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1976 Richmond Spiders Football Team
The 1976 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Richmond as an independent during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Tait, Richmond compiled a 5–6 record. Schedule References Richmond Richmond Spiders football seasons Richmond Spiders The Richmond Spiders represent the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. The Spiders compete in the Division I FCS of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference for most sports. The Spider na ...
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Jim Tait
Jim Tait (November 6, 1935 – May 20, 2011) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was head football coach at the University of Richmond from 1974 until 1979, compiling a record of 21–44. In 1975, Richmond won the Southern Conference championship. Tait was fired after the 1979 season, and then hired by Virginia Tech as an assistant athletic director under Bill Dooley.Tait Gets Job With Va. Tech
''The Tuscaloosa News'', February 3, 1980.
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Mountaineer Field (1924)
Mountaineer Field, known as the "Jewel of the Mountains", was a football stadium located in downtown Morgantown, West Virginia. It was the home of the West Virginia Mountaineers football team. The stadium, which cost approximately $740,000 to build, was located down the hill from Woodburn Hall, and bordered by Campus Drive to the north, University Avenue to the east, Woodburn and Chitwood Halls to the south, and eventually Beechurst Avenue on the west. It was built into the natural valley of the area, and was a square-cornered horseshoe. The stadium opened on September 27, 1924 with a 21–6 win against West Virginia Wesleyan College West Virginia Wesleyan College is a private college in Buckhannon, West Virginia. It has an enrollment of about 1,400 students from 35 U.S. states and 26 countries. The school was founded in 1890 by the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist E .... It held 38,000 by the time it closed, after a 24–17 loss in the 1979 Backyard Brawl to arch ...
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1976 Virginia Tech Gobblers Football Team
The 1976 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team was an American football team that represented Virginia Tech as an independent during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their third year under head coach Jimmy Sharpe, the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–5. Schedule Players The following players were members of the 1976 football team. References Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ... Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons Virginia Tech Gobblers football {{Collegefootball-1970s-season-stub ...
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1976 East Carolina Pirates Football Team
The 1976 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their third season under head coach Pat Dye, the team compiled a 9–2 record. Schedule Roster References East Carolina East Carolina Pirates football seasons Southern Conference football champion seasons East Carolina Pirates football The East Carolina Pirates are a college football team that represents East Carolina University (variously "East Carolina" or "ECU"). The team is a member of the American Athletic Conference, which is in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (for ...
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1976 Chattanooga Moccasins Football Team
The 1976 Chattanooga Moccasins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as an independent during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. In their fourth year under head coach Joe Morrison, the team compiled a 6–4–1 record. Schedule References Chattanooga Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ... Chattanooga Mocs football seasons Chattanooga Moccasins football {{collegefootball-1970s-season-stub ...
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Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville (; locally ) is a city in and the seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. With a population of 70,720 at the 2020 census, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. Greenville is located approximately halfway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, along Interstate 85. Its metropolitan area also includes Interstates 185 and 385. Greenville is the anchor city of the Upstate, a combined statistical area with a population of 1,487,610 at the 2020 census. Greenville was the fourth fastest-growing city in the United States between 2015 and 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Greenville is the center of the Upstate region of South Carolina. Numerous large companies are located within the city, such as Michelin, Prisma Health, Bon Secours, and Duke Energy. Greenville County Schools is another large employer and is the largest school district in South Carolina. Having seen rapid development over the past two decades, Greenvil ...
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Sirrine Stadium
Sirrine Stadium is a stadium in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. It was used by Furman University's American football team from 1936 to 1980. The stadium opened on October 31, 1936 with a Furman victory over Davidson. It has a seating capacity of 15,000. It is currently used by the Greenville High School Red Raiders and has hosted the HBCU Classic since 2005. It is the home of Greenville FC from the National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer league. The NPSL is a semi-professional league, comprising some teams that have paid players and some that are entirely amateur. The league is officially .... References Defunct college football venues Furman Paladins football High school football venues in the United States American football venues in South Carolina Sports venues in Greenville, South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-sports-venue-stub ...
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1976 Furman Paladins Football Team
The 1976 Furman Paladins football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their fourth season under head coach Art Baker, Furman compiled a 6–4–1 record, with a mark of 2–2–1 in conference play, placing tied for third in the SoCon. Schedule References Furman Furman Paladins football seasons Furman Paladins football The Furman Paladins football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Furman University located in the state of South Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as members of t ...
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Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had a population of 150,277 at the 2020 census. The 2020 population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 799,636 residents, the third-largest in the state and the 74th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States. Charleston was founded in 1670 as Charles Town, honoring King CharlesII, at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) but relocated in 1680 to its present site, which became the fifth-largest city in North America within ten years. It remained unincorpor ...
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Johnson Hagood Stadium
Johnson Hagood Stadium, is an 11,500-seat football stadium, the home field of The Citadel Bulldogs football team, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The stadium is named in honor of Brigadier General Johnson Hagood, CSA, class of 1847, who commanded Confederate forces in Charleston during the Civil War and later served as Comptroller and Governor of South Carolina. Original stadium When the condition of the existing College Park Stadium (located in the northeast corner of Hampton Park) became so poor as to be unserviceable, the city of Charleston chose to construct a new sports stadium just south of the new campus of The Citadel, on Hagood Avenue. The new stadium was opened October 15, 1927, with a football game between The Citadel and Oglethorpe. The original stadium seated 10,000 fans and was oriented east–west, perpendicular to the current layout. Current stadium The current Johnson Hagood Stadium was designed by the architectural firm of Halsey & Cummings ...
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1976 The Citadel Bulldogs Football Team
The 1976 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Bobby Ross served as head coach for the fourth season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium Johnson Hagood Stadium, is an 11,500-seat football stadium, the home field of The Citadel Bulldogs football team, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The stadium is named in honor of Brigadier General Johnson Hagood, CSA, class of 18 .... Schedule References {{The Citadel Bulldogs football navbox Citadel Bulldogs The Citadel Bulldogs football seasons Citadel football ...
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Villanova, Pennsylvania
Villanova is a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It straddles Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County and Radnor Township in Delaware County. It is located at the center of the Philadelphia Main Line, a series of Philadelphia suburbs located along the original east–west railroad tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It is served by the SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line regional rail train and the Norristown High Speed Line. The center of the village straddles U.S. Route 30 (Lancaster Avenue) where it intersects Pennsylvania Route 320 (Spring Mill Road). This village center contains the area's post office for ZIP Code 19085, an office building, the Wilmington Trust Company's Pennsylvania headquarters, and several smaller shops. History The Bridge in Radnor Township No. 2 and Camp-Woods are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography Climate Villanova has a hot-summer humid continental climate (''Dfa'') and average monthly temperatures range from 30.9&nb ...
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