1976-77 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-7 (Independent)

Rank: 10th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 85.4 (15th of 249)

PA/G: 71.9 (88th of 249)

SRS: 16.09 (9th of 244)

SOS: 4.09 (46th of 244)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (90-83) versus Hofstra
Lost East Regional Semifinal (79-77) versus North Carolina

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AP Poll Summary

1976-77 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/29	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/7	Final
Notre Dame	14	8	7	4	2	2	8	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	10

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 27, 1976	REG	@	Maryland (8)	ACC	10.44	W	80	79		1	0	W 1	Cole Fieldhouse
2	Sat, Dec 4, 1976	REG		Valparaiso	Ind	-8.62	W	93	56		2	0	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
3	Tue, Dec 7, 1976	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	-0.34	W	105	78		3	0	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
4	Sat, Dec 11, 1976	REG	@	UCLA (3)	Pac-8	16.48	W	66	63		4	0	W 4	Pauley Pavilion
5	Tue, Dec 14, 1976	REG		Indiana (16)	Big Ten	11.44	W	78	65		5	0	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
6	Tue, Dec 21, 1976	REG		Vermont	Ind	-11.64	W	89	48		6	0	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
7	Thu, Dec 30, 1976	REG	N	Kentucky (6)	SEC	23.26	L	78	102		6	1	L 1	Freedom Hall
8	Mon, Jan 3, 1977	REG	@	Princeton	Ivy	8.42	L	62	76		6	2	L 2	Jadwin Gymnasium
9	Wed, Jan 5, 1977	REG	@	Villanova	ECBL	8.43	L	62	64		6	3	L 3	Villanova Field House
10	Sun, Jan 16, 1977	REG	@	Marquette (11)	Ind	16.67	L	69	78		6	4	L 4	MECCA Arena
11	Sun, Jan 23, 1977	REG		UCLA (10)	Pac-8	16.48	L	65	70		6	5	L 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
12	Wed, Jan 26, 1977	REG		Pittsburgh	ECBL	-4.52	W	88	68		7	5	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
13	Sun, Jan 30, 1977	REG		Fordham	NJNY7	-11.62	W	93	71		8	5	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
14	Tue, Feb 1, 1977	REG		Dayton	Ind	5.41	W	97	64		9	5	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
15	Sat, Feb 5, 1977	REG	@	Davidson	Southern	-10.55	W	88	57		10	5	W 4	Johnston Gym
16	Wed, Feb 9, 1977	REG		Holy Cross	Ind	6.39	W	91	73		11	5	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
17	Sat, Feb 12, 1977	REG		South Carolina	Ind	4.18	W	68	66		12	5	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
18	Mon, Feb 14, 1977	REG		Butler	Ind	-7.28	W	97	74		13	5	W 7	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
19	Thu, Feb 17, 1977	REG	@	Manhattan	NJNY7	-0.33	W	80	76		14	5	W 8	Alumni Gym
20	Sat, Feb 19, 1977	REG	@	West Virginia	ECBL	7.97	L	68	81		14	6	L 1	WVU Coliseum
21	Wed, Feb 23, 1977	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	-1.95	W	111	86		15	6	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
22	Sat, Feb 26, 1977	REG	@	La Salle	ECC	-1.67	W	113	77		16	6	W 2	Tom Gola Arena
23	Tue, Mar 1, 1977	REG		San Francisco (1)	WCAC	15.18	W	93	82		17	6	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
24	Sat, Mar 5, 1977	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	5.13	W	76	68		18	6	W 4	Alumni Hall
25	Mon, Mar 7, 1977	REG		Xavier	Ind	-9.18	W	94	63		19	6	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Sat, Mar 12, 1977	NCAA	N	Hofstra	ECC	1.55	W	90	83		20	6	W 6	The Palestra
27	Thu, Mar 17, 1977	NCAA	N	North Carolina (5)	ACC	20.78	L	77	79		20	7	L 1	Cole Fieldhouse