1976 Pacific Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1976 Pacific Tigers football team represented the University of the Pacific (UOP) in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.[note 1]
ConferencePacific Coast Athletic Association
Record2–9 (0–4 PCAA)
Headcoach
- Chester Caddas (5th season)
HomestadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
| Record | 2–9 (0–4 PCAA) |
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| Home stadium | Pacific Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team was led by head coach Chester Caddas, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9, 0–4 PCAA). The Tigers were outscored 190–301 over the season, including six straight losses to end the season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 11 | at Air Force* | L 3–36 | 21,347 | [1] | |
| September 18 | Idaho* | L 28–31 | 11,769 | [2] | |
| September 25 | Hawaii* |
| W 21–12 | 8,625 | [3][4] |
| October 2 | Long Beach State |
| L 14–17 | 7,318 | [5][6] |
| October 9 | No. 2 UNLV* |
| W 38–13 | 9,327 | [7] |
| October 16 | at San Diego State* | L 15–21 | 31,045 | [8] | |
| October 23 | at Southwestern Louisiana* | L 10–38 | [9] | ||
| October 30 | at Fresno State | L 7–35 | 10,200 | [10] | |
| November 6 | at Cal State Fullerton | L 7–17 | 2,168 | [11] | |
| November 13 | San Jose State |
| L 30–50 | 18,093 | [12] |
| November 20 | at Utah State* | L 17–31 | 11,075 | [13] | |
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Team players in the NFL
The following UOP players were selected in the 1977 NFL draft.[15][16][17]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| Al Cleveland | Defensive end | 8 | 208 | Dallas Cowboys |
Notes
- The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.
- Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
