1976 NAIA Division I football season

The 1976 NAIA Division I football season was the 21st season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the seventh season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

1976 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1976
PostseasonDecember 4–11, 1976
National ChampionshipJavelina Stadium
Kingsville, TX
ChampionsTexas A&I (5)

The season was played from August to November 1976 and culminated in the 1976 NAIA Division I Champion Bowl, played on December 11, 1976 at Javelina Stadium on the campus of Texas A&I University in Kingsville, Texas.[1] Texas A&I defeated Central Arkansas in the Champion Bowl, 26–0, to win their fifth, and third consecutive, NAIA national title.[2]

Conference standings
1976 Central States Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Fort Hays State $ 5 –1 –05 –4 –0
Kearney State 4 –1 –09 –1 –0
Missouri Southern 4 –1 –08 –2 –0
Washburn 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Missouri Western 1 –4 –04 –5 –0
Pittsburg State 1 –4 –03 –5 –1
Emporia State 0 –6 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1976 Evergreen Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oregon College $ 6 –0 –09 –1 –0
Western Washington 4 –2 –06 –3 –0
Eastern Washington 3 –2 –14 –4 –1
Central Washington 3 –3 –03 –6 –0
Southern Oregon 2 –4 –03 –6 –0
Eastern Oregon 1 –4 –11 –7 –1
Oregon Tech 1 –5 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1976 Lone Star Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas A&I $^ 7 –0 –013 –0 –0
Abilene Christian 5 –2 –08 –2 –0
East Texas State 4 –3 –05 –3 –1
Southwest Texas State 4 –3 –05 –5 –0
Angelo State 3 –3 –15 –5 –1
Sam Houston State 2 –5 –03 –5 –1
Howard Payne 1 –5 –11 –8 –1
Stephen F. Austin 1 –6 –02 –9 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
1976 Nebraska College Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Kearney State $ 3 –0 –09 –1 –0
Chadron State 1 –2 –04 –6 –0
Peru State 1 –2 –03 –7 –0
Wayne State (NE) 1 –2 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1976 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
SE Oklahoma State $ 4 –0 –08 –3 –0
Northeastern State 3 –1 –06 –3 –1
East Central 1 –2 –16 –3 –2
NW Oklahoma State 1 –2 –14 –5 –1
SW Oklahoma State 0 –4 –04 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1976 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Western State (CO) $^ 9 –0 –09 –2 –0
Fort Lewis 7 –2 –07 –2 –0
Southern Colorado 5 –2 –06 –4 –1
Southern Utah 4 –5 –05 –5 –0
Colorado Mines 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Mesa State 3 –5 –04 –5 –1
Westminster (UT) 3 –5 –04 –5 –0
Western New Mexico 3 –5 –03 –7 –0
Adams State 3 –6 –03 –6 –0
New Mexico Highlands 1 –7 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
1976 South Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Elon $^ 7 –0 –011 –1 –0
Catawba 5 –2 –08 –3 –0
Newberry 4 –3 –05 –5 –0
Mars Hill 3 –3 –14 –4 –1
Gardner–Webb 3 –4 –05 –5 –0
Carson–Newman 3 –4 –03 –7 –0
Presbyterian 2 –5 –03 –7 –0
Lenoir–Rhyne 0 –6 –10 –10 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant

Postseason
Semifinals
December 4, 1976 		1976 NAIA Champion Bowl
December 11, 1976
Kingsville, TX
      
Central Arkansas 10
Elon* 7
Central Arkansas 0
Texas A&I* 26
Western State (CO) 14
Texas A&I* 56

See also

References
  1. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  2. "1975 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
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