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

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

Ladder

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1976 SANFL Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Port Adelaide 21 17 4 0 2568 1902 57.45 34
2 Sturt (P) 21 14 6 1 2491 1843 57.48 29
3 Glenelg 21 14 7 0 2800 2116 56.96 28
4 West Adelaide 21 12 9 0 2171 1925 53.00 24
5 Norwood 21 11 10 0 2299 2164 51.51 22
6 Central District 21 11 10 0 2153 2409 47.19 22
7 South Adelaide 21 9 11 1 2217 2326 48.80 19
8 North Adelaide 21 8 13 0 2014 2521 44.41 16
9 Woodville 21 6 15 0 2021 2546 44.25 12
10 West Torrens 21 2 19 0 1994 2976 40.12 4
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

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Grand Final

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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.

References

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  1. ^ a b Season 1976 Australian Football [permanent dead link]