1976 Oregon Ducks football team

1976 Oregon Ducks football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record4–7 (1–6 Pac-8)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumAutzen Stadium
1976 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 USC $ 7 0 011 1 0
No. 15 UCLA 6 1 09 2 1
Stanford 5 2 06 5 0
California 3 4 05 6 0
Washington 3 4 05 6 0
Washington State 2 5 03 8 0
Oregon 1 6 04 7 0
Oregon State 1 6 02 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Led by third-year head coach Don Read, the Ducks were 4–7 overall (1–6 in the Pac-8, tied for last), and were outscored 271 to 144.

Six days after the season-ending win at Oregon State in the Civil War, Read was fired on the day after Thanksgiving. with a year remaining on a four-year contract ($28,000 annually). He was succeeded by 35-year-old Rich Brooks in mid-December.