1976_Cal_Poly_Mustangs_football_team

1976 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

1976 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

American college football season

The 1976 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Joe Harper, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 7–1–1 with a mark of 2–0 in conference play, winning the CCAA title for the first of five consecutive seasons. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California.

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The CCAA lost two of its five members before the 1976 season. The UC Riverside Highlanders football program discontinued football after the 1975 season and the Cal State Los Angeles Diablos became an NCAA Division II independent. The CCAA continued with just the three teams until the conference stopped sponsoring football after the 1981 season.

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Team players in the NFL

No Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 1977 NFL Draft.[11][12]

The following finished their college career in 1976, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
Dana NafzigerTight end, linebacker1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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    "Final 1976 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
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    "Long Beach State Shut Out by Fresno". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 7, 1976. p. III-16. Retrieved February 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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    "Aztecs Beat Long Beach, 10-3". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 21, 1976. p. III-12. Retrieved February 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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    "Final 1976 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
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    "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
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    "1977 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
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    "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
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