1976 West Texas State Buffaloes football team
American college football season
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The 1976 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State University (now known as West Texas A&M University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their sixth year under head coach Gene Mayfield, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 4–5–2 with a mark of 1–1–2 in conference play, tying for third place in the MVC.
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record4–5–2 (1–1–2 MVC)
Headcoach
- Gene Mayfield (6th season)
HomestadiumKimbrough Memorial Stadium
| 1976 West Texas State Buffaloes football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 4–5–2 (1–1–2 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa + | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State + | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | Wichita State | W 14–12 | [1] | ||
| September 25 | at Southern Illinois* | L 17–21 | [2] | ||
| October 2 | at UT Arlington* | L 21–23 | 7,283 | [3] | |
| October 9 | at Houston* | L 7–50 | 23,498 | [4] | |
| October 16 | North Texas State* |
| L 7–10 | 10,500 | [5] |
| October 23 | at Drake | L 14–34 | 8,116 | [6] | |
| October 30 | McNeese State* |
| W 30–25 | 5,000 | [7] |
| November 6 | Lamar* |
| W 21–6 | 3,500 | [8] |
| November 13 | Northeast Louisiana* |
| W 58–41 | [9] | |
| November 20 | at New Mexico State | T 13–13 | 6,376 | [10] | |
| November 27 | at Tulsa | T 17–17 | 7,137 | [11] | |
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