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1976 Arizona Wildcats football team

1976 Arizona Wildcats football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
BYU + 6 1 0 9 3 0
Wyoming + 6 1 0 8 4 0
Arizona State 4 3 0 4 7 0
Utah 3 3 0 3 8 0
Arizona 3 4 0 5 6 0
New Mexico 3 4 0 4 7 0
Colorado State 2 4 0 6 5 0
UTEP 0 7 0 1 11 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1976 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Jim Young, the Wildcats compiled a 5–6 record (3–4 against WAC opponents), finished in a tie for fifth place in the WAC, and outscored their opponents, 283 to 273.[1][2] The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. Young left Arizona to become head coach at Purdue after the season concluded.[3]

The team's statistical leaders included Marc Lunsford with 1,284 passing yards, Derriak Anderson with 506 rushing yards, and Keith Hartwig with 1,134 receiving yards.[4] Linebacker Obra Erby led the team with 174 total tackles.[5]

  1. ^ "1976 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. p. 107. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Young to leave Cats for Purdue". Arizona Daily Star. December 1, 1976.
  4. ^ "1976 Arizona Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  5. ^ 2016 Media Guide, p. 86.

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