1976 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 1976 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their fifth year under head coach F. A. Dry, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 7–4–1 record, 2–1–1 against Missouri Valley Conference opponents, and tied for the conference championship.[1][2]
| 1976 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football | |
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MVC co-champion | |
Independence Bowl, L 16–20 vs. McNeese State | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| 1976 record | 7–4–1 (2–1–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Skelly Stadium (capacity: 40,385) |
| 1976 Missouri Valley Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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The team's statistical leaders included Ronnie Hickerson with 1,554 passing yards, Rickey Watts with 464 rushing yards, and Cornell Webster with 622 receiving yards.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 4 | Richmond* | W 22–7 | |||
| September 11 | at Oklahoma State* | L 21–33 | |||
| September 18 | Memphis State* |
| W 16–14 | ||
| September 25 | at No. 12 Arkansas* | W 9–3 | 40,563 | ||
| October 2 | New Mexico State |
| W 32–7 | ||
| October 16 | at Cincinnati* | L 7–16 | |||
| October 30 | at Louisville* | W 20–10 | |||
| November 6 | at Virginia Tech* | W 35–31 | 31,000 | [4] | |
| November 13 | at Drake | W 45–20 | |||
| November 20 | Wichita State |
| L 13–30 | 12,000 | [5] |
| November 27 | West Texas State |
| T 17–17 | ||
| December 13 | vs. McNeese State | L 16–20 | 19,164 | ||
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References
- "1976 Missouri Valley Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
- "1976 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
- "1976 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- "Tulsa squeaks". The Daily Oklahoman. November 7, 1976. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Shocking! WSU kicks wind out of Hurricane". The Wichita Eagle & Beacon. November 21, 1976. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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