1976 Georgia Bulldogs 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 Georgia Bulldogs football
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)
	Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

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, GA		W 36–24	47,000
September 18	at Clemson*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	W 41–0	41,000
September 25	South Carolina*	No. 7	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		W 20–12	59,935
October 2	No. 10 Alabama	No. 6	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		W 21–0	60,200
October 9	at Ole Miss	No. 4	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		L 17–21	36,471
October 16	Vanderbilt	No. 11	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		W 45–0	59,100
October 23	at Kentucky	No. 10	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		W 31–7	57,733
October 30	Cincinnati*	No. 7	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 31–17	49,500
November 6	vs. No. 10 Florida	No. 7	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	ABC	W 41–27	70,314
November 13	at Auburn	No. 7	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 28–0	63,912
November 27	Georgia Tech*	No. 4	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		W 13–10	60,500
January 1, 1977	vs. No. 1 Pittsburgh*	No. 5	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 3–27	76,117
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1976 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
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
G	`67`	Joel Parrish	Sr
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.	#	Name	Class
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	`44`	Ben Zambiasi	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`4`	Bucky Dilts	Sr
K	`9`	Allan Leavitt	Sr

Head coach

Vince Dooley

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Erk Russell (DC)

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries[]

Alabama[]

Georgia's first win versus Alabama since 1965.

References[]

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v t Georgia Bulldogs football
Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Auburn (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) Clemson Florida Georgia Tech (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band First forward pass 1927 Yale game
People	Head coaches Steadman V. Sanford Larry Munson Morgan Blake NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

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