1976 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

1976 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant; Morehead State record adjusted for forfeit to Marshall; Rankings from Associated Press poll

1976 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
1976 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
1976 record	4–5–1 (3–4 OVC)
Head coach	Jimmy Feix (9th season);
Captain	David Carter
Home stadium	L. T. Smith Stadium
	Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 Western Kentucky football team represented Western Kentucky University during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Jimmy Feix, the Hilltoppers compiled an overall record of 4–5–1 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the OVC. The team's captain was David Carter.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	Troy State*	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	T 10–10	16,750
September 18	at Chattanooga*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 10–7	8,000	^[2]
September 25	Austin Peay	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	W 12–7	13,300
October 2	at East Tennessee State	Memorial Stadium Johnson City, TN	L 16–28	5,739
October 16	at Tennessee Tech	Cookeville, TN	L 12–22	15,500
October 23	Eastern Kentucky	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY (Battle of the Bluegrass)	W 10–6	18,000
October 30	at Morehead State	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	L 0–21	1,000
November 6	Middle Tennessee	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY (100 Miles of Hate)	W 38–7	20,000
November 13	No. 5 Akron*	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 16–29	11,200
November 20	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY (Battle for the Red Belt)	L 6–16	10,300
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ "WKU Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green, Kentucky: Western Kentucky University. p. 178. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
^ "Second-half Western rally nips Chattanooga 10–7". The Park City Daily News. September 19, 1976. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "WKU Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green, Kentucky: Western Kentucky University. p. 178. Retrieved December 9, 2021.

[2] "Second-half Western rally nips Chattanooga 10–7". The Park City Daily News. September 19, 1976. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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1976 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Eastern Kentucky $^	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Tennessee Tech	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Murray State	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Austin Peay	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Western Kentucky	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
East Tennessee State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Middle Tennessee	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Morehead State	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Morehead State record adjusted for forfeit to Marshall Rankings from Associated Press poll