1976 North Dakota State Bison football team

1976 North Dakota State Bison football
NCC champion
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record9–3 (6–0 NCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDacotah Field
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. T–8 North Dakota State $^ 6 0 0 9 3 0
South Dakota State 4 1 1 5 4 1
Northern Iowa 4 2 0 8 3 0
South Dakota 3 2 1 4 5 1
North Dakota 1 4 1 1 7 1
Augustana (SD) 1 5 0 4 6 0
Morningside 0 5 1 1 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their first year under head coach Jim Wacker, the team compiled a 9–3 record, finished as NCC champion, and lost to Montana State in the Grantland Rice Bowl.[1]

  1. ^ "1976 NDSU football schedule". North Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved October 4, 2021.