1976 Stanford Cardinals football team

1976 Stanford Cardinals football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	6–5 (5–2 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jack Christiansen (5th season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium (Capacity: 85,500)

1976 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 USC $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 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 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. They were led by head coach Jack Christiansen. After a disappointing season, Christiansen was fired before the last game of the season, the Big Game versus Cal; Christiansen coached that final game, which Stanford rallied to win in the final two minutes.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	at No. 10 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	L 12–15	61,325
September 18	at No. 1 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–51	103,741
September 25	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 28–23	51,000
October 2	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 20–21	30,382
October 9	at No. 5 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 20–38	50,894
October 16	Washington	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 34–28	36,000
October 23	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 22–16	24,300
October 30	Oregon State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 24–3	30,500
November 6	No. 4 USC	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	L 24–48	76,500
November 13	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 28–17	18,000
November 20	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (79th Big Game)	W 27–24	76,780
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

• WR Tony Hill