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
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)

1976 Southeastern Conference football standings
	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

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	Vaught–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	Cliff 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 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 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

1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 • Georgia 0 7 7 7 21 Date: October 2 Location: Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia Source:

Scoring summary 2 UGA Robinson 3-yard run (Leavitt kick) UGA 7-0 3 UGA Williams 2-yard run (Leavitt kick) UGA 14-0 4 UGA Norris 6-yard pass from Robinson (Leavitt kick) UGA 21-0

Georgia's first win versus Alabama since 1965.

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