1976 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1976 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1976 record2–9 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 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

The 1976 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Commodores were led by head coach Fred Pancoast in his second season and finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9 overall, 0–6 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11No. 5 Oklahoma*
L 3–2434,171
September 18Wake Forest*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 27–2421,900
September 25at No. 13 Alabama
L 14–4258,414
October 2Tulane*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 13–2421,000[1]
October 9at No. 20 LSU
L 20–33
October 16at No. 11 Georgia
L 0–4559,100
October 23Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 3–20
November 6at Kentucky
L 0–14
November 13Air Force*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 34–10
November 20at Cincinnati*
L 7–33
November 27Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 10–1334,694
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Steve Curnutte Defensive end 16 471 New York Giants

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References[]

  1. ^ "Tulane returns set up VU loss". The Tennessean. October 3, 1976. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1976 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "1976 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
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