11 games
| Date | Site | Opp AP | Opponent | UL AP | W/L | UL | Opp | OT | Overall | Conf | Attendance | City | State | Stadium | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/18/1976 | A | Mississippi State | W | 21 | 30 | 1-0 | 27,000 | Starkville | Miss. | ||||||
| 09/25/1976 | H | Drake | W | 37 | 24 | 2-0 | 16,009 | Louisville | Ky. | Fairgrounds Stadium | |||||
| 10/02/1976 | H | Wichita State | W | 28 | 14 | 3-0 | 16,541 | Louisville | Ky. | Fairgrounds Stadium | |||||
| 10/09/1976 | A | 2 | Pittsburgh | L | 6 | 27 | 3-1 | 34,000 | Pittsburgh | Pa. | |||||
| 10/16/1976 | H | Louisiana-Monroe | W | 36 | 8 | 4-1 | 14,069 | Louisville | Ky. | Fairgrounds Stadium | |||||
| 10/23/1976 | A | 18 | Alabama | L | 3 | 24 | 4-2 | 58,414 | Tuscaloosa | Ala. | Bryant-Denny Stadium | ||||
| 10/30/1976 | H | Tulsa | L | 10 | 20 | 4-3 | 8,068 | Louisville | Ky. | Fairgrounds Stadium | |||||
| 11/06/1976 | A | Rutgers | L | 0 | 34 | 4-4 | 16,000 | Piscataway | N.J. | ||||||
| 11/13/1976 | H | Memphis | L | 14 | 26 | 4-5 | 9,943 | Louisville | Ky. | Fairgrounds Stadium | |||||
| 11/20/1976 | H | Boston University | W | 16 | 7 | 5-5 | 7,713 | Louisville | Ky. | Fairgrounds Stadium | |||||
| 11/27/1976 | A | Cincinnati | L | 6 | 20 | 5-6 | 7,757 | Cincinnati | Ohio | Nippert Stadium |