"O'Neal 29-yard interception return"@en . "Huckleby 12-yard run"@en . "3"^^ . "Week 1: Wisconsin at Michigan"@en . "MICH 23-0"@en . "MICH 9-0"@en . "0"^^ . "6"^^ . . "7"^^ . "1976-10-23"^^ . "MICH 42-10"@en . "TIE 7-7"@en . . "740.0"^^ . "MICH 24-0"@en . "Huckleby 6-yard run"@en . "Lytle 9-yard run"@en . "Leach 6-yard run"@en . "3"^^ . . "1977-01-01"^^ . "Rose Bowl: Michigan at USC"@en . "1976"^^ . "Huckleby 13-yard run"@en . . "Safety Ohanian tackled in end zone"@en . . . "Week 11: Michigan at Ohio State"@en . "MICH 63-14"@en . "MICH 2-0"@en . "MICH 14-13"@en . "Navy"@en . "MICH 38-7"@en . "Michigan Stadium"@en . "Leach 7-yard run"@en . "Wood 23-yard field goal"@en . . "MICH 14-10"@en . "1976-10-30"^^ . . "101347"^^ . "8"^^ . "yes"@en . . "MICH 14-14"@en . "3"^^ . "yes"@en . "Wake Forest"@en . "31045"^^ . "MICH 35-10"@en . . "Big Ten Conference"@en . . . "MICH 6-0"@en . "Wood 49-yard field goal"@en . "103741"^^ . "MICH 14-7"@en . "NU"@en . "Lytle 13-yard run"@en . "Big Ten Co-Champions"@en . . . . "1976-09-25"^^ . "MICH 33-10"@en . "Lytle 13-yard pass from Leach"@en . "Egloff 26-yard pass from Carroll"@en . "Russell Davis 16-yard run"@en . "MSU"@en . "4"^^ . . "Smith 52-yard pass from Leach"@en . "2"^^ . . "Kurowski 20-yard run"@en . "3"^^ . "Week 8: Minnesota at Michigan"@en . "1"^^ . "1976-11-20"^^ . "88250"^^ . "101040"^^ . "MICH 31-0"@en . "1976-10-02"^^ . "104211"^^ . . "yes"@en . "106182"^^ . "J. Smith 31-yard pass from Leach"@en . . "Stanford"@en . "Week 4: Wake Forest at Michigan"@en . . "MICH 28-7"@en . "Lytle 5-yard pass from Leach"@en . "G. Johnson 5-yard pass from Leach"@en . "Michigan Wolverines"@en . "8"^^ . "MICH 44-0"@en . "39385"^^ . "1976-09-11"^^ . "Huckleby 4-yard run"@en . "7"^^ . "39385"^^ . "J. Smith 64-yard pass from Leach"@en . . "Leach 3-yard run"@en . . "l"@en . "Davis 3-yard run"@en . "Michigan"@en . "1976-11-13"^^ . "Huckleby 1-yard run"@en . . "MICH 10-0"@en . "MICH 22-0"@en . "MICH 70-14"@en . . "Week 3: Navy at Michigan"@en . . . . "MICH 40-27"@en . "103241"^^ . "1976 Michigan Wolverines football team"@en . . "31045"^^ . "104426"^^ . "Huckleby 56-yard run"@en . "Lytle 75-yard run"@en . "Leach 4-yard run"@en . "PUR 13-7"@en . "MICH 17-0"@en . . . . "10"^^ . "MICH 21-0"@en . . "MICH 56-14"@en . "MICH 16-0"@en . "Huckleby 8-yard run"@en . "13"^^ . . "14"^^ . "31"^^ . "0"^^ . "3"^^ . "MICH 35-7"@en . "NBC"@en . "22"^^ . "6"^^ . "7"^^ . "L. Reid 2-yard run"@en . "MICH"@en . "w"@en . "28"^^ . . "16"^^ . "14"^^ . . "Week 2: Stanford at Michigan"@en . "Purdue"@en . . "17"^^ . "MICH 28-0"@en . "21"^^ . "MICH 7-3"@en . "23"^^ . "Wood 37-yard field goal"@en . . "Nielsen 24 yard field goal"@en . "MICH 12-7"@en . "MICH 21-10"@en . "106182"^^ . "The 1976 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1976 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Bo Schembechler, the Wolverines finished the season with a 10\u20132 record, won the Big Ten Conference championship, and played in the 1977 Rose Bowl. The Wolverines outscored their opponents 432 to 95 and ranked first in the country in total offense (448.1 yards per game), scoring offense (38.7 points per game), and scoring defense (7.2 points per game). In the final AP and UPI Polls, Michigan was ranked #3. Highlights of the season included a 51-0 victory over Stanford in which three Michigan running backs rushed for over 100 yards. Michigan's 70-14 victory over Navy was the worst defeat in the history of the Naval Academy's football program. Michigan spent most of the season ranked #1 in the polls, but a 16-14 loss to Purdue in the ninth game of the season dropped the Wolverines out of the top spot. In the final game of the regular season, Michigan defeated Ohio State, 22-0, to win the Big Ten championship. The game marked the first time the Buckeyes had been held scoreless since 1964. In the 1977 Rose Bowl, Michigan lost to USC, 14-6, as the Wolverines completed only four passes and were held to 155 rushing yards. On offense, senior running back Rob Lytle was selected as the team's most valuable player, finished third in voting for the Heisman Trophy, and led the Wolverines with 1,469 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns. Lytle finished the season as Michigan's all-time career rushing