1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 90th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 9 May 1976 and ended on 26 September 1976.
Kerry were the defending champions.
On 26 September 1976, Dublin won the championship following a 3–8 to 0–10 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. This was their 19th All-Ireland title, their first in two championship seasons.
Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
Results
[Connacht Senior Football Championship]
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
'''Finals'''
[Leinster Senior Football Championship]
First roundQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Final'''
[Munster Senior Football Championship]
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
'''Finals'''
[Ulster Senior Football Championship]
Preliminary roundQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Finals'''
[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]
Semi-finals'''Final'''
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Leitrim recorded their first win over Mayo since 1959 after a replay.
- Cork Athletic Grounds changed its name to Pairc Ui Chaoimh after Pádraig Ó Caoimh.
- 3 Provincial finals end in a draw and to a replay in the same year for the first time since 1924 and never since Connacht, Munster and Ulster. 1888, 1903 & 1915 were the only other years up to 1976 to have had multiple provincial final draws.
- The All-Ireland final was Dublin's first win over Kerry since the All-Ireland semi-final of 1934.
Top scorers
;Overall| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 4–26 | 38 | 5 | 7.60 |
| 2 | Jimmy Keaveney | Dublin | 6–18 | 36 | 5 | 7.20 |
| 3 | Brendan Kelly | Derry | 0–29 | 29 | 5 | 5.80 |
| 4 | Steve Duggan | Cavan | 1–22 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 5 | Gerry Farrelly | Meath | 3–12 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 6 | Pat Spillane | Kerry | 2–14 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 7 | Joe McLoughlin | Galway | 1–16 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |
;Single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Jimmy Keaveney | Dublin | 3–4 | 13 | Longford |
| 2 | Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 3–3 | 12 | Derry |
| 3 | Joe McLoughlin | Galway | 1–8 | 11 | Leitrim |
| 3 | Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 0–11 | 11 | Cork |
| 5 | Steve Duggan | Cavan | 0–10 | 10 | Down |
| 6 | Willie Brennan | Laois | 1–6 | 9 | Kildare |
| 7 | Gerry Farrelly | Meath | 1–5 | 8 | Wicklow |
| 7 | Pat Spillane | Kerry | 1–5 | 8 | Waterford |
| 7 | Jimmy Keaveney | Dublin | 1–5 | 8 | Galway |
| 7 | Brendan Kelly | Derry | 0–8 | 8 | Cavan |