1976 Cornell Big Red football team

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 .160, 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.