1976 Texas Southern Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1976 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Wendell Mosley, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 2–9, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished tied for sixth in the SWAC.
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record2–9 (1–5 SWAC)
Headcoach
- Wendell Mosley (1st season)
HomestadiumAstrodome
Jeppesen Stadium
Jeppesen Stadium
| 1976 Texas Southern Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 2–9 (1–5 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Astrodome Jeppesen Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–8 Alcorn State $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 4 | Texas A&I* | L 20–36 | 13,045 | [1] | |
| September 11 | vs. Bethune–Cookman* |
| L 22–27 | 11,725 | [2] |
| September 19 | Southern |
| L 14–26 | 30,989 | [3] |
| September 25 | No. 5 Tennessee State* |
| L 8–21 | 11,623–11,634 | [4][5] |
| October 9 | at No. T–7 Alcorn State | L 6–47 | 6,000 | [6] | |
| October 16 | at Bishop* | L 14–15 | 2,851 | ||
| October 23 | Mississippi Valley State |
| W 24–7 | 5,439 | [7] |
| October 30 | Grambling State |
| L 21–54 | 31,625 | [8] |
| November 6 | at Jackson State | L 12–16 | 26,000 | [9] | |
| November 13 | at Langston* |
| W 28–19 | 2,487 | [10] |
| November 20 | Prairie View A&M |
| L 15–22 | 10,892 | [11] |
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