1975–76 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Following their third relegation in four seasons, Town started the 1975–76 season in the Fourth Division, a level never seen by the Terriers, or by any team who had won the First Division. The Board had decided to return Town to the all-blue kit. The early part of the season under Bobby Collins and general manager Tom Johnston saw Town make a steady early start to the campaign, which only seemed to have a minor falter between late October and just before Christmas saw Town lose 6 out of 10 games, although the other 4 in that run were wins.


1975–76 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
The strain of general manager Johnston took its toll on manager Collins, who resigned two days before Christmas, with Johnston taking over, making him the first man in the club's history to have the job twice (Although, that is strictly speaking untrue as Ian Greaves was caretaker manager in 1964, before taking the job on a full-time basis in  1968 . ).


1975–76 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Under Johnston, Town went on a pulsating run in the FA Cup 4th round, which led to a match-up with Bolton Wanderers, now managed by Ian Greaves, which Town narrowly lost 1–0. But, near the end of the season, Town without top scorer Terry Gray and his strike partner Bobby Campbell were both out with broken legs.


1975–76 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Town's form plummeted as they only won 1 of their last 12 league games, whereas if any 3 of those winless games had resulted in wins, Town would have got promoted back into Division 3 at the first attempt, but instead they found themselves languishing in the division for another 4 seasons.


1975–76 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1975–76 I-Divisioona season
The 1975–76 I-Divisioona season was the second season of the I-Divisioona, the second level of Finnish ice hockey. 10 teams participated in the league, and Kiekko-Reipas won the championship.


1975–76 IHL season
The 1975–76 IHL season was the 31st season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Nine teams participated in the regular season, and the Dayton Gems won the Turner Cup.


1975–76 IIHF European Cup
The 1975–76 European Cup was the 11th edition of the European Cup, IIHF's premier European club ice hockey tournament. The season started on November 13, 1975, and finished on December 9, 1977.


1975–76 IIHF European Cup
The tournament was won by CSKA Moscow, who beat Poldi Kladno in the final


1975–76 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team represented Idaho State University during the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.


1975–76 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team
The Bengals were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Killingsworth and played their home games on campus at the ISU Minidome in Pocatello. They finished the regular season at 16–10 overall, with a 9–5 record in the Big Sky Conference, tied with Weber State and Boise State for the regular season title.


1975–76 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team
In the first year of the conference tournament, the Bengals lost to Boise State in the first round. The seeding of the three co-champions for the four-team bracket was done by a random draw in late February, conducted via a Saturday night conference telephone call by commissioner John Ronning from Moscow, Idaho. Weber was drawn as the top seed, which included the right to host at Wildcat Gym in Ogden, Utah. At this time, both Weber and Boise still played in small gymnasiums, while ISU's Minidome had about triple the seating capacity of the others; Boise State upset the host in the final.


1975–76 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team
For a second consecutive year, junior center Steve Hayes was named to the all-conference team, joined by junior forward Greg Griffin; junior guard Ed Thompson was on the second team. Hayes was a unanimous selection.


1975–76 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were led by second-year head coach Jim Jarvis and played their home games on campus at the Memorial Gymnasium and Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho. They were 7–19 overall and 3–11 in conference play.


1975–76 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals played their first game in the Kibbie Dome on Wednesday, January 21, against Palouse rival Washington State of the Pac-8. It was commemorated with a visit by Vandal great Gus Johnson, who played in the preliminary alumni game. The evening easily set a school attendance record for basketball at 6,449, which stood for five years.


1975–76 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
No Vandals were named to the all-conference team; senior guard Steve Weist and senior forward Ervin Brown were honorable mention. It was the fourth selection for Weist.


1975–76 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The conference tournament debuted this season; through 1983, it was hosted by the regular season champion and only the top four teams participated. Idaho first qualified for the tourney in 1980, then hosted and won the next two.


1975–76 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1975–76 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
During the 1975-76 season, Illinois finished seventh in the Big Ten going went 14-13 overall. Lou Henson took over the team as head coach. Henson moved to the University of Illinois to replace Gene Bartow, after Bartow left Illinois to replace John Wooden at UCLA. Henson would lead the Fighting Illini to the 1989 Final Four. In 21 years at Illinois, Henson garnered 423 wins and 224 losses (.654 winning percentage), and with a record of 214 wins and 164 losses (.567) in Big Ten Conference games. The 214 wins in Big Ten games were the third highest total ever at the time of his retirement.


1975–76 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
This marked the first time since 1919 that a Big Ten basketball team would finish the season undefeated. This also marked the second time a Big Ten team would finish with 30 or more wins.


1975–76 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by first-year head coach Gene Smithson, played their home games at Horton Field House in Normal, Illinois and competed as an independent (not a member of a conference). They finished the season 20–7.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University Bloomington and were the winners of the NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, the school's third national championship. The Hoosiers included three All-Americans and were led by head coach Bob Knight, in his fifth year, to an undefeated 32–0 record. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Regular season
After coming up just short of winning a national championship the season before (1974–75), when they lost to Kentucky in the tournament, the 1975–76 team got off to a hot start. Starters Scott May, Quinn Buckner, Bobby Wilkerson and Kent Benson returned. Head coach Bobby Knight, then in his fifth year at Indiana, moved senior Tom Abernethy into Steve Green's starting role. Guard Bobby Wilkerson was an unsung hero who could do a little bit of everything. The team entered the season ranked No. 1.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Regular season
In a preseason exhibition game against the reigning World Champion, the Soviet National team, the Hoosiers won by a convincing 94–78 margin. The Soviet team included two stars from their gold medal team in 1972, Aleksandr Belov and Sergei Belov. The game was played before a sellout crowd of 17,377 at the new (now-defunct) Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Star Scott May scored 34 points on 13-for-15 shooting.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Regular season
The Hoosiers then opened the season with an 84–64 win over the reigning NCAA National Champion, UCLA, which was coached by John Wooden's successor Gene Bartow. The game was played in St. Louis as one of the first made-for-TV games in college history, with the starting time at 11 p.m. for maximum national airing. May scored 33 points.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Regular season
The Hoosiers returned to Market Square Arena to play Florida State. The Seminoles' head coach, Hugh Durham, said before the game: "They beat Russia to prove they're the best in the world. And they beat UCLA to prove they're the best in the United States. Now I'd like to see them prove they're human and have a bad game." At halftime Indiana led 47–20 and they would go on to win 83–59. May scored 24 points and Kent Benson added 22. Afterward Durham said, "I'm glad this isn't like baseball. I'd hate to play these guys in a three-game homestand."


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Regular season
The Hoosiers ended the regular season unbeaten, a feat that would be accomplished only seven times since, by Larry Bird-led 1979 Indiana State Sycamores, the 1979 Alcorn State Braves, the 1991 UNLV Runnin' Rebels, the 2004 St. Joseph's Hawks, the 2014 Wichita State Shockers, the 2015 Kentucky Wildcats, and the 2021 Gonzaga Bulldogs. All but Alcorn State and St. Joseph's would enter the NCAA Tournament unbeaten.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Regular season
Indiana is the last team to go unbeaten through the entire season, through preconference and conference seasons, and also finish unbeaten winning the NCAA Tournament. That mark has stood since 1976, though the number of games required to maintain an unbeaten season has increased in present times, making it more difficult to attain. The Hoosiers also had the distinction of having all five regular starting players earn their NBA pension.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
Entering the NCAA Tournament the No. 1 ranked Hoosiers ended up with a difficult route for a No. 1 ranked team. The route included a regional matchup of No. 1 and No. 2 Marquette and convinced the NCAA Tournament Committee to begin seeding the tournament.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
In the first game Indiana beat No. 18 St. John's 90–70. Scott May scored 33 points over a 23–6 team that had been unbeaten before Indiana beat them in December before a college-record Madison Square Garden crowd of 19,964.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
In the next game Indiana beat No. 7 Alabama 74–69 behind the play of Scott May (25 points, 16 rebounds). Alabama led 69–68 when May hit a jump shot with 2:02 left. At the time, Coach Knight called this Alabama team the best any of his teams ever played.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
Against No. 2 Marquette, the Hoosiers won 65–56. Marquette coach, Al McGuire, attempted to contain May by using a box-and-one defense. May scored 15 points but sat out 13 minutes with foul problems. Marquette was 27–2 on the year and would go on to win the NCAA championship the following season.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
In the next game the Hoosiers once again faced the UCLA Bruins, who entered the game ranked No. 5 with a 27–3 record. The Hoosiers won 65–51 behind 19 rebounds from 6′7″ guard Bobby Wilkerson and strong play from Tom Abernethy.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
In the championship game, Indiana squared off against No. 9 Michigan for the third match up between the teams that season. After Indiana lost Wilkerson early to a concussion, Michigan led at half-time, 35–29. The Hoosiers ultimately prevailed 86–68. May had 26 points, Buckner 16, and Outstanding Player Award-winner Benson had 25.


