The 1976 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. In their second year under head coach Joe Salem, the Lumberjacks compiled an 8–3 record (4–2 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 249 to 184, and finished third out of seven teams in the Big Sky.^[1]

The team's statistical leaders included Herb Daniel with 1,314 passing yards, Carl Golden with 731 rushing yards, Tyrone Peterson with 519 receiving yards, Tom Jurich with 45 points scored, and Jerry Lumpkin with 135 tackles.^[2]

The team played its home games at Lumberjack Stadium in Flagstaff, Arizona.

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	United States International		Lumberjack Stadium Flagstaff, AZ	W 20–0	6,500	[3]
September 11	Idaho State		Lumberjack Stadium Flagstaff, AZ	W 34–7	8,364	[4]
September 25	at Nebraska–Omaha*		Omaha, NE	W 28–13	4,500
October 9	at Montana		Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 23–21	9,607
October 16	Cal Poly Pomona*		Lumberjack Stadium Flagstaff, AZ	L 7–9	12,800	[5]
October 23	No T–5 UNLV*		Lumberjack Stadium Flagstaff, AZ	W 31–28	6,860	[6]
October 30	Boise State	No. 10	Lumberjack Stadium Flagstaff, AZ	W 42–7	9,060	[7]
November 6	at No. 3 Montana State	No. 6	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 0–33	9,400	[8]
November 13	Weber State		Lumberjack Stadium Flagstaff, AZ	W 30–18	6,150
November 20	at Idaho		Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	L 14–31	10,166
November 27	at Cal State Fullerton*		Falcon Stadium Norwalk, CA	W 20–17	2,100	[9]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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