1976 SANFL season

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1976 SANFL season
Teams10
PremiersSturt
(12th premiership)
Minor premiersPort Adelaide
(35th minor premiership)
Matches played111
Attendance997,056 (8,982 per match)
Highest attendance66,897 (Grand Final, Sturt vs. Port Adelaide)
Ken Farmer MedallistFred Phillis
Glenelg (98 Goals)
Magarey MedallistRussell Ebert
Port Adelaide (42 votes)
← 1975
1977 →

The 1976 South Australian National Football League season was the 97th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder[]

1976 SANFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Port Adelaide 21 17 4 0 2568 1902 57.45 34
2 Sturt (P) 21 14 6 1 2491 1843 57.48 29
3 Glenelg 21 14 7 0 2800 2116 56.96 28
4 West Adelaide 21 12 9 0 2171 1925 53.00 24
5 Norwood 21 11 10 0 2299 2164 51.51 22
6 Central District 21 11 10 0 2153 2409 47.19 22
7 South Adelaide 21 9 11 1 2217 2326 48.80 19
8 North Adelaide 21 8 13 0 2014 2521 44.41 16
9 Woodville 21 6 15 0 2021 2546 44.25 12
10 West Torrens 21 2 19 0 1994 2976 40.12 4
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

Finals Series[]

Grand Final[]

Main article: 1976 SANFL Grand Final
1976 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 25 September
(2:10 pm) 		Port Adelaide def. by Sturt Football Park (crowd: 66,897) [2]
2.5 (17)
3.8 (26)
7.13 (55)
 10.15 (75) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final 		1.3 (21)
7.6 (48)
11.8 (74)
 17.14 (116)

Port Adelaide were strong grand final favourites, but Sturt scored an upset win in the 1976 SANFL Grand Final, in front of a record crowd.

References[]

  1. ^ http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1976/[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1976
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