1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
Indiana finished the season with a 32–0 record, and since 1976 no men's NCAA Division I team has gone unbeaten the whole season.


1975–76 Indiana Pacers season
The 1975–76 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's ninth season and last in the American Basketball Association (ABA).


1975–76 Indiana Pacers season, Player stats
Note: PG= per game; M= Minutes; R= Rebounds; A= Assists; S = Steals; B = Blocks; P = Points; t = Turnovers; PF = Personal fouls


1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season
The 1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season was the Indianapolis Racers' second season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Racers made the playoffs this season, losing in the first round to the New England Whalers.


1975–76 Indianapolis Racers season, Player stats
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;


1975–76 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by head coach Lute Olson, coaching in his 2nd season at the school, and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. They finished the season 19–10 overall and 9–9 in Big Ten play.


1975–76 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Ken Trickey, who was in his first season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.


1975–76 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 3–24, 3–11 in Big Eight play to finish in last place. Head Coach Ken Trickey resigned on January 21, 1976.


1975–76 Iran 2nd Division
The following is the standings of Iran Football's 1975–76 football season.


1975–76 Iraq FA Cup
The 1975–76 Iraq FA Cup was the second edition of the Iraq FA Cup, and the first since the 1948–49 season. The tournament was won by Al-Zawraa, beating Al-Baladiyat 5–0 in the final. Al-Zawraa also won the 1975–76 Iraqi National League to complete the first national double in Iraqi football.


1975–76 Iraqi National League
The 1975–76 Iraqi National League of Clubs was the 2nd season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Newly-promoted club Al-Zawraa, founded in 1969, won the league title and also won the Iraq FA Cup to complete the first national double in Iraqi football. Al-Zawraa's squad included many of the players that played for Al-Naqil in the 1974–75 season, a club that folded due to financial difficulties after finishing as league runners-up that campaign.


1975–76 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1975–76 comprised 12 teams, and Crusaders won the championship.


1975–76 Israel State Cup
The 1975–76 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 37th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 22nd after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.


1975–76 Israel State Cup
The competition was won by Beitar Jerusalem, who have beaten Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 (in extra time) at the final.


1975–76 Israel State Cup, Format Changes
After 3 seasons of playing two-legged, home and away, ties, the IFA decided to revert the competition to its old format of one-legged ties.


1975–76 Israeli League Cup
The 1975–76 Israeli League Cup (Hebrew: גביע הליגה) was a cup competition played in the beginning of the 1975–76 season, while the national football team was involved in the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament qualification.


1975–76 Israeli League Cup
The cup was split into two competitions, for Liga Leumit and Liga Alef. The top tier's competition was played by clubs ranked 1st to 8th in 1974–75 Liga Leumit, while the second tier's competition was played by clubs ranked 1st and 4th in each of 1974–75 Liga Alef division. The competition was played as a knock-out competition.


1975–76 Israeli League Cup
The Liga Leumit League Cup was won by Hapoel Hadera, who had beaten Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 in the final. The Liga Alef League Cup was won by Maccabi Ramat Amidar, who had beaten Maccabi Haifa 2–1 in the final.


1975–76 Isthmian League
The 1975–76 season was the 61st in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1975–76 Isthmian League
It was the last Isthmian League season to use goal average as a tie-breaker.


1975–76 Isthmian League, Division One
Division One featured 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two clubs, promoted from Division Two:


1975–76 Isthmian League, Division Two
Division Two expanded up to 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:


1975–76 Japan Ice Hockey League season
The 1975–76 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the tenth season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and the Seibu Tetsudo won the championship.


1975–76 John Player Cup
The 1975–76 John Player Cup was the fifth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Gosforth won the competition defeating Rosslyn Park in the final. In the final Bob Mordell of Rosslyn Park punched Dave Robinson and was sent off after only ten minutes of the game. The event was sponsored for the first time by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.


1975–76 KNVB Cup
The 58th edition of the KNVB Cup started on September 6, 1975. The final was played on April 7, 1976: PSV beat Roda JC 1–0 (after extra time) and won the cup for the third time.


1975–76 KNVB Cup, First round
The matches of the first round were played on September 6 and 7, 1975.


1975–76 KNVB Cup, Second round
The matches of the second round were played on October 12, 1975. The Eredivisie clubs entered the tournament this round.


1975–76 KNVB Cup, Round of 16
The matches of the round of 16 were played on November 6 and 7, 1975.


1975–76 KNVB Cup, Quarter finals
The quarter finals were played between February 25 and 29, 1976.


1975–76 KNVB Cup, Final
PSV also became champions of the Netherlands by winning the Eredivisie 1975-76, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup next season, so finalists Roda JC could enter the Cup Winners' Cup tournament.


1975–76 Kansas City Kings season
The 1975–76 NBA season was the Kings 27th season in the NBA and their fourth season in the city of Kansas City.


1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season
The 1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season was the second, and final season for the NHL franchise in Kansas City, Missouri. They played their home games at  Kemper Arena. The Scouts started the season by going 11–21–4 in their first 36 games, but after their December 28 win against the California Golden Seals, the Scouts would win only once in their final 44 games going 1-35-8, to finish with a record of 12 wins, 56 losses, and 12 ties (for a season-ending total of 36 points).


1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season
The last four games the Scouts ever played took place in Japan. Following the conclusion of the 1975-76 regular season, Kansas City and Washington participated in an exhibition series with the first two games played in Sapporo (site of the 1972 Winter Olympics), the third and fourth in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, site of the swimming and diving competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics. The Capitals won the first three contests. On April 18, 1976, the Scouts defeated Washington 4-2. Thus, Kansas City won its final game but it did not count in the NHL standings. (Icing On The Plains: The Rough Ride of Kansas City's NHL Scouts, Troy Treasure, Balboa Press)


1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season
During late July of 1976, the Scouts left Kansas City for Denver to become the Colorado Rockies ending their two-year stint in Kansas City.


1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season, Player stats, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;


1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season, Draft picks
Kansas City's draft picks at the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal, Quebec.


1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season, Farm teams
Kansas City's International Hockey League affiliate was the Port Huron Flags. During the course of the 1975-76 season, the Scouts assigned players to the American Hockey League's Springfield Indians.


1975–76 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season
The 1975–76 American Basketball Association season saw the defending champion Kentucky Colonels finish in fourth place in the ABA, defeat the Indiana Pacers 2 games to 1 in the first round of the 1976 ABA Playoffs, and lose to the regular season champion Denver Nuggets 4 games to 3 in the ABA Semifinals. The 1975–76 season was the Colonels' ninth and last, as Kentucky was one of two ABA teams left out of the 1976 ABA-NBA merger.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason transactions
Prior to the season, ABA Commissioner Dave DeBusschere, urged on by Colonels owner John Y. Brown, Jr., challenged the NBA to a world championship series between the ABA champion Kentucky Colonels and NBA champion Golden State Warriors in which the winner would get $1 million. NBA Commissioner Walter Kennedy promptly declined.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason transactions
Star center Dan Issel was sold to the Baltimore Claws for $500,000, and soon ended up with the Denver Nuggets.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason transactions
Gene Rhodes was named Vice President of Operations and David Vance was named General Manager.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason exhibition games
Like most ABA teams, the Colonels played several preseason exhibition games against NBA opponents. The Colonels opened up the season's ABA vs. NBA action on October 1, 1975, in Cincinnati, Ohio, against the NBA's Chicago Bulls. The Colonels beat the Bulls 95-86.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason exhibition games
Three nights later on October 4, 1975, the Colonels met the NBA's New York Knicks at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. Louie Dampier scored 23 for the Colonels but New York's Earl Monroe led all scorers with 26 as the Knicks won 107-102.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason exhibition games
The next night the Colonels returned to Cincinnati to host the Detroit Pistons. Bob Lanier led the Pistons with 17 points but Artis Gilmore had 22 and Travis Grant added 17 and the game winning score, a jump shot with 4 seconds left in game, to lead Kentucky to a 114-113 victory.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason exhibition games
On October 8, 1975, the reigning champions of the ABA and NBA met at Freedom Hall in Louisville. 8,806 fans turned out to see the Golden State Warriors face the Colonels. Marv Roberts scored 20 points and former ABA player Rick Barry was held to 9 points on 3 of 11 shooting from the floor, including an airball with 31 seconds left in the game. Artis Gilmore had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Colonels to a 93-90 victory against the NBA champions.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason exhibition games
Two nights later on October 10, 1975, the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks visited Louisville and lost to the Colonels 96-91.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason exhibition games
On October 12, 1975, the Kentucky Colonels traveled to Michigan to face the Detroit Pistons again. The game went to overtime. Despite Bird Averitt's 21 points the Pistons won the overtime game, 115-107.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason exhibition games
Two nights later on October 14, 1975, the NBA's Buffalo Braves came to Louisville and were defeated by the Colonels, 120-116.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason exhibition games
On October 17, 1975, the Philadelphia 76ers traveled to Cincinnati to face the Colonels. Former ABA player George McGinnis had 25 points but so did Artis Gilmore. Kentucky won, 112-110.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason exhibition games
Two nights later on October 19, 1975, the Colonels hosted the Washington Bullets in Lexington, Kentucky. Led by Artis Gilmore's 23 points, the Colonels won 121-111. This was the penultimate ABA-NBA matchup; two nights later in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Milwaukee Bucks lost to the Utah Stars 106-101.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Offseason, Preseason exhibition games
Overall in the 1975-76 preseason the ABA went 30-18 against NBA teams.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Awards and records, Records
On December 18, 1975, the Colonels had their smallest crowd ever, 2,761, for a 115-102 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Awards and records, Records
On April 28, 1976, the Colonels were the opponent, in the ABA Semifinals, when the Denver Nuggets set their franchise's attendance record, with 18,821 present for the Nuggets' 133-110 win in Game 7.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Aftermath
With the conclusion of the 1975–76 ABA season, negotiations to finalize the ABA-NBA merger began. On June 17, 1976 Colonels owner John Y. Brown, Jr. agreed to fold the Colonels in exchange for $3 million from the ABA teams entering the NBA. The Colonels' players were put into a dispersal draft along with the players from the Spirits of St. Louis.


