| Number: | 12 |
| Type: | Vanier Cup |
| Date: | November 19, 1976 |
| Stadium: | Varsity Stadium |
| City: | Toronto |
| Visitor Name: | Acadia Axemen |
| Home Name: | Western Mustangs |
| Visitor Coach: | Bob Vespaziani |
| Home Coach: | Darwin Semotiuk |
| Visitor Record: | 5–1 |
| Home Record: | 5–2 |
| Visitor1: | 0 |
| Visitor2: | 0 |
| Visitor3: | 0 |
| Visitor4: | 13 |
| Home1: | 0 |
| Home2: | 0 |
| Home3: | 0 |
| Home4: | 29 |
| Mvp: | Bill Rozalowsky, Western Ontario |
| Attendance: | 20,300 |
The 12th Vanier Cup was played on November 19, 1976, at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, and decided the CIAU football champion for the 1976 season. The Western Ontario Mustangs (of the University of Western Ontario) won their third championship by defeating the Acadia Axemen (of Nova Scotia's Acadia University) by a score of 29 to 13.[1] [2]