1976 Wayne State Tartars football team

1976 Wayne State Tartars football
ConferenceGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record8–2 (3–2 GLIAC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDick Tressel (3rd season)
CaptainKeith Anleitner, Mike Stankovich
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Northwood $ 4 1 0 5 2 1
No. 7 Grand Valley State 3 2 0 8 2 0
Wayne State (MI) 3 2 0 6 2 0
Ferris State 3 2 0 5 5 0
Hillsdale 2 3 0 5 5 0
Saginaw Valley State 0 5 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

The 1976 Wayne State Tartars football team represented Wayne State University as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. In their third year under head coach Dick Lowry, the Tartars compiled an 8–2 record (3–2 against GLIAC opponents) and finished in a tie for second place in the conference.[1][2]

  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Wayne State University. pp. 111, 115. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  2. ^ "Wayne St. Grid Fortunes Still Rising". Detroit Free Press. September 10, 1976. pp. 1D, 5D – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon