1976 NCAA Division II football season

American college football season August 2023 1976 August – November 1976 November 27 –December 11, 1976 December 11, 1976 Pioneer BowlMemorial StadiumWichita Falls, TX Montana State The 1976 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1976 and concluded with the championship game on December 11 at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas. The Montana State Bobcats defeated the Akron Zips 24–13 in the Pioneer Bowl to win their only Division II national title.1976 NCAA Division II National Football Championship Bracket http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d2/2012DIIfbchamp.pdf NCAA NCAA.org January 2, 2014 13https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JKhfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2817%2C4171751 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Montana State wins title December 12, 1976 4Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kSFOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6476%2C5442864 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Dennehy leads Montana State's bowl win December 12, 1976 D1 Conference changes and new programs School 1975 Conference 1976 Conference Alabama State SIAC D-II Independent Cal State Los Angeles CCAA Independent Eastern Michigan Independent MAC (D-I) Illinois State D-II Independent D-I Independent Conference standings Conference summaries List of NCAA Division II football seasons Conference ChampionsBig Sky Conference – Montana State Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Norfolk State Far Western Football Conference – UC Davis Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Northwood Gulf South Conference – Troy State Indiana Collegiate Conference - Evansville and St. Joseph's Lone Star Conference – Texas A&I Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northeast Missouri State and Southeast Missouri State North Central Conference – North Dakota State Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Morris Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – East Stroudsburg Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Western State (CO) South Atlantic Conference – Elon Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division II) – Bethune-Cookman Yankee Conference – New Hampshire Postseason II 1976 8 Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX Montana State 1st 1st 1 Akron 1st 1 Northern Michigan 2 North Dakota State 1 Sonny Holland 1st 13,200(Pioneer Bowl) The 1976 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the fourth single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's Division II college football. The championship game (Pioneer Bowl) was held at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas for the first time. Playoff bracket First roundCampus sitesNovember 27 SemifinalsCampus sitesKnute Rockne BowlGrantland Rice BowlDecember 4 ChampionshipPioneer BowlMemorial StadiumWichita Falls, TXDecember 11 Akron* 27 UNLV 6 1976 Northern Michigan Wildcats Northern Michigan 28 Delaware* 17 North Dakota State 10 1976 Eastern Kentucky Colonels Eastern Kentucky* 7 Montana State* 17 New Hampshire 16 Akron* 29 Northern Michigan 26 North Dakota State* 3 Montana State 10 Akron 13 Montana State 24 * Denotes host institution See also 1976 NCAA Division I football season 1976 NCAA Division III football season 1976 NAIA Division I football season 1976 NAIA Division II football season References