1976 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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

1976 Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 3–27 vs. Pittsburgh
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 10
1976 record10–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorErk Russell (13th season)
CaptainRay Goff
Home stadiumSanford Stadium (59,200)
1976 Southeastern Conference 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
LSU 3 3 0  6 4 1
Auburn 3 3 0  4 7 0
Ole Miss 3 4 0  5 6 0
Tennessee 2 4 0  6 5 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 11No. 15 California*No. 16W 36–2447,000
September 18at Clemson*No. 9ABCW 41–041,000
September 25South Carolina*No. 7
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
W 20–1259,935
October 2No. 10 AlabamaNo. 6
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
W 21–060,200
October 9at Ole MissNo. 4L 17–2136,471
October 16VanderbiltNo. 11
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
W 45–059,100
October 23at KentuckyNo. 10W 31–757,733
October 30Cincinnati*No. 7
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 31–1749,500
November 6vs. No. 10 FloridaNo. 7ABCW 41–2770,314
November 13at AuburnNo. 7W 28–063,912
November 27Georgia Tech*No. 4
W 13–1060,500
January 1, 1977vs. No. 1 Pittsburgh*No. 5ABCL 3–2776,117
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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 (C) 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
LB Ben Zambiasi 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

Game summaries

Alabama

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

Georgia's first win versus Alabama since 1965.

References


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