1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1976 NCAA Division I independents football records
	North Texas State (originally 6–5) was awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.; Rankings from AP Poll

1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Independent
1976 record	4–6–1
Head coach	Pepper Rodgers (3rd season);
Captain	Lucius Sanford ; Leo Tierney ; Tony Daykin
Home stadium	Grant Field ; (Capacity: 58,121)
	Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by third-year head coach Pepper Rodgers, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	South Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta	ABC	L 17–27	38,923
September 18	No. 3 Pittsburgh	Grant Field Atlanta		L 14–42	43,424
September 25	Clemson	Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)		T 24–24	43,937
October 2	Virginia	Grant Field Atlanta		W 35–14	38,119
October 9	Tennessee	Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)		L 7–42	55,631
October 16	at Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)		W 28–10	63,876
October 23	Tulane	Grant Field Atlanta		W 28–16	31,214	^[2]
October 30	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina		L 7–31	30,300
November 6	No. 11 Notre Dame	Grant Field Atlanta		W 23–14	50,079
November 13	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland		L 28–34	20,010
November 27	at No. 4 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		L 10–13	60,500
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:^[3]^[4]

Roster[]

1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`31`	Drew Hill	So
T	`88`	Kent Hill	So
RB	`40`	Eddie Lee Ivery	So
G	`71`	Randy Pass	Jr
G	`78`	Elliott Price	Sr
T	`77`	Roy Simmons	So
RB	`46`	David Sims	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`25`	Don Bessillieu	So
DB	`30`	Tony Daykin	So
DB	`42`	Eddie Porter	Sr
DB	`20`	Danny Rhino	Sr
LB	`89`	Lucius Sanford	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Pepper Rodgers

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

References[]

^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1976-standings.html
^ "Halfback pass spurs Georgia Tech rally". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 24, 1976. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 173

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[1] ttps://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1976-standings.html

[2] "Halfback pass spurs Georgia Tech rally". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 24, 1976. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2017.

[4] 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 173

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v t Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Venues	Piedmont Park (1899–1901; 1903–1904) Brisbane Park (1902) The Flats (1905–1906, 1912) Ponce de Leon Park (1907–1911) Grant Field (1913–1987) Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field (1988–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Clemson Georgia: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Tennessee Vanderbilt Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	Buzz Ramblin' Wreck "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" "Up with the White and Gold" Marching band Heisman shift 1916 Cumberland game 1990 game at Virginia
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees 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
National championship seasons in bold

1976 NCAA Division I independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 17 Rutgers		–		11	–	0	–	0
San Diego State		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Notre Dame		–		9	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		8	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		8	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		8	–	3	–	0
Memphis State		–		7	–	4	–	0
North Texas State *		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		7	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		7	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina		–		6	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		6	–	5	–	0
Army		–		5	–	6	–	0
Florida State		–		5	–	6	–	0
Illinois State		–		5	–	6	–	0
Richmond		–		5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		4	–	6	–	1
Temple		–		4	–	6	–	0
Air Force		–		4	–	7	–	0
Dayton		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		4	–	7	–	0
Marshall		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		4	–	7	–	0
Indiana State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Hawaii		–		3	–	8	–	0
Holy Cross		–		3	–	8	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		3	–	8	–	0
Syracuse		–		3	–	8	–	0
Utah State		–		3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		2	–	9	–	0
Southern Miss		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		2	–	9	–	0

North Texas State (originally 6–5) was awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll