1976 Season Recap

[Colbert17!]

Stumbled upon this on Youtube. The quality is pretty poor but it's great to hear some old familiar names and ones that had been forgotten.

 

[Source]

Actually, the quality is perfect. Back in 1976 as opposed to today, we all spoke with distorted voices and listened to distorted music.

 

[RUTGERS95]

love this

 

[Ronnie_B]

I was at the UMass game, I still remember it as a kid.

 

[JavaDunk18]

Enjoyed that video. Thanks .. I was a kid, but went to all of those games, except at Bucknell..

 

[80RU]

That was fun season. RU was incredibly athletic on defense that year. Alexander, Wagner, Toran, Grey, Mangiero were a remarkably quick DL. There was a lot to talk about with the team, but the DL really stood out for me.

 

[Source]

“Rutgers Has Its Day After a Good Night” was the November 27, 1976 New York Times headline proclaiming, “Governor (Brendan) Bryne declared today “Hooray for Rutgers Day” to celebrate the University’s 11-0 season football record.”

The 11-0 1976 team was invited to play McNeese State in the inaugural Independence Bowl. The team declined the invitation three days before its final game on Thanksgiving night hoping for a Peach or Tangerine Bowl bid that never came.