1975–76 Kentucky Colonels season, Aftermath
The Chicago Bulls took Artis Gilmore for $1.1 million; the Portland Trail Blazers took Maurice Lucas for $300,000; the  Buffalo Braves took Bird Averitt for $125,000; the Indiana Pacers took Wil Jones for $50,000; the New York Nets took Jan Van Breda Kolff for $60,000 and the San Antonio Spurs took Louie Dampier for $20,000. Brown took the money he received for the Colonels and used part of it to purchase the NBA's Buffalo Braves, which he later parlayed into ownership of the Boston Celtics.


1975–76 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky. The head coach was Joe B. Hall. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Memorial Coliseum.


1975–76 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
No one from the Wildcats was selected in the 1976 NBA Draft.


1975–76 La Liga
The 1975–76 La Liga was the 45th season since its establishment. The season started on 6 September 1975 and finished on 16 May 1976.


1975–76 Lancashire Cup
1975–76 was the sixty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.


1975–76 Lancashire Cup
Widnes won the trophy  by beating Salford by the score of 16-7The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,566 and receipts were £3,880.00


1975–76 Lancashire Cup, Background
The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with  no junior/amateur clubs taking part. The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one  “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.


1975–76 Lancashire Cup, Competition and Results, Round 1
Involved  7 matches (with one “blank” fixture) and 14 Clubs


1975–76 Lancashire Cup, Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point


1975–76 Lancashire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was  47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 19592 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992 Names Keith Elwell as number 9 (hooker) - The Widnes official archives name the hooker as Derek Hammond


1975–76 League Cup (rugby league)
This was the fifth season for the League Cup, known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons.


1975–76 League Cup (rugby league)
Widnes won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 19-13 in the final played at Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The attendance was 9,035 and receipts were £6275.


1975–76 League Cup (rugby league), Background
This season saw no changes in the  entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen.


1975–76 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point


1975–76 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and results, Prize money
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the  prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-


1975–76 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
1 * Mayfield are a Junior (amateur) club from Rochdale2 * Although Mayfield were drawn at home, the match was moved to Salford3 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbooks 1990-1991  and 1991-92  and Wigan official archives give the score as 3-57, but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects and The News of the World/Empire News annual 1976–77 give it as 3-534 * Pilkington Recs are a Junior (amateur) club from St Helens, home ground was City Road until they moved to Ruskin Drive from 2011-125 * Wigan official archives gives the score as 25-8 but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects gives it as 28-86 * Wigan official archives gives the score as 23-3 but RUGBYLEAGUEprojects and The News of the World/Empire News annual 1976–77 give it as 23-87  * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was  40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.


1975–76 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The council of the Rugby Football League voted to introduce a new competition, to be similar to The Football Association and Scottish Football Association's "League Cup". It was to be a similar knock-out structure to, and to be secondary to, the Challenge Cup.


1975–76 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
As this was being formulated, sports sponsorship was becoming more prevalent and as a result John Player and Sons, a division of Imperial Tobacco Company, became sponsors, and the competition never became widely known as the "League Cup" The competition ran from 1971–72 until 1995-96 and was initially intended for the professional clubs plus the two amateur BARLA National Cup finalists. In later seasons the entries were expanded to take in other amateur and French teams.


1975–76 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The competition was dropped due to "fixture congestion" when Rugby League became a summer sportThe Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final usually taking place in late January The competition was variably known, by its sponsorship name, as the Player's No.6 Trophy (1971–1977), the John Player Trophy (1977–1983), the John Player Special Trophy (1983–1989), and the Regal Trophy in 1989.


1975–76 League of Ireland, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Dundalk won the championship.


1975–76 League of Ireland, Final classification
Albert Rovers were elected to the league for next season.


1975–76 Leicester City F.C. season
During the 1975–76 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1975–76 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary
The 1975–76 season started very poorly for the Foxes as they went on a 15-game winless run that saw them languishing in the relegation places but after a 3-2 home win over Burnley in November which ended that run, matters picked up healthily which saw Leicester finish in a satisfying and comfortable 7th place.


1975–76 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1975–76 Libyan Premier League
The 1975–76 Libyan Premier League was the 12th edition of the competition since its inception in 1963. It brought together the best teams at regional level:


1975–76 Liga Alef
The 1975–76 Liga Alef season was the last in which Liga Alef was the second tier of Israeli football, as at the end of the season, Liga Artzit came into existence, and became the new second tier, Liga Alef became the third tier.


1975–76 Liga Alef
Hapoel Acre (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Yehud (champions of the South Division) promoted to Liga Leumit, both in the first time in their history.


1975–76 Liga Alef
The eight clubs which placed between second to fifth in each of their respective regional divisions, with the addition of four clubs which have been relegated from Liga Leumit, formed the new Liga Artzit in the following season.


1975–76 Liga Alef
All the other clubs which placed sixth to fifteenth, continued to the new Liga Alef as third tier clubs. the bottom two clubs in each regional division demoted to Liga Bet (new fourth tier).


1975–76 Liga Bet
The 1975–76 Liga Bet season was the last in which Liga Bet was the third tier of Israeli football, as at the end of the season, Liga Artzit came into existence, and became the new second tier, Liga Alef became the third tier, and Liga Bet became the fourth tier.


1975–76 Liga Bet
As no club relegated from Liga Alef in the previous season, each Liga Bet division had 15 clubs. due to the restructuring, two clubs promoted from each division; winners, Hapoel Beit She'an, Hapoel Nazareth Illit, Hapoel Or Yehuda and Maccabi Yavne, who joined by second placed clubs, Hapoel Afikim, Hapoel Ra'anana, Hapoel Rosh HaAyin and Hapoel Ashkelon.


1975–76 Liga Bet, North Division A
Hapoel Kfar Ruppin folded. as a result, the spare place in the division was filled by promoting extra club from Liga Gimel.


1975–76 Liga Española de Baloncesto
The 1975–76 season was the 20th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto. Real Madrid won the title.


1975–76 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
The 1975–76 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto was the 13th edition of the Spanish premier women's basketball championship. Twelve teams took part in the championship and Evax Picadero won its second title. Medina Madrid and CREFF Girona were relegated. Hispano Italiano and Medina Bilbao renounced at the end of the season.


1975–76 Liga Leumit
The 1975–76 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Be'er Sheva win their second consecutive title. It was the only season to date in which the league had 18 clubs.


1975–76 Liga Leumit
Four clubs, Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Hadera, Bnei Yehuda and Maccabi Ramat Amidar (in their first season in the top division) were relegated as the league was reduced to 16 clubs the following season.


1975–76 Liga Leumit
Oded Machnes of Maccabi Netanya was the league's top scorer of 21 goals.


1975–76 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo season
The 1975–76 Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo season was the fourth season of the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo, the top level of ice hockey in Spain. 11 teams participated in the league, and CH Txuri Urdin won the championship.


1975–76 Liverpool F.C. season
Liverpool F.C. won its ninth Football League title and second UEFA Cup, which were the first trophies won under manager Bob Paisley, in his second season as manager.


