1976 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

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1976 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Kempski (9th season)
Offensive scheme Delaware Wing-T
Home stadium Delaware Stadium
(capacity: 23,000)
Seasons
←  1975
1977  →
1976 NCAA Division II independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Northern Michigan ^  – 11 –2 –0
No. 3 Akron ^  – 10 –3 –0
No. 7 UNLV ^  – 9 –3 –0
No. 4 Delaware ^  – 8 –3 –1
Nevada  – 8 –3 –0
Portland State  – 8 –3 –0
Tennessee State  – 7 –2 –1
American International  – 6 –3 –0
Northern Colorado  – 6 –3 –0
Madison  – 7 –4 –0
Santa Clara  – 7 –4 –0
Western Carolina  – 6 –4 –0
Chattanooga  – 6 –4 –1
Southern Connecticut State  – 5 –4 –0
Central State (OH)  – 6 –5 –0
Lehigh  – 6 –5 –0
Cal State Los Angeles  – 5 –3 –1
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  – 5 –5 –0
Central Connecticut  – 5 –5 –0
Lafayette  – 5 –5 –0
Eastern Illinois  – 5 –6 –0
Bucknell  – 4 –5 –0
Youngstown State  – 4 –6 –0
Nebraska–Omaha  – 3 –8 –0
Northeastern  – 2 –7 –0
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1976 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as an independent during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by Tubby Raymond, who was in his 11th season as head coach of the Fightin' Blue Hens. The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. The Hens lost to Northern Michigan in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II playoffs and finished the season with a record of 8–3–1.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11 Eastern Kentucky
W 37–2117,528 [1]
September 18at The Citadel
L 15–1721,570 [2]
September 25 North Dakota
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
W 59–1717,865 [3]
October 2at Temple
W 18–1615,861 [4]
October 9at William & Mary No. 4
W 15–1315,500 [5]
October 16at Villanova No. 2
T 24–2420,578 [6]
October 23 Virginia Military Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 4
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
L 6–1021,134 [7]
October 30at Connecticut No. 8
W 6–309,956 [8]
November 6 Davidson No. 5
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
W 63–016,130 [9]
November 13 West Chester No. 4
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE (rivalry)
W 42–714,378 [10]
November 20 Maine No. 4
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
W 46–714,136 [11]
November 27No. 2 Northern Michigan No. 4
L 17–3812,500 [12]

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