The 1976 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the Ivy League during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In its second and final season under head coach George Seifert, the Big Red compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored 177 to 109. Team captains were chosen on a game-by-game basis, and home games were played on campus at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.
Cornell's 2–5 conference record placed it in a four-way tie for fifth place, at the bottom of the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 131 to 75 by Ivy opponents.
With an overall record of , Seifert was fired days after the final game, a 31–13 win over Penn, and returned to Stanford as the defensive backs coach under new head coach Bill Walsh.
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