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1976 Independent Coaches

Record: 194-198-3, .495 W-L% (10th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -2.15 (8th of 14), SOS: -1.64 (8th of 14)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Notre Dame, Penn State and Pitt)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Notre Dame, Pitt and Rutgers)

36 Coaches

36 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Johnny Majors	Pitt	12	0	0	1.000
2	Frank Burns	Rutgers	11	0	0	1.000
3	Claude Gilbert	San Diego State	10	1	0	.909
4	Dan Devine	Notre Dame	9	3	0	.750
5	Frederick Dunlap	Colgate	8	2	0	.800
6	Tony Mason	Cincinnati	8	3	0	.727
7	Joseph Yukica	Boston College	8	3	0	.727
8	Rey Dempsey	Southern Illinois	7	4	0	.636
9	Richard Williamson	Memphis	7	4	0	.636	record adjusted to 8-3-0 by NCAA
10	Joe Paterno	Penn State	7	5	0	.583
11	Dick Bedesem Sr.	Villanova	6	4	1	.591
12	Joe Morrison	Chattanooga	6	4	1	.591
13	Jim Carlen	South Carolina	6	5	0	.545
14	Hayden Fry	North Texas	6	5	0	.545	record adjusted to 7-4-0 by NCAA
15	Jimmy Sharpe	Virginia Tech	6	5	0	.545
16	A.L. Williams	Northwestern State	5	5	0	.500
17	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	5	6	0	.455
18	Frank Cignetti	West Virginia	5	6	0	.455
19	Gerry Hart	Illinois State	5	6	0	.455
20	Homer Smith	Army	5	6	0	.455
Rk	Coach	School	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Pepper Rodgers	Georgia Tech	4	6	1	.409
22	Wayne Hardin	Temple	4	6	0	.400
23	Frank Ellwood	Marshall	4	7	0	.364
24	Vince Gibson	Louisville	4	7	0	.364	record adjusted to 5-6-0 by NCAA
25	Ron Marciniak	Dayton	4	7	0	.364
26	Ben Martin	Air Force	4	7	0	.364
27	George Welsh	Navy	4	7	0	.364
28	Tom Harp	Indiana State	3	7	0	.300
29	Frank Maloney	Syracuse	3	8	0	.273
30	Larry Price	Hawaii	3	8	0	.273
31	Carl Selmer	Miami (FL)	3	8	0	.273
32	Bruce Snyder	Utah State	3	8	0	.273
33	Neil Wheelwright	Holy Cross	3	8	0	.273
34	Bobby Collins	Southern Mississippi	2	9	0	.182	record adjusted to 3-8-0 by NCAA
35	John David Crow	Louisiana-Monroe	2	9	0	.182
36	Larry Smith	Tulane	2	9	0	.182

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