1976 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1976 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1976 record	1–10 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Pont (4th season)
Captain	Greg Boykin (2nd year)
Captain	Randy Dean
Captain	Paul Maly
Captain	Pete Shaw
Home stadium	Dyche 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 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1976 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach John Pont, the Wildcats compiled a 1–10 record (1–7 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Randy Dean with 1,384 passing yards, Pat Geegan with 537 rushing yards, and Scott Yelvington with 649 receiving yards. Yelvington received first-team All-Big Ten honors from both the Associated Press and the United Press International.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 11	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 19–31
September 18	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 0–12
September 25	Notre Dame*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (Rivalry)	L 0–48
October 2	Arizona*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 15–27
October 9	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 0–7
October 16	No. 1 Michigan	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–38
October 23	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 25–28
October 30	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 10–13
November 6	Minnesota	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 10–38
November 13	Michigan State	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 42–21
November 20	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	L 6–48
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1976 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class T 68 Ardizzone, TonyTony Ardizzone 5.0 !Jr RB 32 Boykin, GregGreg Boykin (C) 7.0 !Sr QB 3 Dean, RandyRandy Dean (C) 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 22 Shaw, PetePete Shaw (C) 7.0 !Sr DT 74 Wells, NormNorm Wells 1.0 !Fr DB Dean, RobertRobert Dean 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach John Pont Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt