The 1976 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their first year under head coach Jim Wacker, the team compiled a 9–3 record, finished as NCC champion, and lost to Montana State in the Grantland Rice Bowl.^[1]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	at Northern Michigan*		Memorial Field Marquette, MI	L 9–14	8,946	[2]
September 18	at Montana State*		Reno H. Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 7–34	2,300	[3]
September 25	Morningside		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 16–7	7,200	[4]
October 2	South Dakota State		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (rivalry)	W 13–0	9,400	[5]
October 9	St. Norbert*		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 62–29	2,200	[6]
October 16	Augustana (SD)		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 21–0	2,600	[7]
October 23	at North Dakota		Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND (Nickel Trophy)	W 22–15	13,400	[8]
October 30	at South Dakota		Inman Field Vermillion, SD	W 24–0	3,500	[9]
November 6	Northern Colorado*		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 24–0	3,800	[10]
November 13	at Northern Iowa		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 10–9	15,100	[11]
November 27	at No. 5 Eastern Kentucky	No. T–8	Hanger Field Richmond, KY (NCAA Division II Quarterfinal)	W 10–7	3,360	[12]
December 4	No. 1 Montana State	No. T–8	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (NCAA Division II Semifinal—Grantland Rice Bowl)	L 3–10	6,100	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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