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The 1976 NFL season was the 57th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 28 teams with the addition of the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers . This fulfilled one of the conditions agreed to in 1966 for the 1970 AFL–NFL merger , which called for the league to expand to 28 teams by 1970 or soon thereafter.
The stage was set for 1976, with Pitt ranked ninth in the AP preseason poll, for the Panthers to make a run for the national championship. In the first game of the 1976 season, the Panthers faced off against Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. A year earlier, Tony Dorsett had finished with 303 yards rushing in Pitt's 34–20 victory over the ...
The Seahawks, coached by Jack Patera, played their first preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers on August 1, and their first regular season game came on September 12 at the sold-out Kingdome. The Seahawks played a solid game, but had their desperation final pass intercepted in the endzone in a 30–24 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
The NFL officially counts and includes the statistical records logged by teams that played in the American Football League (AFL) as part of NFL history. Therefore, these teams' pre-merger win–loss records are accounted for. However, the NFL does not officially count All-America Football Conference statistics, despite the 1950 NFL–AAFC ...
1976 NFL draft; E. 1976 NFL expansion draft; P. 1976–77 NFL playoffs; 1977 Pro Bowl; S. Super Bowl XI This page was last edited on 14 April 2024, at 19:37 (UTC). ...
Despite their opinions, the 1976 Steelers were not on the 100 greatest teams of all time presented by the NFL on its 100th anniversary. [1] [2] In 2007, ESPN.com named the 1976 Steelers the greatest defense in NFL history, [3] noting, "the 1976 unit was the best (slightly better than the '75 squad). Here's why: 28.
The 1976 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 17th season, and 7th in the National Football League (NFL). After having appeared in the three previous AFC Championship Games – and having lost all three—the 1976 Raiders finally won the conference championship, [ 1 ] and went on to win their first Super Bowl .
He was named the NFL Most Valuable Player in 1976 with the Colts. Jones played college football for the LSU Tigers, earning consensus All-American honors in 1972. He was selected by the Colts in the first round of the 1973 NFL draft with the second overall pick. He is the son of former NFL running back Dub Jones of the Cleveland Browns.