The 1976 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their only season under head coach Jackie Sherrill, the Cougars compiled a 3–8 record (2–5 in Pac-8, sixth), and were outscored 331 to 240.[2][3]
The team's statistical leaders included Jack Thompson with 2,762 passing yards, Dan Doornink with 422 rushing yards, and Mike Levenseller with 1,124 receiving yards.[4]
Senior quarterback John Hopkins injured a knee in the second game making a tackle;[5][6] sophomore Thompson relieved him and again the following week,[7] then became the starter for the rest of the season.[8][9]
A home game was played in Seattle at the newly-opened Kingdome, against eleventh-ranked USC.[9][10] Previous home games in Seattle in 1972 and 1974 were at Husky Stadium.[11][12] The sole game at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane was the Apple Cup, which was also under consideration as the Kingdome game.[13]
Previously the defensive coordinator at Pittsburgh, Sherrill was hired in late December 1975,[14][15][16] but coached just one season in Pullman, leaving in early December to return to the Panthers as head coach.[1][17] A week later, he was succeeded at WSU by Warren Powers, the defensive backfield coach at Nebraska.[18][19][20]
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at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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