1976 SANFL season

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1976 SANFL season
Teams10
Premiers Sturt
12th premiership
Minor premiers Port Adelaide
35th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist Russell Ebert
Port Adelaide (42 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist Fred Phillis
Glenelg (98 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played111
Total attendance997,056 (8,982 per match)
Highest66,897 (Grand Final, Sturt vs. Port Adelaide)
  1975
1977  

The 1976 South Australian National Football League season was the 97th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

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Ladder

1976 SANFL Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Port Adelaide 2117402568190257.4534
2 Sturt (P)2114612491184357.4829
3 Glenelg 2114702800211656.9628
4 West Adelaide 2112902171192553.0024
5 Norwood 21111002299216451.5122
6 Central District 21111002153240947.1922
7 South Adelaide 2191112217232648.8019
8 North Adelaide 2181302014252144.4116
9 Woodville 2161502021254644.2512
10 West Torrens 2121901994297640.124
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

Grand Final

1976 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 25 September
(2:10 pm)
Port Adelaide def. by Sturt Football Park (crowd: 66,897) [1]
2.5 (17)
3.8 (26)
7.13 (55)
 10.15 (75)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.3 (9)
7.6 (48)
11.8 (74)
 17.14 (116)

Port Adelaide were strong grand final favourites, but Sturt scored an upset win in the 1976 SANFL Grand Final, in front of a record crowd.

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