1876 South Australian football season

The 1876 South Australian football season was the fourteenth season of interclub football. It was also the final season of decentralised administration of football in South Australia; the South Australian Football Association was formed the following year to provide a committee-based approach to the administration of the sport.

Rules Sets
During the 1876 football season in South Australia two dominant rule sets were in use.
 * Kensington Rules
 * Victorian Rules

Metropolitan

 * Adelaide
 * Port Adelaide
 * Victorian
 * South Adelaide
 * Woodville
 * Kensington
 * Glenelg
 * Austral

Outer Metropolitan (Country Clubs)

 * Gawler
 * Kapunda
 * Willunga

Regional Clubs

 * Mount Gambier
 * Young Australian
 * Penola
 * Naracoorte
 * Caltowie
 * Yangga
 * Laura
 * Port Pirie

Educational Institutions

 * St Peter's College
 * Prince Alfred College
 * Adelaide Educational Institution
 * North Adelaide Grammar
 * Glenelg Grammar

Ladder
In the table below, Senior Results is based only upon games played against senior clubs; the record listed under W-L-D is the record over all matches, including those against country and junior teams.