1976 SANFL season

The 1976 South Australian National Football League season was the 97th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1976 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Sturt 12th premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 35th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Russell Ebert Port Adelaide (42 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Fred Phillis Glenelg (98 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	111
Total attendance	997,056 (8,982 per match)
Highest	66,897 (Grand Final, Sturt vs. Port Adelaide)

Ladder

1976 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	21	17	4	0	2568	1902	57.45	34
2	Sturt (P)	21	14	6	1	2491	1843	57.48	29
3	Glenelg	21	14	7	0	2800	2116	56.96	28
4	West Adelaide	21	12	9	0	2171	1925	53.00	24
5	Norwood	21	11	10	0	2299	2164	51.51	22
6	Central District	21	11	10	0	2153	2409	47.19	22
7	South Adelaide	21	9	11	1	2217	2326	48.80	19
8	North Adelaide	21	8	13	0	2014	2521	44.41	16
9	Woodville	21	6	15	0	2021	2546	44.25	12
10	West Torrens	21	2	19	0	1994	2976	40.12	4

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

Grand Final

Main article: 1976 SANFL Grand Final

	1976 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 25 September (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def. by	Sturt	Football Park (crowd: 66,897)
	2.5 (17) 3.8 (26) 7.13 (55) 10.15 (75)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.3 (9) 7.6 (48) 11.8 (74) 17.14 (116)

Port Adelaide were strong grand final favourites, but Sturt scored an upset win in the 1976 SANFL Grand Final, in front of a record crowd.