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1976 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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Conference
  
Big Ten Conference

Head coach
  
John Pont (4th year)

1976 record
  
1–10 (1–7 Big Ten)

Home stadium
  
Dyche Stadium

The 1976 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their fourth year under head coach John Pont, the Wildcats compiled a 1–10 record (1–7 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Randy Dean with 1,384 passing yards, Pat Geegan with 537 rushing yards, and Scott Yelvington with 649 receiving yards. Yelvington received first-team All-Big Ten honors from both the Associated Press and the United Press International.

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1976 Northwestern Wildcats football team Wikipedia