leader with 3,307 rushing yards gained from 1974 to 1976. Quarterback Rick Leach passed for 973 yards and 13 touchdowns and rushed for another 638 yards and 10 touchdowns. His 13 touchdown passes tied a team record set by Bob Chappuis in 1947. Harlan Huckleby added 912 rushing yards, and wing back Jim Smith caught 26 passes for 973 yards and six touchdowns. Lytle, Smith, offensive right guard Mark Donahue, and offensive right tackle Bill Dufek were selected as first-team All-Americans. On defense, Calvin O'Neal started all 12 games at middle linebacker, led the team with 139 tackles, and was a consensus first-team All-American. Nine Michigan players were selected as first-team All-Big Ten Conference players. Twenty-one players from the 1976 team went on to play in the National Football League, and another (Rick Leach) was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1979 NFL Draft, but opted instead to play Major League Baseball."@en . "51"^^ . "MICH 33-20"@en . "Michigan"@en . "Evans 1-yard run"@en . . "45"^^ . "42"^^ . "The 1976 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1976 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Bo Schembechler, the Wolverines finished the season with a 10\u20132 record, won the Big Ten Conference championship, and played in the 1977 Rose Bowl. The Wolverines outscored their opponents 432 to 95 and ranked first in the country in total offense (448.1 yards per game), scoring offense (38.7 points per game), and scoring defense (7.2 points per game). In the final AP and UPI Polls, Michigan was ranked #3."@en . "40"^^ . "Schmerge 7-yard pass from Leach"@en . "38"^^ . "Zuver 60-yard interception return"@en . . "Wood 46-yard field goal"@en . "35"^^ . "103241"^^ . . "MICH 38-0"@en . . "Big Ten"@en . "Kiawinski 1-yard run"@en . "Lytle 18-yard run"@en . "NAVY"@en . . "Illinois"@en . . . . "J. Smith 22-yard pass from Leach"@en . "3"^^ . . "1976-11-06"^^ . "ILL"@en . "Lytle 1-yard run"@en . "Phillips 2-yard run"@en . "Week 6: Michigan at Northwestern"@en . "MICH 30-7"@en . "WISC"@en . "G. Johnson 3-yard pass from Leach"@en . "70"^^ . . "5"^^ . . "MICH 49-14"@en . "Lytle 25-yard run"@en . . "MICH 3-0"@en . "104426"^^ . "J. Smith 25-yard pass from Leach"@en . "Dierking 4-yard run"@en . "PUR"@en . "Indiana"@en . "'Ohio State'"@en . "Leach 11-yard run"@en . "Week 5: Michigan State at Michigan"@en . "1976-09-18"^^ . "4"^^ . "MICH 23-7"@en . "10"^^ . "2"^^ . "Lytle 3-yard run"@en . "1"^^ . . "MICH 42-14"@en . "S. Johnson 4-yard run"@en . "88250"^^ . . . "R. Davis 85-yard run"@en . "Lamla 42-yard field goal"@en . . . "MICH 28-14"@en . "K. King 3-yard run"@en . "Huckleby 38-yard run"@en . "USC 7-6"@en . "101040"^^ . "Leach 28-yard run"@en . "Huckleby 2-yard run"@en . "Safety on Morgan fumble out of end zone"@en . . "Week 10: Illinois at Michigan"@en . "MICH 7-7"@en . "MICH 21-7"@en . "104211"^^ . "MICH 40-20"@en . "Kirk Lewis"@en . "MICH 14-0"@en . "Leach 8-yard run"@en . "Ann Arbor, MI"@en . "MICH 14-3"@en . "Wood 33-yard field goal"@en . "1976-10-16"^^ . "MSU 3-0"@en . . "yes"@en . "Yelvington 4-yard pass from Dean"@en . "MICH 9-7"@en . "NAVY 14-12"@en . "MICH 51-0"@en . "MICH 28-10"@en . "MICH 15-0"@en . . "Supan 23-yard field goal"@en . "USC 14-6"@en . "yes"@en . "USC"@en . "MICH 35-14"@en . . "PUR 16-14"@en . "yes"@en . . "57205"^^ . "Canada 6-yard run"@en . . "Wood 36-yard field goal"@en . "Week 9: Michigan at Purdue"@en . "Northwestern"@en . "MICH 7-0"@en . "407.0"^^ . "Lytle 14-yard run"@en . "Brammer 10-yard pass from E. Smith"@en . "101337"^^ . "MICH 21-14"@en . . "MICH 33-13"@en . "Wisconsin"@en . "USC"@en . . "TIED 7-7"@en . "103741"^^ . "Charles 7-yard pass from Carroll"@en . "White 7-yard run"@en . . "4"^^ . "Minnesota"@en . "Wood 51-yard field goal"@en . "Lytle 16-yard run"@en . . "Michigan State"@en . . "1976"^^ . "L 14\u20136 vs. USC"@en . "J. Smith 12-yard pass from Leach"@en . "104107"^^ . "MICH 30-10"@en . "Week 7: Michigan at Indiana"@en . "yes"@en . "Lytle 2-yard run"@en . . "MICH 45-0"@en . "104107"^^ . . "NAVY 7-0"@en . "AP Poll / Coaches' Poll released prior to game"@en . "1976-10-09"^^ . "28"^^ . . . "57205"^^ . . "Safety Ohanian punt blocked out of end zone"@en . . "Dierking 25-yard run"@en . . . "10"^^ . "88.0"^^ . "14"^^ .