The 1976 Drake Bulldogs football team represented the Drake University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Led by Jack Wallace in his 12th and final season has head coach, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, placing last out of five teams in the MVC.[1] Drake played home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Record | 1–10 (1–3 MVC) |
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Home stadium | Drake Stadium |
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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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Schedule
editDate | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 4 | New Mexico State | L 29–30 | ||||
September 11 | 1:30 p.m. | at Iowa State* | L 14–58 | 34,006 | ||
September 18 | Southern Illinois* |
| L 15–27 | |||
September 25 | at Louisville* | L 24–37 | ||||
October 2 | at Colorado* | L 24–45 | 45,318 | |||
October 9 | at Long Beach State* | L 10–41 | 10,200 | [2] | ||
October 16 | at Wichita State | L 23–33 | 11,116 | [3] | ||
October 23 | West Texas State |
| W 34–14 | |||
November 6 | Temple* |
| L 7–31 | |||
November 13 | Tulsa |
| L 20–45 | 5,182 | ||
November 20 | at North Texas State* | L 0–63 | ||||
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Roster
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Special teams
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References
edit- ^ "Final Missouri Valley Conference". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 30, 1976. p. 12. Retrieved October 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Long Beach State Wins Again, 32-10". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 10, 1976. p. III-11. Retrieved March 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Drake tumbles". Quad-City Times. October 17, 1977. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1976 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2024.