1975–76 Liverpool F.C. season
Paisley saw his team clinch the league title narrowly ahead of contenders Queens Park Rangers. In a climax to the season, Liverpool needed to either win or secure a low-scoring draw against relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers. With 14 minutes left for play and despite constant pressure in the second half, the Reds trailed to a Steve Kindon strike for Wolves. The title was slipping away from Liverpool but three late goals from Kevin Keegan, John Toshack and Ray Kennedy in front of away support ensured Liverpool's ninth title and Bob Paisley's first trophy.


1975–76 Liverpool F.C. season
In the UEFA Cup, Liverpool overcame Barcelona in the semi-finals, to set up a final with Club Brugge. Liverpool won the first leg 3–2 on 28 April after being two-nil down in the first half. Three weeks later, a 1–1 draw in Olympiastadion, Bruges, saw them lift the cup for the second time.


1975–76 Liverpool F.C. season
The emergence of Phil Neal, Phil Thompson and Ray Kennedy in the Liverpool side saw them make their England debuts in the Welsh FA Centenary International against Wales on 24 March 1976. Also in the England side were Ray Clemence and, captaining England for the first time, Kevin Keegan, and those five would go on to play for England for many years to come.


1975–76 London Spartan League
The 1975–76 London Spartan League season was the 58th in the history of Spartan League, and the first as London Spartan League. The league consisted of 33 teams.


1975–76 London Spartan League, Division Two
No trace of a Division Two table has been found.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season
The 1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' ninth season in the National Hockey League.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Offseason
The Kings were coming off their most successful season ever, built largely on the strength of their defense and goaltending. They ranked second in fewest goals allowed in the 1974–75 season, but tied for ninth in goals scored. In addition, while their penalty killing was excellent, their power play ranked in the lower third of the league.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Offseason
Their early round playoff upset by Toronto (where the Kings scored only six goals in three games) prompted them to make one of the biggest trades in club history. High scoring superstar Marcel Dionne was in a contract dispute with the Detroit Red Wings and was available to a team that would meet his salary demands. So to bolster the offense, the Kings traded veteran defenseman and team captain Terry Harper and tough guy forward Dan Maloney along with draft picks to the Detroit Red Wings for future hall of famer Dionne and defenseman Bart Crashley. They then gave Dionne one of the richest contracts in NHL history up to that point at $300,000 per year.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season
Unlike the prior season when the Kings started fast, after the first two games in 1975–76, they were 0–2–0 and had been outscored 16–0. It was later revealed that goaltender Rogie Vachon was playing with a flu-like virus related to typhus. Vachon recovered and the Kings won 10 of their next 12 games to right the ship. However, they played .500 hockey the rest of the way and finished 27 points behind the Montreal Canadiens in the Norris Division.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season
While Dionne delivered a club record 40 goals and 94 points, the team missed Harper's leadership and defense, and Maloney's tough guy presence. A number of players missed significant time with injuries, and the club actually scored six fewer goals that the year before despite the addition of Dionne. The Kings ended up with a record of 38–33–9, second in the Norris Division and sixth overall in the league.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Post Season
The Kings mini series opponent was the Atlanta Flames. The Kings scored in the 1st minute of game one and went on to win 2–1 behind Vachon's brilliant goaltending. In game two, Atlanta tried to physically overwhelm the Kings but Vachon was even better than in game one; Bob Berry's third-period goal won the game 1–0 and the series; it was the Kings first playoff series win since 1969.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Post Season, Boston Series
What followed the Atlanta series was one of the most memorable playoff series in Kings history. The Kings were big underdogs against the big, powerful, tradition rich Boston Bruins. Game one went according to form as the Bruins used their size advantage on the smaller rink at the Boston Garden and smothered the Kings, 4–0. Boston continued to dominate play in game two, but Rogie Vachon was brilliant and kept the Kings tied at two going into overtime. Butch Goring then stunned the Boston crowd with an overtime winner, and the teams flew to L.A. tied at a game apiece.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Post Season, Boston Series
One the larger ice surface at the Forum, the Kings' offense got going and, led by Marcel Dionne's hat trick, won game three by a score of 6–4. Suddenly the Kings led a series in which many thought they would get swept. Boston appeared to wake up and won games four and five, outscoring the Kings 10–1, and again seemed in control of the series. When the Kings skated onto the ice in game six back in L.A., the sellout crowd greeted them with a five-minute standing ovation that delayed the national anthem and the start of the game.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Post Season, Boston Series
Players on both sides said they had never seen anything like it. The game that followed was even more amazing. After a scoreless first period in which Vachon made numerous outstanding saves, the Kings' Tom Williams beat Gerry Cheevers over the glove hand on a wicked 55 foot slap shot to send the crowd into a frenzy. Boston came right back to tie the game, and then Vachon stopped Terry O'Reilly on a breakaway to keep the score 1–1.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Post Season, Boston Series
As the game wore on, the Bruins appeared to wear down the Kings and they took a 3–1 lead into the final five minutes. Mike Corrigan scored to make it 3–2, and with the crowd going crazy, Corrigan had another chance as he went for a rebound. Cheevers tripped him, but Corrigan swiped at the puck while lying on his stomach and put it in the net to tie the game.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Post Season, Boston Series
After Vachon made numerous great saves, the first overtime was winding down to its final minute when Butch Goring took a pass in the top of the slot and beat Cheevers, sending the crowd into a frenzy and the series back to Boston for the seventh game. Goring's game winner prompted Kings' hall of fame announcer Bob Miller's famous call "We're going back to Boston! We're going back to Boston! We're going back to Boston!" Goring was carried off the ice on his teammates' shoulders while the crowd continued to go crazy. In the seventh game, after a scoreless first period, Boston eventually wore down the Kings and won 3–0.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Post Season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Post Season, Final standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Transactions
The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1975–76 season.


1975–76 Los Angeles Kings season, Draft picks
Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal, Quebec.


1975–76 Los Angeles Lakers season
The 1975–76 NBA season was the Lakers' 28th season in the NBA and 16th season in Los Angeles.


1975–76 Los Angeles Lakers season
On June 16, 1975, the Lakers had traded Elmore Smith, Brian Winters, David Meyers, and Junior Bridgeman to the Milwaukee Bucks, in exchange for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The Lakers raced to a 21-13 start before slumping back to .500 and failing to make the playoffs. Despite the Lakers' losing regular-season record (40–42), Abdul-Jabbar won MVP honors in a narrow vote over Bob McAdoo of the Buffalo Braves and Dave Cowens of the Boston Celtics.


1975–76 Luxembourg National Division
The 1975–76 Luxembourg National Division was the 62nd season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1975–76 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was performed in 12 teams, and Jeunesse Esch won the championship.


1975–76 MC Alger season
In the 1975–76 season, MC Alger is competing in the National 1 for the 11th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in National, the Algerian Cup and the African Cup of Champions. In 1976, MC Alger qualified for the African Cup of Champions Clubs for the first time in its history after winning the 1974–75 Algerian Championnat National. They reached the final after beating Al-Ahly Benghazi of Libya, Al Ahly of Egypt, Luo Union of Kenya and Enugu Rangers of Nigeria, respectively.


1975–76 MC Alger season
In the final, they met Guinean club Hafia Conakry, who had won the last edition of the competition. In the first leg in Conakry, MC Alger lost 3–0 and faced the difficult task of having to score three goals in the return leg. However, in the return leg, they managed to score the three goals with a brace from Omar Betrouni and a goal from Zoubir Bachi. They went on to win the penalty shootout 4–1 to win their first African title and also become the first Algerian club to win a continental competition.


1975–76 MC Alger season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 1975.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1975–76 MC Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


1975–76 MJHL season, Champion
On April 2, 1976, at home in Selkirk, the Steelers won the MJHL title for the third consecutive year, capturing the Turnbull Memorial Trophy.


1975–76 MJHL season, League notes
The MJHL expands to Thompson, the Thompson King Miners join the league's North Division. Kenora Muskies will shift to the South Division. A pair of teams change their names, the Winnipeg Monarchs become the Assiniboine Park Monarchs and the Kenora Muskies are renamed the Kenora Thistles, in honor of the Stanley Cup winning team.


1975–76 Macedonian Republic League
The 1975–76 Macedonian Republic League was the 32nd since its establishment. FK Bregalnica Shtip won their 3rd championship title.


1975–76 Magyar Kupa
The 1975–76 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 36th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.


1975–76 Maltese Premier League
The 1975–76 Maltese First Division was the 61st season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 10 teams, and Sliema Wanderers F.C. won the championship.


1975–76 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1975–76 season was Manchester United's 74th season in The Football League and first in the First Division after winning the Second Division the season prior. They finished the season third in the First Division, their highest placing since 1968, to qualify for the UEFA Cup.


