1976 Florida Gators football team

1976 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Mississippi State later forfeited all 1976 wins due to NCAA violations.; Rankings from AP Poll

1976 Florida Gators football
1976 Florida Gators football
Sun Bowl, L 14–37 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1976 record	8–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Doug Dickey (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Jimmy Dunn (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Doug Knotts (7th season)
Captain	Darrell Carpenter; Alvin Cowens; Jimmy Fisher
Home stadium	Florida Field; (Capacity: 62,800)
	Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The season was the seventh for Doug Dickey as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Dickey's 1976 Florida Gators finished with an 8–4 overall record and a 4–2 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing fourth among ten SEC teams.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	vs. North Carolina*	No. 18	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL		L 21–24	42,262
September 18	Houston*		Florida Field Gainesville, FL		W 49–14	49,820
September 25	Mississippi State		Florida Field Gainesville, FL		W 34–30	49,117
October 2	No. 11 LSU	No. 19	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 28–23	57,119
October 16	at Florida State*	No. 12	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)		W 33–26	42,803
October 23	at Tennessee	No. 11	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		W 20–18	82,596
October 30	Auburn	No. 12	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 24–19	65,129
November 6	vs. No. 7 Georgia	No. 10	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 27–41	70,314
November 13	at Kentucky	No. 15	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		L 9–28	55,000
November 20	Rice*		Florida Field Gainesville, FL		W 50–22	53,275
November 27	vs. Miami (FL)*		Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (rivalry)		W 19–10	40,055
January 2, 1977	vs. No. 10 Texas A&M*		Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 14–37	33,250
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide^[2]

Attendance figures: 1977 University of Florida Press Guide.^[3]

Personnel[]

1976 Florida Gators football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name
RB		Larry Brinson
RB		Earl Carr
WR	`89`	Wes Chandler
RB		Ron Enciade
QB		Jimmy Fisher (C)
OL		David Forrester
WR		Derrick Gaffney
RB		Napoleon Green
RB		Tony Green
QB		Bill Kynes
RB		Sammy Lemon
OL		Robbie Moore
RB		Robert Morgan
OL		Bruce Mulliniks
QB		Mark Newman
RB		Joe Portale
OL		Joe Pupello
WR		Scott Shuler
TE		Jimmy Stephens
TE		Tony Stephens
OL		Keith Tribble
RB		Willie Wilder

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB		Tim Aydt
DB		Steve Blair
LB		Scot Brantley
DL		Darrell Carpenter (C)
DL		Ron Coleman
DB		Alvin Cowans (C)
DB		Warren Gaffney
DB		Chuck Hatch
LB		Scot Hutchinson
DL		Jeff Kanter
DL		Sylvester King
DB		Terry LeCount
DB		Alvin Parrish
DL		Richard Ruth
LB		Charlie Williams

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		David Posey	Sr
P		Alan Williams

Head coach

Doug Dickey

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Jimmy Dunn
Doug Knotts

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References[]

^ Sports Publicity Department. "1976 University of Florida Press Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 110–111 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.
^ Sports Publicity Department. "1977 University of Florida Press Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

[1] Sports Publicity Department. "1976 University of Florida Press Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

[ufmediaguide-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 110–111 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.

[3] Sports Publicity Department. "1977 University of Florida Press Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

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1976 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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