1976 NCAA Division I soccer tournament

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1976 NCAA Division I soccer tournament
1976 College Cup
NCAA 70s logo.svg
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Venue(s) Franklin Field
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Teams24
Final positions
Champions San Francisco (3rd title)
Runner-up Indiana
Third place Hartwick College
Fourth place Clemson
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored84 (3.65 per match)
Attendance39,373 (1,712 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Flag of the United States.svg Dave MacWilliams,
Philadelphia Textile (5)
Best player Flag of Nigeria.svg Andy Atuegbu,
San Francisco (Offense)
Flag of the United States.svg Dave Shelton,
Indiana (Defense)
  1975
1977  

The 1976 NCAA Division I soccer tournament was the 18th annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national men's college soccer champion among its Division I members in the United States.

Contents

The final match was played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 5.

Defending champions San Francisco won their third national title, defeating Indiana in the championship game, 1–0. [1]

Qualifying

No teams made their debut appearances in the NCAA Division I soccer tournament this year.

Bracket

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
Connecticut 2
Rhode Island 1 Connecticut1
Brown 6Brown 0
Bridgeport 2 Connecticut 1
Hartwick College 1Hartwick College2
Cornell 0 Hartwick College3
Adelphi 0 St. Francis (NY) 0
St. Francis (NY) 2Hartwick College 1
Indiana2
Indiana 2
Akron 1
Indiana1
SIU Edwardsville 0
SIU Edwardsville 2
Saint Louis 1
Indiana 0
Clemson 8San Francisco1
Madison College 0 Clemson3
Howard 3Howard 1
Maryland 1 Clemson3
Temple 4Philadelphia Textile 2
Bucknell 0 Temple 0
Philadelphia Textile 4Philadelphia Textile4
Penn State 0 Clemson 0
San Francisco1
San Francisco 1Third place
UCLA 0
San Francisco5Hartwick 4
San Jose State 0 Clemson 3
San Jose State 4
Washington 1

Final

Indiana 0–1 San Francisco

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References

  1. "DIVISION I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved June 21, 2023.