The 1976 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Led by third-year head coach Don Read, the Ducks were overall in the Pac-8, tied and were outscored
Six days after the season-ending win at Oregon State in the Civil War, Read was fired on the day after Thanksgiving. with a year remaining on a four-year contract ($28,000 He was succeeded by 35-year-old Rich Brooks in mid-December.