1976 Oregon Webfoots football team

1976 Oregon Webfoots football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
1976 record	4–7 (1–6 Pac-8)
Head coach	Don Read (3rd season)
Home stadium	Autzen Stadium
Seasons

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 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Led by third-year head coach Don Read, the Ducks were 4–7 overall (1–6 in the Pac-8, tied for last), and were outscored 271 to 144.

Six days after the season-ending win at Oregon State in the Civil War, Read was fired on the day after Thanksgiving. with a year remaining on a four-year contract ($28,000 annually), and was succeeded by 35-year-old Rich Brooks in mid-December.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	7:30 pm	Colorado State*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	W 17–3	37,800
September 18	7:30 pm	USC	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	L 0–53	40,600
September 25	6:30 pm	at Utah*	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City	W 21–13	25,617
October 2	1:30 pm	Utah State*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	W 27–9	17,300
October 9	1:30 pm	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California	L 10–27	37,950
October 16	11:30 am	at No. 14 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana	L 0–41	59,075
October 23	1:30 pm	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Rivalry)	L 7–14	38,127
October 30	1:30 pm	Washington State	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	L 22–23	22,200
November 6	1:30 pm	at No. 3 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	L 0–46	32,158
November 13	1:30 pm	Stanford	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	L 17–28	18,000
November 20	1:30 pm	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon (Civil War)	W 23–14	35,611
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll All times are in Pacific time

Roster

1976 Oregon Ducks football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 13 Henderson, JackJack Henderson 5.0 !Jr T 72 Martinez, RaulRaul Martinez 7.0 !Sr TE 84 Miller, DaveDave Miller 7.0 !Sr WR 89 Page, KenKen Page 3.0 !So C 51 Quillan, FredFred Quillan 5.0 !Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 45 Beekley, BruceBruce Beekley 3.0 !So LB 56 Beyer, TimTim Beyer 3.0 !So DE 93 Cook, MelMel Cook 5.0 !Jr DB 25 Feola, CraigCraig Feola 5.0 !Jr CB 4 Grant, ReggieReggie Grant 5.0 !Jr LB 33 Mehl, DarrellDarrell Mehl 7.0 !Sr LB 42 Nutting, KimKim Nutting 5.0 !Jr DT 70 Plath, RobRob Plath 5.0 !Jr DE 90 Reed, JohnJohn Reed 7.0 !Sr DT 96 Rickert, RodRod Rickert 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Don Read Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt