1976 Indiana State Sycamores football team

1976 Indiana State Sycamores football
1976 Indiana State Sycamores football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–7
Head coach	Tom Harp (4th season);
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University as an independent during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their fourth season under head coach Tom Harp, the Sycamores compiled a 3–7 record.

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Record3–7

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1976 NCAA Division I independents football records
v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 17 Rutgers		–		11	–	0	–	0
San Diego State		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Notre Dame		–		9	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		8	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		8	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		8	–	3	–	0
Memphis State		–		7	–	4	–	0
North Texas State *		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		7	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		7	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina		–		6	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		6	–	5	–	0
Army		–		5	–	6	–	0
Florida State		–		5	–	6	–	0
Illinois State		–		5	–	6	–	0
Richmond		–		5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		4	–	6	–	1
Temple		–		4	–	6	–	0
Air Force		–		4	–	7	–	0
Dayton		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		4	–	7	–	0
Marshall		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		4	–	7	–	0
Indiana State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Hawaii		–		3	–	8	–	0
Holy Cross		–		3	–	8	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		3	–	8	–	0
Syracuse		–		3	–	8	–	0
Utah State		–		3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		2	–	9	–	0
Southern Miss		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		2	–	9	–	0

North Texas State (originally 6–5) was awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Arkansas State	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	W 31–21		^[2]
September 25	Dayton	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 14–20		^[3]
October 2	Akron	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 7–34	8,318	^[4]
October 9	Northern Illinois	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	W 28–10	15,074	^[5]
October 16	at Central Michigan	Perry Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	L 13–16	20,265	^[6]
October 23	at Illinois State	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	L 14–24	7,500	^[7]
October 30	Southern Illinois	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 2–21	3,200	^[8]
November 6	at Ball State	Ball State Stadium Muncie, IN (rivalry)	L 9–24	12,106	^[9]
November 13	at Wichita State	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	W 20–17	3,019	^[10]
November 20	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 14–26	5,300	^[11]

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