The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were 8-3 in 1976. They emerged victorious over the Penn State Nittany Lions, 20 to 9, in the Gator Bowl.
GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
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Team | 11 | 274 | 4,001 | 847 | 4.7 | 2,280 | 609 | 3.7 | 1,721 | 238 | 7.2 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 28th | 29th | 13th | 57th | 60th | 43rd | 71st | 30th | 37th | 34th | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 149 | 3,011 | 3.9 | 1,324 | 483 | 2.7 | 1,687 | 291 | 5.8 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 70th | 34th | 17th | 9th | 17th | 7th | 119th | 136th | 39th | ||||||||||
Net | +125 | +990 | +847 | +0.8 | +956 | +126 | +1.0 | +34 | -53 | +1.4 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 19th | 20th | 13th | 27th | 25th | 22nd | 25th | 60th | 100th | 27th |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
2 | BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Oregon | 13 | 0 | 1.000 |
2 | Penn State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
2 | Washington State | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |