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1976 Wichita State

4–⁠7 (2–⁠3 Missouri Valley Conference).

Schedule and results

Wichita State in 1976, game by game: won vs. Northern Illinois 21–0; lost at West Texas 12–14; lost at Colorado State 3–24; lost at Louisville 14–28; won vs. Fresno State 30–24; won vs. Drake 33–23; lost at Memphis 0–31; lost vs. Long Beach State 14–24; lost at New Mexico State 6–26; lost vs. Indiana State 17–20; won at Tulsa 30–13+21−31Won 21–0 vs. Northern Illinois+21Northern Illino…Lost 12–14 at West Texas-2West TexasLost 3–24 at Colorado State-21Colorado StateLost 14–28 at Louisville-14LouisvilleWon 30–24 vs. Fresno State+6Fresno StateWon 33–23 vs. Drake+10DrakeLost 0–31 at Memphis-31MemphisLost 14–24 vs. Long Beach State-10Long Beach StateLost 6–26 at New Mexico State-20New Mexico StateLost 17–20 vs. Indiana State-3Indiana StateWon 30–13 at Tulsa+17Tulsa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsNorthern IllinoisW 21–⁠057%
Sep 18atWest TexasL 12–⁠1432%
Sep 25atColorado StateL 3–⁠2437%
Oct 2atLouisvilleL 14–⁠2843%
Oct 9vsFresno StateW 30–⁠2454%
Oct 16vsDrakeW 33–⁠2369%
Oct 23atMemphisL 0–⁠3121%
Oct 30vsLong Beach StateL 14–⁠2429%
Nov 6atNew Mexico StateL 6–⁠2639%
Nov 13vsIndiana StateL 17–⁠2075%
Nov 20atTulsaW 30–⁠1310%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulsa 30–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 65 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1976.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠3 5th in Missouri Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
180–⁠227
Coach
—
Elo
1348 −3 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−14.0 No. 117 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1976 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Indiana State1–⁠03–⁠7
Tulsa2–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
New Mexico State2–⁠1–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
West Texas1–⁠1–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Wichita State2–⁠34–⁠7
Drake1–⁠31–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.