bismarck JC 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1976 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Linfield $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Lewis & Clark 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Pacific Lutheran 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Willamette 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Whitworth 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Pacific (OR) 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Whitman 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
College of Idaho 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1976 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Dakota State + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Dakota Wesleyan + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Black Hills State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
South Dakota Tech 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Huron 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
South Dakota–Springfield 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1976 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Redlands $^ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Occidental 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
La Verne 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Whittier 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Claremont-Mudd 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Pomona-Pitzer 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1976 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Trinity (TX) $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Sul Ross 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
McMurry 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Tarleton State 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Austin 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1976 Tri-State Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northwestern (IA) $ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Bethel (MN) 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Yankton 2 – 2 – 0 0 – 6 – 4
Sioux Falls 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Westmar 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1976 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Division
No. 5 Shepherd xy 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Salem 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
West Liberty State 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Fairmont State 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
West Virginia Wesleyan 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Southern Division
No. T–19 Concord xy$ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
West Virginia State 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Bluefield State 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
West Virginia Tech 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Glenville State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Championship: Concord 21, Shepherd 7
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Conference standings based on power ratings
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll for Salem and Shepherd and NAIA Division II poll for Concord
1976 NAIA Division II independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Texas Lutheran ^   –   10 – 1 – 0
No. 1 Westminster (PA) ^   –   10 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Cal Lutheran   –   9 – 1 – 0
No. 11 Georgetown (KY)   –   7 – 2 – 1
Franklin (IN)   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Waynesburg   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. T–19 Benedictine (KS)   –   7 – 4 – 0
Simon Fraser   –   5 – 5 – 0
Azusa Pacific   –   4 – 5 – 0
Iowa Wesleyan   –   2 – 7 – 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State   –   2 – 8 – 0
Geneva   –   1 – 8 – 0
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

Postseason

Semifinals
Campus sites 		Championship
Redlands, CA
      
  Westminster (PA) 31
  Texas Lutheran* 0
  Westminster (PA) 20
  Redlands* 13
  Valley City State 39
  Redlands* (OT) 40

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_NAIA_Division_II_football_season
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