1975–76 Manchester United F.C. season
They reached the FA Cup Final at Wembley, where they lost 1–0 to Southampton of the Second Division. The only goal of the game came from Saints striker Bobby Stokes. It was the second time since World War II that a Second Division team had won the trophy, the other occasion had been three years earlier, when Sunderland beat Leeds United.


1975–76 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1975–76 season was Mansfield Town's 39th season in the Football League and 12th in the Third Division, they finished in 11th position with 47 points.


1975–76 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team represented Marquette University in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1975–76 academic year.


1975–76 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team
At that time, Marquette was an independent school not aligned with any conference; it did not join a conference until 1988, when it joined the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, now known as the Horizon League; it would later move to the Great Midwest Conference and Conference USA before joining its current conference, the Big East, in 2005. Also, Marquette did not adopt its current nickname of "Golden Eagles" until 1994.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1975–76. At the end of 1975–76 season Mersin İdmanyurdu promoted to First League after two seasons since its relegated from the league in 1973–74 season. It was the second promotion of the team. The 1974–75 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish Second Football League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 1st in the Red Group.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
The president of the club was Kaya Mutlu, mayor of the Mersin city. General captain was Burhan Kanun. Club director was Kazım Tunç.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
The manager of the team was Kadri Aytaç, former player of Galatasaray and Mersin İdmanyurdu. They have lost second league championship game against Samsunspor.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, Pre-season
The team attended Spor-Toto Cup organized between 02.08.1975 and 30.08.1975 in 7th group together with Adanaspor, Hatayspor, İskenderunspor and Konya İdmanyurdu.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1975–76 Second League participation
In its 13th season (1975–76) Second League was played with 32 teams, 16 in red group and 16 in white group. First teams promoted to First League 1976–77 and last teams relegated to Third League 1976–77 in each group. Mersin İY became 1st with 14 wins and 39 goals in Red Group. Şeref Başoğlu was the most scorer player with 9 goals.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1975–76 Second League participation, Results summary
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1975–76 Second League Red Group league summary:


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1975–76 Second League participation, League table
Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1975–76 season is shown in the following table.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1975–76 Second League participation, League table
Note: Won, drawn and lost points are 2, 1 and 0. F belongs to MİY and A belongs to corresponding team for both home and away matches.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1975–76 Second League participation, Results by round
Results of games MİY played in 1975–76 Second League Red Group by rounds:


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1975–76 Second League participation, Championship match
Mersin İdmanyurdu lost the second league championship game against Samsunspor, the White Group's winner.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1975–76 Turkish Cup participation
1975–76 Turkish Cup was played for the 14th season as Türkiye Kupası by 88 teams. First and second elimination rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. Third and fourth elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1975–76 Turkish Cup from round 2 and eliminated at round 4 by Ankaragücü. Ankaragücü was eliminated by Galatasaray at semifinals. Galatasaray won the Cup for the 6th time and became eligible for 1976–77 ECW Cup.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1975–76 Turkish Cup participation, Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1975–76 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1975–76 Turkish Cup participation, Game details
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1975–76 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, Management, Club management
Kaya Mutlu was club president. Burhan Kanun was general captain.


1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1975–76 squad
Stats are counted for 1975–76 Second League matches and  1975–76 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches. In the team rosters five substitutes were allowed to appear, two of whom were substitutable. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.


1975–76 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
This season was contested by 20 teams, and América won the championship.


1975–76 Mexican Primera División season, Relegation Playoff
Atletico Potosino won 2-1 on aggregate. Atlante was relegated to Segunda División.


1975–76 Mexican Segunda División season
The 1975–76 Segunda División was the 27th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 2 August 1975 and concluded on 18 July 1976. It was won by San Luis.


1975–76 Mexican Segunda División season
In this season the champion definition system changed, the two best teams in each group advanced to a league of two groups with four teams each, the winner of each sector had to play a final series to determine the champion.


1975–76 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1975–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as members of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games at Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, Michigan and were coached by Gus Ganakas in his seventh and final year as head coach of the Spartans. MSU finished the season 14–13, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place.


1975–76 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Ganakas was fired as head coach after the season due, in part to the walk-out of black players in 1975 and as part of an athletic department purge. Ganakas would continue as an assistant athletic director for MSU until 1998.


1975–76 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 1974–75 season 17–9, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place.


1975–76 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1975–76 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1975–76 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Johnny Orr, the team finished second in the Big Ten Conference.


1975–76 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The team lost to all four ranked opponents it played during the regular season. However, the team earned the third of four consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament invitations, and it defeated the first three ranked opponents that it faced in the tournament. Wayman Britt served as team captain, and Rickey Green earned team MVP. As a team, it led the conference in scoring offense with an 85.8 average in conference games as well as in field goal percentage with a 52.1%.


1975–76 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The team began the season ranked sixteenth and  peaked at ninth, where it finished the season in the Associated Press Top 20 Poll. It was ranked for a total of 16 out of 17 weeks during the season. The team also ended the season ranked ninth in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.


1975–76 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
That season, Hubbard set the current school record for single-season rebounds by a freshman of 352. The team set a new school record by totaling 2753 points over the course of the season. The record would last for eleven seasons. The team set the school single-season total assist record of 600.


1975–76 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
On January 12, 1976, the team began a 22-game home winning streak against Ohio State that continued through a November 30, 1977, victory over Eastern Michigan. This surpassed the 17-game streak from December 1, 1964 – January 29, 1966, and stood as the longest home winning streak in school history until a 24-game streak that started on January 5, 1985.


1975–76 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
In the 32-team 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Michigan reached the championship game by winning the Midwest region. In so doing they defeated the Wichita State Shockers 74–73, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 80–76 and the Missouri Tigers 95–88. Then in the final four, the team defeated the previously unbeaten Rutgers Scarlet Knights 86–70 before losing in the championship game to the unbeaten Indiana Hoosiers 86–68.


1975–76 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
The team set the school record by totaling 2753 points during its 32-game season. The record lasted until 1987. The team also set the school record for field goal percentage (.510, 1138-for-2231), which would last for five seasons.


1975–76 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
Seven players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.


1975–76 Midland Football Combination
The 1975–76 Midland Football Combination season was the 39th in the history of Midland Football Combination, a football competition in England.


1975–76 Midland Football Combination, Division One
Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season along with two new clubs:


1975–76 Midland Football League
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1975–76 Midland Football League
The 1975–76 Midland Football League was the 76th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.


1975–76 Midland Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, no new clubs joined the division this season.


1975–76 Milwaukee Bucks season
The 1975–76 NBA season was the Bucks' eighth season in the NBA.


1975–76 Milwaukee Bucks season
It was the team's first season since its inaugural year without Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers during the offseason. The Bucks would have a 38–44 record, the worst record in NBA history for a team to win its division.


1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints season
The 1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints season was the original Minnesota Fighting Saints' fourth and final season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Saints did not finish the season, folding after 59 games. However the1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders would relocate to Minnesota the following season and play as the Fighting Saints.


1975–76 Minnesota Fighting Saints season, Player stats
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season
The 1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team represented the University of Minnesota in college ice hockey. In its 4th year under head coach Herb Brooks the team compiled a 28–14–2 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the third consecutive year and seventh all-time. The Golden Gophers defeated Michigan Tech 6–4 in the championship game at the DU Arena in Denver, Colorado to win their second national championship.


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season, Fast Start
After a disappointing end to what was otherwise a tremendous season, Minnesota entered the 1975–76 campaign with a fairly young team. Herb Brooks' squad had only two seniors and four juniors leaving the team rather shorthanded in terms of experience. The Gophers' didn't let their youth stand in the way of a fast start, however. Minnesota won their first game in October over the US National Team which kicked off a 5-game winning streak. The Gophers suffered their first loss in their first true road game of the season when they were beaten by Denver in overtime. While Minnesota recovered to earn a split for the weekend, that series was the start of a 10-game trend where they alternated wins and losses. At the end of December Minnesota finally stopped losing every weekend and put together another 5-game winning streak to push their record to 14–5.


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season, New Year and .500 hockey
The Gophers began 1976 with a series against the defending national champions, Michigan Tech and while they split the series, the two teams combined for 25 goals in the two games. Minnesota then took seven out of eight points against Notre Dame and Denver before visiting Michigan and dropping both contest to the surprisingly strong Wolverines. After two more wins at Minnesota–Duluth the Gophers lost two more Big Ten contests, this time to Michigan State. Two losses dropped Minnesota's Big Ten record to 2–6 though they were still well positioned with a 19–10–1 mark in the WCHA. The following weekend the Gophers split with Wisconsin to guarantee that they would finish with a losing record in the Big Ten and continued to split each weekend for the remaining 4 weeks of the regular season.


