1976 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team
| 1976 Cal State Northridge Matadors football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 1976 record | 8–3 (0–2 CCAA) |
| Head coach | Jack Elway (1st year) |
| Home stadium | Devonshire Downs |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team represented Cal State Northridge during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season.
Cal State Northridge competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The CCAA lost two of its five members before the 1976 season. UC Riverside discontinued football after the 1975 season. Cal State Los Angeles dropped down to a lower level of competition after the 1975 season. The CCAA continued with just the three teams until the conference stopped supporting football after the 1981 season.
The 1976 Matadors were led by first-year head coach Jack Elway. They played home games at Devonshire Downs in Northridge, California. Cal State Northridge finished the season with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3, 0–2 CCAA). The eight wins was the most by a Matador team since the school started football in 1962. The Matadors outscored their opponents 217–137 for the season.
No Cal State Northridge players were selected in the 1977 NFL Draft.
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