Spirit of 76 (1976 Football Season)

[California Cajun]

What is your name. .....where do you live now???

I wasn't a football player, my college years ranged from the 0-10 season in 1973 to the 9-2 season in 1976. I graduated in
1977.

It was exciting to see the improvement each year I was there. In basketball, the first two years were the death penalty, and they won the conference in 1976-77.

[Boomer]

Gotcha.....keep backing our guys....winning is fun!!!!!! Oh and the ladies also....sorry bout that!!,,!

[SlickRick]

Thanks so much! That was my senior football season.

Puppy?

[gridiron]

Anyone else hear the cannon go off on 9/11 when they come out for the Fresno State game.

[BeauCajun]

Thanks so much! That was my senior football season.

And my freshman. I made none of those videos because we ALWAYS sat mid field on the top row of the student side. Needed quick access to concession and BR.

Boomer, to this day I still remember most of the players' numbers and the coaching staff.

[ltee67]

Cool video! Apparently that staff made some AMAZING halftime adjustments

Sam Robertson ( defense) and Larry Zeno ( offense) may have been the best coordinators of their time. We made adjustments throughout the games, until we found the right offensive plays and the right defensive alignement.

[Turbine]

This year it will have been 40 years since the Spirit of 76 season.

The original video had Frank Sinatra's "My Way" as a music bed (for a portion) YouTube said No Way to My Way so I subdubbed an instrumental.

[GeauxCajuns]

why was the home side ever on that side of the field?

[fanof71]

Great times...two solid memories of that season...watching Roy Henry destroy Tech in a 2nd half comeback and later that season, loading up a 20 foot U-Haul, 3 kegs, and about 30 folks to take the I-10 champagne flight to Lake Charles for the McNeese war. Sadly we lost several of our brothers along the way....

[Bankruptcyman]

You can talk about the talent more recent Cajun teams have had but there were some really good football players on the 1976 team.

[AirBill]

Opened the season with wins against Fresno State, Cincinnati, and Tech. I remember that season well. What a program we could have had.

[CajunEXPRESS]

My takeaway? How'd we come so low in forty years? So much promise so much