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season, WCHA Tournament
Despite their mediocre finish, Minnesota managed to hold onto home ice for the first round of the WCHA Tournament and played host to Colorado College. The Gopher defense stepped up in the first game and gave Minnesota a 4-goal margin of victory that allowed the team to cruise to a 10–5 series win after taking the second contest. Minnesota was forced to hit the road for the second round, heading to Michigan State and facing off against the nation's leading scorer in Tom Ross.


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season, WCHA Tournament
Minnesota was able to hold the Spartan offence to only two goals in the first game but could only manage two itself and the match ended in a 2-2 tie. both offenses woke up for the deciding second game and managed to score six times in regulation. Overtime was played at the same high pace but the goaltenders turned aside everything that came their way for over 40 minutes before Minnesota broke the tie and captured their third straight WCHA championship. Jeff Tscherne recorded 72 saves in the win, a Minnesota team record as of 2018.


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
As they had two years earlier, Minnesota opened as the underdog against ECAC champion Boston University and just like 1974 the Gophers were able to send the Terriers packing. In the championship game Minnesota met Michigan Tech for the third consecutive year, the only time in NCAA where the same two team made the final three years running (as of 2019). The defending champion Huskies had produced a stellar season thus far and had already set a new NCAA record with 34 wins on the season.


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
The top offense in the nation was led by future NHL-er Mike Zuke who had posted 103 points on the season and was only two behind Tom Ross for the scoring title. It didn't take much time from the start of the contest to figure out that it was not Jeff Tscherne's night. Michigan Tech scored three times in under four minutes to build a huge lead less than twelve minutes into the contest.


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Tscherne remained in net for the rest of the period and was able to stem the tide but it was a power play goal from Tom Vannelli at the end of the first that gave Minnesota some breathing room. Tscherne was replaced by Tom Mohr from the second on and the junior netminder was given time to settle in when Minnesota opened an offensive salvo on the Michigan Tech net. The Gophers outshot the Huskies 16–3 in the second and scored three times to erase the Tech advantage and take the lead themselves.


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Michigan Tech halted the Gopher charge with their fourth goal that came with 36 seconds to play to send the teams into the final frame in a tied game. The play was much more even in the third but Minnesota managed to score first with team captain Pat Phippen's goal near the middle of the stanza. Mohr held the Huskies off the scoresheet and allowed Warren Miller to cap the scoring with 30 seconds left.


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Minnesota's second championship in three years was even more improbable that their first and the 1976 Golden Gophers became the first team since the 1948–49 Boston College Eagles to have a national champion composed entirely of American players. Furthermore, with Jim Boo having been raised in Minnesota they were the second team to have all of their players hail from one state.


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Tom Vannelli's 5 points in the title tile earned him the Tournament MOP, however, for the only time in its history the NCAA did not name an All-Tournament Team. No Minnesota players were named to the AHCA All-American West Team and only Reed Larson made an appearance on an All-WCHA Team, earning first-team honors.


1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Three Minnesota players were taken at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft. Reed Larson went on to have a very successful NHL career, becoming a three-time NHL All-Star.


1975–76 Minnesota North Stars season
The 1975–76 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 9th season.


1975–76 Minnesota North Stars season
Coached by Ted Harris, the team compiled a record of 20–53–7 for 47 points, to finish the regular season 4th in the Smythe Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs.


1975–76 Minnesota North Stars season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1975–76 Minnesota North Stars season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1975–76 Minnesota North Stars season, Draft picks
Minnesota's draft picks at the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal, Quebec.


1975–76 Montenegrin Republic League
The 1975–76 Montenegrin Republic League was the 31st season of Montenegrin Republic League. The season started in August 1975 and finished in June 1976.


1975–76 Montenegrin Republic League, Season
Just like during the year before, in Montenegrin Republic League played 16 teams. Among the teams which didn't play on previous season were Kotor (relegated from Yugoslav Second League) and three best teams from Regional leagues - Mogren, Spuž and Jezero. After 30 weeks, the title won Jedinstvo, with seven points more than second and third-placed Zeta and Mogren. Due to fact that two Montenegrin teams were relegated from Yugoslav Second League 1975-76, this time four last-placed clubs from Montenegrin Republic League went to the bottom-tier.


1975–76 Montenegrin Republic League, Higher leagues
On season 1975–76, four Montenegrin teams played in higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia. Budućnost participated in 1975–76 Yugoslav First League, while three other teams (Sutjeska, Lovćen and Titograd) participated in 1975–76 Yugoslav Second League.


1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 67th season. The Canadiens won their 19th Stanley Cup in club history.


1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
Henri Richard's number 16 was retired December 10, 1975, by the Canadiens in his honour.


1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
Guy Lafleur scored his first two career goals in the finals, both game-winners.


1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
Reggie Leach scored four time in the finals, and 19 for the play-offs to win the Conn Smythe Trophy despite the Flyers losing to the Canadiens.


1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
Reggie Leach won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.


1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season, Awards and records, 1976 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions
Ken Dryden, Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe, Larry Robinson, Bill Nyrop, Pierre Bouchard, Jim Roberts, Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt, Peter Mahovlich, Yvan Cournoyer, Jacques Lemaire, Yvon Lambert, Bob Gainey, Doug Jarvis, Doug Risebrough, Murray Wilson, Mario Tremblay, Rick Chartraw, Michel Larocque, Scotty Bowman (coach), Sam Pollock (general manager), Eddy Palchak, Pierre Meilleur (trainers)


1975–76 Moroccan Throne Cup
The 1975–76 season of the Moroccan Throne Cup was the 20th edition of the competition.


1975–76 Moroccan Throne Cup
Fath Union Sport won the competition, beating KAC Kénitra 1–0 in the final, played at the Stade de Marchan in Tanger. Fath Union Sport won the title for the third time in their history.


1975–76 Moroccan Throne Cup, Competition, Final
The final took place between the two winning semi-finalists, Fath Union Sport and KAC Kénitra, on 18 July 1975 at the Stade de Marchan in Tanger.


1975–76 NAHL season
The 1975–76 North American Hockey League season was the third season of the North American Hockey League. 10 teams participated in the regular season, and the Philadelphia Firebirds were the league champions.


1975–76 NBA season
The 1975–76 NBA season was the 30th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.


1975–76 NBA season, NBA awards
Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on


1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
The 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other preseason polls.


1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1975, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 29, 1976, at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Indiana Hoosiers won their third NCAA national championship with a 86–68 victory over the Michigan Wolverines.


1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Season outlook, Pre-season polls
The top 20 from the AP Poll during the pre-season.


1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference winners and tournaments
From 1975 to 1982, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), a loosely organized sports federation of Northeastern colleges and universities, organized Division I ECAC regional tournaments for those of its members that were independents in basketball. Each 1976 tournament winner received an automatic bid to the 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in the same way that the tournament champions of conventional athletic conferences did.


1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.


1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1975 and concluded with the 1976 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 27, 1976 at the University of Denver Arena in Denver, Colorado. This was the 29th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 81st year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.


1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.


1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.


1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


1975–76 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season
The 1975–76 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began in November 1975 and concluded in March of the following year. This was the 12th season of second-tier college ice hockey.


1975–76 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
The 1975–76 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began in November 1975 and concluded on March of the following year. This was the 3rd season of Division III college ice hockey.


1975–76 NFL playoffs
The National Football League playoffs for the 1975 season began on December 27, 1975. The postseason tournament concluded with the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X, 21–17, on January 18, 1976, at the Orange Bowl in Miami.


