1976 Washington State Cougars football team

1976 Washington State Cougars football
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
1976 record 3–8 (2–5 Pac-8)
Head coach Jackie Sherrill (1st year)
Home stadium Martin Stadium,
Joe Albi Stadium (Spokane, WA)
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 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1976 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first and only season under head coach Jackie Sherrill, the Cougars compiled a 3–8 record (2–5 against Pac-8 opponents), finished in sixth place in the Pac-8, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 331 to 240.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Jack Thompson with 2,762 passing yards, Dan Doornink with 422 rushing yards, and Mike Levenseller with 1,124 receiving yards.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "1976 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 76. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ "1976 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
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