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1976 NCAA Division III football season
| 1976 NCAA Division III football season |
|---|
| August – November 1976 |
| November – December 1976 |
| Garrett-Harrison StadiumPhenix City, AL |
| Saint John's (MN) |
| NCAA Division III football seasons |
The 1976 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1976, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1976 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Saint John's Johnnies won their first Division III championship, defeating the Towson State Tigers by a final score of 31−28.
- The Virginia College Conference (now the Old Dominion Athletic Conference) began football play in 1976.
| Conference champions |
|---|
| College Athletic Conference – Sewanee |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Carroll (WI) |
| Independent College Athletic Conference – Alfred |
| Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wiliam Penn |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion |
| Middle Atlantic Conference – Albright (North), Franklin & Marshall (South) |
| Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Cornell College, Knox, and Monmouth |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) |
| New England Football Conference – Nichols |
| New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State |
| Northwest Conference – Linfield |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Randolph-Macon |
| Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – East Stroudsburg |
| Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division III) – Fort Valley State |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands |
| Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Trinity (TX) |
| Twin Rivers Conference – Concordia–St. Paul, Loras, Maranatha Baptist, Northwestern–St. Paul, and Northwestern (WI) |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Wisconsin–Platteville, and Wisconsin–River Falls |
The 1976 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the fourth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the fourth consecutive year. Like the previous championship, eight teams competed in this edition.
This list includes all head coaching changes announced during or after the season.
| School | Outgoing coach | Reason | Replacement | Previous position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred | Alex Yunevich | Retired | Sam Sanders | Lehigh defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator (1973–1976) |
| Beloit | Bob Nicholls | Resigned | Ed DeGeorge | Colorado College defensive coordinator (1967–1976) |
| Carroll (WI) | Steve Miller | Hired as head coach for Morningside | Robert Larsen | Hartford Union HS (WI) head coach (1963–1976) |
| DePauw | Tommy Mont | Resigned | Bob Bergman | Rose–Hulman head coach (1968–1976) |
| Dubuque | Larry Pohlman | Hired as head coach for Muncie Central HS (IN) | Don Birmingham | Iowa Lakes head coach (1974–1976) |
| Evansville | James A. Byers | Resigned | John Moses | Evansville defensive coordinator (1976) |
| Hamline | Jim Sessions | Resigned | Bob Sadek | Northern Michigan defensive backs coach (1974–1976) |
| Hobart | George W. Davis | Resigned | Dave Urick | Hobart defensive line coach (1971–1976) |
| Juniata | Walt Nadzak | Hired as head coach for Connecticut | Dean Rossi | Juniata offensive coordinator (1972–1976) |
| Knox | Albert Reilly | Resigned | Joe Campanelli | Cornell (IA) defensive backs coach (1975–1976) |
| Merchant Marine | Clive Rush | Fired | Pete Carmichael | Columbia defensive coordinator (1974–1976) |
| Millikin | Skip Mathieson | Hired as quarterbacks coach for Cincinnati | Merle Chapman | Millikin offensive coordinator (1973–1976) |
| Moravian | Rocco Calvo | Resigned | Ed Little | Moravian offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator (1968–1976) |
| Olivet | Bob Friedlund | Resigned | Chuck Cilibraise | Olivet High School head coach (1972–1976) |
| Rose–Hulman | Bob Bergman | Hired as head coach for DePauw | Joe Touchton | Rose–Hulman defensive coordinator (1971–1976) |
| Upper Iowa | Everett Eischeid (interim) | Permanent replacement hired/retired | Dennis Caryl | Northwestern (IA) offensive coordinator (1974–1976) |
| Valparaiso | Norm Amundsen | Resigned | Bill Koch | Valparaiso defensive coordinator (1975–1976) |
| Western Maryland | Ron Jones | Resigned | Jim Hindman | Western Maryland defensive assistant (1976) |
| William Penn | Craig Boller | Hired as defensive line coach for Tennessee | Jim Spry | Indian Hills head coach (1975–1976) |
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