1976 FOOTBALL TEAM
NORTH COAST SECTION 2A CHAMPIONS
The 1976 Piedmont High School football team not only achieved the rare feat of an undefeated season – the only team to do so in the East Bay that season – but is the only PHS football team in the school’s storied history to win the North Coast Sectional (NCS) Championship of the California Interscholastic Federation (Division AA). Originally forecast to come in no better than 5th in the Alameda County Athletic League (ACAL) in 1976, PHS showed its power and grit by concluding its ACAL championship run with three straight shut-outs, and in the final six games of the year – including the NCS play-offs – outscoring its competition 106-27. Piedmont put a cap on its 11-0 season with a 20-8 victory over Salesian in the NCS championship game.
The Piedmont 1976 team demonstrated its dominance by claiming nine of the ACAL’s All-League Team slots, five on offense and four on defense. This 33-man team readily showed its proficiency in the important statistics, as the Piedmont defensive team yielded the fewest points of any ACAL team, while its offense scored the most points in the league. The 1976 team ranked third in the final East Bay Football poll, and ranked in the Top 10 of teams in the entire Bay Area.