1976 Season
| 1976 Penn State Nittany Lions football | |||
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| Gator Bowl, lost to Notre Dame 20–9 | |||
| Conference | Independent | ||
| 1976 record | 7–5 | ||
| Head coach | Joe Paterno | ||
| Home stadium | Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 60,203) |
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Seasons
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| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 11, 1976 | Stanford | #10 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 15–12 | 61,645 | |||
| September 18, 1976 | #2 Ohio State | #7 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | ABC Regional | L 7–12 | 62,503 | ||
| September 25, 1976 | Iowa | #11 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | L 6–7 | 61,268 | |||
| October 2, 1976 | at Kentucky | #20 | Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY | L 6–22 | 57,723 | |||
| October 9, 1976 | Army | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 38–16 | 60,436 | ||||
| October 16, 1976 | Syracuse | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 27–3 | 61,474 | ||||
| October 23, 1976 | at West Virginia | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | W 33–0 | 37,762 | ||||
| October 30, 1976 | at Temple | Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, PA | W 31–30 | 42,005 | ||||
| November 6, 1976 | NC State | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 41–20 | 60,426 | ||||
| November 13, 1976 | at Miami (FL) | Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL | W 21–7 | 19,627 | ||||
| November 26, 1976 | at #1 Pittsburgh | #16 | Three Rivers Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | ABC National | L 7–24 | 50,360 | ||
| December 27, 1976 | vs. #15 Notre Dame | #20 | Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl) | ABC National | L 9–20 | 67,827 | ||
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