1976 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1976 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1976 record	5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bob Commings
MVP	Butch Caldwell, Tom Grine
Captain	2 Tim Grine Jim Caldwell
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium
Seasons

1976 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3/3 Michigan §	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#6/5 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 / Coaches' Poll

The 1976 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1976 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		L 6–24	49,515
September 18*	Syracuse		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 41–3	54,129
September 25*	at #11 Penn State		Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA		W 7–6	61,268
October 2*	at #13 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		L 0–55	55,518
October 9	#10 Ohio State		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		L 14–34	59,170
October 16†	Indiana		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		L 7–14	57,465
October 23	at Minnesota		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)		W 22–12	53,222
October 30	Northwestern		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 13–10	51,800
November 6	Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI		L 21–38	79,120
November 13	Purdue		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		L 0–21	44,763
November 20	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		W 30–17	48,412
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.