1976 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1976 Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 3–27 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 10
AP No. 10
1976 record 10–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach Vince Dooley (13th season)
Defensive coordinator Erk Russell (13th season)
Captain Ray Goff
Home stadium Sanford Stadium (59,200)
1976 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Georgia $ 5 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 11 Alabama 5 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 20 Mississippi State 4 –2 –0  9 –2 –0
Florida 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 18 Kentucky 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Ole Miss 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
LSU 2 –4 –0  6 –4 –1
Tennessee 2 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Auburn 2 –4 –0  3 –8 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Mississippi State later forfeited all 1976 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 11 No. 15 California* No. 16 Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia W 36–24   47,000
September 18 at Clemson* No. 9 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina (Rivalry) ABC W 41–0   41,000
September 25 South Carolina* No. 7 Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia (Rivalry) W 20–12   59,935
October 2 No. 10 Alabama No. 6 Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia W 21–0   60,200
October 9 at Ole Miss No. 4 Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi L 17–21   36,471
October 16 Vanderbiltdagger No. 11 Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia (Rivalry) W 45–0   59,100
October 23 at Kentucky No. 10 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky W 31–7   57,733
October 30 Cincinnati* No. 7 Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia W 31–17   49,500
November 6 vs. No. 10 Florida No. 7 Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida (Rivalry) ABC W 41–27   70,314
November 13 at Auburn No. 7 Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) W 28–0   63,912
November 27 Georgia Tech* No. 4 Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) W 13–10   60,500
January 1 vs. No. 1 Pittsburgh* No. 5 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans (Sugar Bowl) ABC L 3–27   76,117
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Alabama

1 234Total
Alabama 0 000 0
• Georgia 0 777 21
  • Source:

Georgia's first win versus Alabama since 1965.

Roster

1976 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 66 George Collins Jr
WR 80 Steve Davis Sr
QB 10 Ray Goff Sr
RB 36 Willie McClendon So
RB 39 Kevin McLee Jr
TE 85 Ulysses Norris So
RB 43 Al Pollard Sr
G 60 Kirk Price Jr
QB 17 Matt Robinson Sr
TE 89 Wally Tereshinski Jr
WR 82 Gene Washington Sr
WR 8 Mark Wilson Sr
T 77 Mike Wilson Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 87 Dicky Clark Sr
DE 92 Lawrence Craft Sr
CB 32 Johnny Henderson Jr
DL 99 Jeff Sanders Sr
DL 78 Ronnie Swoopes Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 4 Bucky Dilts Sr
K 9 Allan Leavitt Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References


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