1976 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

The 1976 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. Nevada competed as an independent. The Wolf Pack were led by first-year head coach Chris Ault and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.[1][2]

1976 Nevada Wolf Pack football
ConferenceIndependent
1976 record8–3
Head coachChris Ault (1st season)
Home stadiumMackay Stadium
(Capacity: 7,500)
1976 NCAA Division II independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Northern Michigan ^      11 2 0
No. 3 Akron ^      10 3 0
No. 7 UNLV ^      9 3 0
No. 4 Delaware ^      8 3 1
Nevada      8 3 0
Portland State      8 3 0
Tennessee State      7 2 1
Northern Colorado      6 3 0
Santa Clara      7 4 0
Chattanooga      6 4 1
Central State (OH)      6 5 0
Lehigh      6 5 0
Cal State Los Angeles      5 3 1
Lafayette      5 5 0
Bucknell      4 5 0
Nebraska–Omaha      3 8 0
Northeastern      2 7 0
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 1975 season 3–8. Head coach Jerry Scattini was replaced by Chris Ault.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 11Cal State HaywardW 30–135,400
September 18at WillametteW 39–6
September 25at Idaho StateL 22–27
October 2Montana Tech
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 57–75,000
October 9Santa Clara
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 56–398,000
October 16Simon Fraser
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 44–135,000
October 23at Boise StateL 8–2616,587
October 30Chico State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 43–145,600
November 6Sacramento State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 42–275,800
November 13Portland State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 35–227,000
November 20at No. 7 UNLVL 33–49

References

  1. "Nevada Football 2018 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 135. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  2. "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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