1976 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1976 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1976 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh season under head coach John Jardine, the Badgers compiled a 56 record (35 against Big Ten opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for seventh place in the Big Ten.[1]

1976 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1976 record56 (35 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPMike Carroll
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
1976 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Michigan + 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 6 Ohio State + 7 1 0  9 2 1
Minnesota 4 4 0  6 5 0
Illinois 4 4 0  5 6 0
Indiana 4 4 0  5 6 0
Purdue 4 4 0  5 6 0
Iowa 3 5 0  5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 5 0  5 6 0
Michigan State 3 5 0  4 6 1
Northwestern 1 7 0  1 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Quarterback Mike Carroll was selected as the team's most valuable player and led the Big Ten Conference with 1,773 yards of total offense.[2][1] Running back Larry Canada led the team with 993 rushing yards, the fifth-highest total in the Big Ten during the 1976 season. Ira Matthews was the team's leading scorer with 42 points on seven touchdowns.[1]

David Charles was selected by the AP as a second-team wide receiver, and Dave Crossen by the UPI as a second-team linebacker, on the 1976 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[3][4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 11at No. 2 MichiganL 27–40101,347
September 18North Dakota*W 45–962,213
September 25Washington State*
  • Camp Randall stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 35–2664,658
October 2at No. 9 Kansas*L 24–3448,350
October 9Purdue
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 16–1879,111
October 16No. 9 Ohio State
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 20–3079,579
October 23at NorthwesternW 28–2524,580
October 30at IllinoisL 25–3154,121
November 6Iowa
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
W 38–2179,521
November 13at IndianaL 14–1527,518
November 20Minnesota
W 26–1760,304
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[5]

Roster

1976 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 30 Larry Canada Sr
QB Mike Carrol
WR David Charles
TE 85 Ron Egloff Sr
RB Ira Matthews
RB 33 Mike Morgan Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 37 Lawrence Johnson So
DT 76 John Rasmussen Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Players selected in the 1977 NFL Draft

Only one Wisconsin player was selected in the 1977 NFL Draft.[6]

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
John RasmussenOffensive tackle10276New England Patriots

References

  1. "1976 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  2. Roy Damer (December 25, 1975). "Lytle named Big 10 MVP: Purdue's Dierking is runnerup". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.
  3. "Michigan, Ohio State Pace All-Big Ten Team". Toledo Blade (AP story). December 3, 1976. p. 27.
  4. "Illini place two on All-Big 10". The Pantagraph. November 24, 1976. p. A11.
  5. "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  6. "1977 NFL Draft: Full Draft". NFL.com. National Football League. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
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