Round 1, 1976 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Saturday 3 April 1976, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 15 | 57 | 76 | 112 |
| Essendon | 61 | 85 | 103 | 113 |
Crowd 25,724. Coaches: Bill Goggin and Bill Stephen. Umpires: Ian Robinson, Tony Bryant.
| Ray Huppatz | 7 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Geoff Jennings | 25 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Gary Dempsey | 24 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 |
| Ross Abbey | 30 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dennis Collins | 15 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Stephen Power | 21 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Ken Newland | 6 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Peter Featherby | 5 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ian Low | 28 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Alan Stoneham | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Terry Wheeler | 35 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jeff Gieschen | 27 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Ian Salmon | 18 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Laurie Sandilands | 9 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Ian Morrison | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bernie Quinlan | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Ian Dunstan | 32 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Alan Lynch (debut) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kelvin Templeton | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Whitten | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Hickmott | 23 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Andrew Wilson | 33 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Graham Moss | 25 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ron Andrews | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Robert Amos | 11 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Steve Beaumont | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Robin Close | 19 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Gary Parkes | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Brian Walsh | 12 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Roberts | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Laurie Moloney | 34 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Barry Grinter | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Russell Ellen | 30 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Garry Foulds | 38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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170 meetings: Footscray 72, Essendon 96, 2 drawn.
Western Bulldogs by 34 · crowd 38,786
Western Bulldogs by 93 · crowd 29,367
Western Bulldogs by 91 · crowd 47,266
Essendon by 29 · crowd 50,144
Western Bulldogs by 41 · crowd 43,634
Western Bulldogs by 32 · crowd 33,677