1975–76 NFL playoffs
This was the first season in which the league used a seeding system in the playoffs. Thus, the surviving clubs with the higher seeds were made the home teams for each playoff round. The three division champions in each conference were seeded 1 through 3 based on their regular season won-lost-tied record, and the wild card qualifier in each conference became the 4 seed.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Participants
Within each conference, the three division winners and one wild card team (the top non-division winner with the best overall regular season records) qualified for the playoffs. The three division winners were seeded 1 through 3 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card team was seeded 4. The first round, the divisional playoffs, had a restriction where two teams from the same division could not meet: the surviving wild card team visited the division champion outside its own division that had the higher seed, and the remaining two teams from that conference played each other.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Participants
The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the third and final round of the playoffs, was played at a neutral site, the designated home team was based on an annual rotation by conference.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Schedule
In the United States, NBC broadcast the AFC playoff games, while CBS televised the NFC games and Super Bowl X.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Baltimore Colts 10
Despite losing 5 turnovers, the Steelers forced 3 turnovers and held the Colts to 154 total yards of offense, while Pittsburgh's Franco Harris shredded Baltimore's defense with 153 rushing yards and a touchdown.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Baltimore Colts 10
The Steelers scored first after linebacker Jack Ham's interception set up a 61-yard touchdown drive. Terry Bradshaw's 34-yard completion to receiver Frank Lewis paved the way for Harris' 8-yard scoring run. Baltimore responded in the second quarter when Lloyd Mumphord returned an interception 58 yards to set up Glenn Doughty's 5-yard touchdown catch from Marty Domres. Then Harris lost a fumble that was recovered by Colts defensive back Nelson Munsey on the Steelers 19, leading to Toni Linhart's 27-yard field goal that gave Baltimore a 10–7 lead going into halftime.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Baltimore Colts 10
On the second half kickoff, Munsey recovered a fumble from Steelers returner Dave Brown. But a few plays later, Pittsburgh cornerback Mel Blount intercepted a pass and returned it 20 yards to the Baltimore 7-yard line. From there, Rocky Bleier scored on a 7-yard rushing touchdown giving the Steelers a 14–10 lead. In the fourth quarter, a short punt from David Lee gave the Steelers favorable field position, and they scored on Bradshaw's 2-yard run, increasing their lead to 21–10.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Baltimore Colts 10
Now with the game slipping away, Colts coach Ted Marchibroda benched Domres (who had completed only 2 of 11 passes) and replaced him with Bert Jones (who had earlier left the game due to injury), who promptly gave the team a golden opportunity to rally back with a 58-yard completion to Doughty on the Steelers 3-yard line. But on the next play, Ham knocked the ball out of Jones' hand as he was winding up for a pass. Linebacker Andy Russell recovered the fumble returned it for an NFL playoff record 93 yards to the end zone. Russell's play is claimed by some as the longest single football play in time duration. Sports Illustrated called the play the "longest, slowest touchdown ever witnessed. ".


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Baltimore Colts 10
"That play has been a source of embarrassment for me for years", said Russell several years later. "There have been so many jokes. Ray Mansfield was the one that said NBC cut to a commercial during the return and came back to catch me score the touchdown. Nonetheless, it was a memorable play in my career."


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Baltimore Colts 10
The game is also notable in that it was the debut game for the Terrible Towel.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Baltimore Colts 10
This was the first postseason meeting between the Colts and Steelers.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, NFC: Los Angeles Rams 35, St. Louis Cardinals 23
The Rams defense scored 2 touchdowns in the first half while running back Lawrence McCutcheon ran for an NFL playoff record 202 yards on 37 carries. Los Angeles started the game off with a 79-yard scoring drive, 51 of them from McCutcheon, on the way to a 5-yard touchdown run by quarterback Ron Jaworski. Then on the first Cardinals play, Rams linebacker Jack Youngblood intercepted a pass from Jim Hart and returned it 47 yards for a touchdown.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, NFC: Los Angeles Rams 35, St. Louis Cardinals 23
St. Louis returner Terry Metcalf gave his team a chance to get back in the game with a 67-yard kickoff return, but they lost the ball again when Youngblood forced a fumble from Jim Otis that Rams lineman Fred Dryer recovered. Later on, Los Angeles defensive back Bill Simpson intercepted a pass from Hart on the first play of the second quarter and returned it 65 yards for a touchdown, making the score 21–0.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, NFC: Los Angeles Rams 35, St. Louis Cardinals 23
Dwayne Crump returned the ensuing kickoff 28 yards to the St. Louis 40-yard line, and the team came back to score on an 8-play, 60-yard drive, featuring a 21-yard reception by running back Jim Otis. Otis finished the possession with a 3-yard touchdown run, but the extra point was blocked by Youngblood and the Rams responded on the first play of their next drive with Jaworski's 66-yard touchdown pass to Harold Jackson, making the score 28–6. Shortly before the end of the half, Hart completed a 23-yard pass to Mel Gray that set up Jim Bakken's 39-yard field goal, cutting the score to 28-9 going into intermission.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, NFC: Los Angeles Rams 35, St. Louis Cardinals 23
In the third quarter, the Cardinals drove 80 yards in 12 plays, including a 19-yard reception by Metcalf, to score on Hart's 11-yard touchdown pass to Gray and cut their deficit to 28–16. But in the fourth quarter, Simpson intercepted another pass and returned this one 28 yards to the Cardinals 36-yard line. Receiver Ron Jessie eventually scored the final touchdown for the Rams when he recovered a fumble from McCutcheon and ran it into the end zone with just over 4 minutes left in the game. By the time Cardinals running back Steve Jones finished the ensuing 68-yard, 12-play drive with a 3-yard touchdown run, the game was well out of reach.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, NFC: Los Angeles Rams 35, St. Louis Cardinals 23
Youngblood had an outstanding performance. In addition to his 47-yard interception return for a touchdown, he also recorded a sack, blocked an extra point, and forced a fumble. Meftcalf racked up 229 total yards, (8 carries for 27 yards, 6 receptions for 94 yards, 2 kickoff returns for 102 yards, 2 punt returns for 6 yards). Jaworski completed 12/23 passes for 203 yards and a touchdown. Hart completed 22 of 41 passes for 291 yards and a touchdown, but was intercepted 3 times.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, NFC: Los Angeles Rams 35, St. Louis Cardinals 23
This was the Cardinals' last playoff game until 1982, and their last in a non-strike season until 1998, a decade after the franchise moved to Arizona.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 27, 1975, NFC: Los Angeles Rams 35, St. Louis Cardinals 23
This was the first postseason meeting between the Cardinals and Rams.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
With 24 seconds left in the game, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach threw the 50-yard winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Drew Pearson on a play that became known as the Hail Mary pass. Pearson's last minute touchdown reception remains a strong part of Cowboys lore. To many Minnesota fans, however, Pearson's touchdown should have never counted because of an alleged offensive pass interference penalty that was not called by game officials.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
The first half was dominated by the defenses of both teams. The Vikings longest gain in it would be a 16-yard run by quarterback Fran Tarkenton early in the second quarter. The Vikings were eventually forced to punt, and the ball hit the ground near returner Cliff Harris. Thinking the ball had been touched by Harris, Dallas' Pat Donovan desperately tried to dive on it, but the ball slipped away from him and was recovered by Fred McNeill for Minnesota on the Cowboys 4-yard line.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
Chuck Foreman eventually took the ball into the end zone on a 1-yard score to give the Vikings a 7–0 lead. The Cowboys had some success moving the ball on their next two drives, but the first ended with a missed field goal, and after a Mel Renfro interception sparked a drive to the Vikings 24, the team failed to convert a 4th and inches situation and the score would remain 7–0 going into halftime.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
Dallas mounted the first sustained scoring drive of the game with their first possession of the second half. A late hit by Vikings linebacker Wally Hilgenberg turned Preston Pearson's 14-yard reception into a 29-yard gain. Then Staubach hit tight end Billy Joe Dupree for a 17-yard completion to the Vikings 19. Doug Dennison then rumbled downfield for a 10-yard carry, and three plays later he tied the game on a 4-yard scoring run.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
Early in the fourth quarter, Dallas took a 10–7 lead on a 24-yard field goal by Toni Fritsch. Following an exchange of punts, Tarkenton completed 4/6 passes for 37 yards on a 70-yard, 11-play drive, which included a 13-yard run on a reverse by Brent McClanahan. McClanahan eventually finished the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run, giving the Vikings a 14–10 lead with 5:24 left in the game. Dallas went three and out on their ensuing drive, giving the ball back to Minnesota with 3:12 left and a giving the team a great chance to run out the clock.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
They managed to force Dallas to use up all their timeouts, but on a 3rd and 2 situation, Cowboys safety Charlie Waters broke through Foreman's block attempt and tackled Tarkenton for a 3-yard loss as time ran down to the two-minute warning. "That play cost us the game", Tarkenton later said. "It wasn't the Hail Mary pass. We had the game in control but didn't make the play."


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
The Cowboys got the ball back on their own 15-yard line with only 1:51 left. Staubach started the drive with a pair of completions to Pearson, who had not yet caught a pass in the game, moving the ball to the Dallas 31. However, on the next play, Staubach fumbled a low snap in shotgun formation and was downed for an 8-yard loss. A few plays later, facing 4th down and 16, he threw a 25-yard completion to Pearson to set up the winning "Hail Mary pass."


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
The fourth and 16 completion proved to be a foreshadowing of events to come, as this play had its own minor controversy. Minnesota argued that Pearson was out of bounds when he made this catch. The official ruled that he was forced out by Nate Wright, which replay appeared to confirm. At the time, a catch by a receiver who is forced out of bounds in midair by a defender counted as a reception (this rule would change in 2008).


