1976 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament
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The 1976 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the sixth annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs at the end of the 1976 NCAA Division I lacrosse season.
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1976 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Dates | May 19–29, 1976 | ||||
Teams | 8 | ||||
Finals site | Brown Stadium Providence, Rhode Island | ||||
Champions | Cornell (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Maryland (6th title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | Johns Hopkins (4th Final Four) Navy (3rd Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | Richie Moran (2nd title) | ||||
Attendance[1] | 11,954 finals 20,819 total | ||||
Top scorer | Mike French, Cornell (20 goals) | ||||
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Undefeated Cornell—led by coach Richie Moran and players Mike French and Eamon McEneaney—defeated Maryland in the championship game, 16–13 after one overtime.
The tournament championship game was played at Brown Stadium at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.