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
These two would participate in a more controversial play two plays later. After Preston Pearson dropped a wide open pass in the middle of the field with 32 seconds left, Staubach launched a deep bomb to Drew Pearson, who caught the ball through tight coverage by Wright at the 4 and ran into the end zone for a 50-yard scoring reception that Staubach called (in the postgame interview) a "Hail Mary" pass, which helped popularize the use of this term to describe such a play.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
Wright fell down as the ball came down, and the Vikings argued that Pearson pushed off and should have been flagged for offensive interference. The play drew the ire of Minnesota's Alan Page, who was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct, a 15-yard penalty that allowed Dallas to kick off from the 50, and ejected. Tarkenton then vehemently argued with the referees, inspiring fans to throw objects onto the field, one of which was a liquor bottle that struck official Armen Terzian in the head, creating a large forehead gash and rendering him unconscious.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
Terzian had to wear a bandage, later requiring 11 stitches, as he walked off the field and replaced by substitute official Charley Musser for the final two plays. The NFL later banned glass bottles from being sold at stadiums. The fan who threw the glass bottle at Terzian was eventually found by police, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault, and was sentenced to a 100 dollar fine. Meanwhile, the Cowboys "doomsday defense" put the finishing touches on the team's victory by sacking Tarkenton twice on the final two plays of the game.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
It was another disappointing end to a spectacular season for the Vikings. They had finished the season with an NFC best 12–2 record, with their defense leading the league in fewest yards allowed. Tarkenton had won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award, and the NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award, while Foreman amassed 1,761 all-purpose yards and 22 touchdowns. The day only got worse for Tarkenton, as he soon learned his father had died of a heart attack while watching the game. The upstart and youthful Cowboys, not expected to do much after an 8–6 season in 1974 and the loss of several key veterans, would go on to defeat the Rams and lose to Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
Staubach finished the game 17/29 for 246 yards and a touchdown, along with 24 rushing yards. Pearson was the top receiver with 4 receptions for 91 yards, all on Dallas' final game-winning drive. Foreman was the top rusher of the game with 56 yards and a touchdown, and caught 4 receptions for 42 yards. Dallas outgained Minnesota in total yards 356–215.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, NFC: Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
This was the third postseason meeting between the Cowboys and Vikings. Both teams split the previous two meetings.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, AFC: Oakland Raiders 31, Cincinnati Bengals 28
The Raiders outgained Cincinnati in total yards 358–258, rushing yards 173–97, and first downs 27–17, while also recording five sacks, jumping to a 31–14 lead, and holding off a frantic Bengals comeback in the final period.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, AFC: Oakland Raiders 31, Cincinnati Bengals 28
Oakland kicker George Blanda made a 31-yard field goal, while quarterback Ken Stabler threw two touchdown passes in the first half, one for 9 yards to Mike Siani and an 8-yard one to Bob Moore. Cincinnati's lone score in the first half was an 8-play, 65-yard drive ending with a 1-yard touchdown run by running back Stan Fritts. The Raiders then scored on their first drive of the second half with running back Pete Banaszak's 6-yard touchdown run to take a 24–7 lead. Then after the Bengals marched 91 yards to cut the lead, 24–14, with Lenvil Elliott's 6-yard touchdown run, Stabler threw his third touchdown pass of the game, this time a 2-yard pass to tight end Dave Casper.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, AFC: Oakland Raiders 31, Cincinnati Bengals 28
Trailing 31–14 in the fourth quarter, the Bengals managed to come back with two unanswered touchdowns. First, Cincinnati defensive back Ken Riley intercepted a pass from Stabler and returned it 34 yards to the Raiders 34-yard line, setting up Ken Anderson's 25-yard touchdown pass to Charlie Joiner. Then the Bengals defense forced Oakland to punt for the first time in the game, and Ray Guy's kick went just 38 yards. Three minutes later, Anderson's 14-yard touchdown pass to Isaac Curtis cut the score to 31–28.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, AFC: Oakland Raiders 31, Cincinnati Bengals 28
With 4:19 left in the game, Bengals defensive lineman Ron Carpenter recovered a Banaszak fumble on the Raiders 37-yard line. But on the next play, linebacker Ted Hendricks sacked Anderson for an 8-yard loss, pushing the Bengals out of field goal range. Anderson completed a 5-yard pass to Bruce Coslet on second down, but his next two passes were incomplete, resulting in a turnover. The Bengals managed to force a punt with 50 seconds left, but on a desperate attempt to block the kick that narrowly missed, linebacker Chris Devlin ran into Guy, drawing a penalty that gave the Raiders a first down and let them run out the clock.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, AFC: Oakland Raiders 31, Cincinnati Bengals 28
"Al Davis went to a lot of trouble to get Hendricks on his team", Bengals coach Paul Brown bitterly remarked after the game. "And today it finally paid off for him". "I've never been prouder of a football team than the Cincinnati team we brought in here today", he added. "They never quit."


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, AFC: Oakland Raiders 31, Cincinnati Bengals 28
Stabler threw for 199 yards and three touchdowns, with 1 interception. Anderson threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 28, 1975, AFC: Oakland Raiders 31, Cincinnati Bengals 28
This was the first postseason meeting between the Bengals and Raiders.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 4, 1976, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Oakland Raiders 10
A defensive struggle in which both teams combined for 12 turnovers (7 for Pittsburgh, 5 for Oakland) turned into an offensive battle as the Steelers managed to stop the Raiders' final drive for the winning score as time ran out.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 4, 1976, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Oakland Raiders 10
As the two dominant teams of the era in the AFC, Oakland and Pittsburgh would eventually face in five consecutive playoff games from 1972–1976. The Raiders and Steelers also played in three consecutive AFC Championship games from 1974–1976.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 4, 1976, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Oakland Raiders 10
Already bitter rivals dating back to the 1972 AFC Divisional Playoff game (see: the Immaculate Reception ), Raiders' officials, including team owner Al Davis and head coach John Madden, accused the Steelers and Three Rivers Stadium groundskeepers of intentionally allowing the artificial playing surface to ice over, in an effort to slow Oakland's propensity for using a wide-open aerial attack as part of its offensive game plan.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 4, 1976, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Oakland Raiders 10
The game started out ugly, as Pittsburgh quarterback Terry Bradshaw was picked off twice in the first quarter. However, Oakland fared no better, as George Blanda's missed 38-yard field goal attempt after Bradshaw's second interception was the closest they would get to scoring in the first half. In the second quarter, Steelers safety Mike Wagner intercepted a pass from Ken Stabler to set up Roy Gerela's 36-yard field goal.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 4, 1976, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Oakland Raiders 10
This would be the only score of the first three quarters. In the third quarter, the Raiders blew two big scoring chances. After recovering a fumbled punt by the Steelers, the Raiders got a first down on the Pittsburgh 16-yard line. Then quarterback Ken Stabler threw a short pass to Pete Banaszak, only to watch him fumble the ball as he turned upfield, and linebacker Jack Lambert recovered it.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 4, 1976, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Oakland Raiders 10
Then after Raiders defensive back Jack Tatum recovered a fumble from Lynn Swann at midfield, Oakland gave the ball back again when Lambert recovered a fumble from running back Clarence Davis on the Steelers 30-yard line. The turnover led to a 5-play, 70-yard drive that ended on running back Franco Harris' 25-yard touchdown run to give the Steelers a 10–0 lead. Oakland stormed back, scoring in less than two minutes on a drive that lasted just six plays, three of them receptions by tight end Dave Casper. Stabler finished the drive with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Mike Siani that cut the score to 10–7.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 4, 1976, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Oakland Raiders 10
Midway through the fourth quarter, Lambert recorded his third fumble recovery, this one from running back Marv Hubbard on the Oakland 25, setting up Bradshaw's 20-yard touchdown pass to receiver John Stallworth. Bobby Walden fumbled the snap on the PAT, which kicker Roy Gerela recovered but failed to convert on a drop kick, keeping the score at 16–7. Later on, Bradshaw was knocked out of the game when he took a knee-hit to the head by linebacker Monte Johnson. A few plays later, Oakland recovered their fourth fumble of the day with 1:31 left in the game.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 4, 1976, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Oakland Raiders 10
The Raiders then drove to the Pittsburgh 24-yard line, where they faced third down and 2 yards to go with 18 seconds left on the clock. They opted to have George Blanda kick a 41-yard field goal (his longest of the season and last of his NFL career) to pull the deficit to 6 points. Then Hubbard recovered the ensuing onside kick with 9 seconds remaining to give Oakland one last attempt to win the game.


1975–76 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 4, 1976, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Oakland Raiders 10
Cliff Branch then caught a 37-yard reception, but he was stopped at the Pittsburgh 15-yard line by Mel Blount before he could get out of bounds and the clock ran out. Aside from his touchdown run, Harris ran for 54 yards on 26 carries, while also catching 5 passes for 58 yards.