1976 Auburn Tigers football team

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1976 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–7 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLarry Beightol (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorP. W. Underwood (1st season)
Home stadiumJordan-Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
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

The 1976 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. At the end of the 1975 season, Ralph "Shug" Jordan retired after 25 years as head coach of the Auburn Tigers. Doug Barfield, Jordan's offensive coordinator, took over as head coach starting in 1976. He coached the Tigers to a 3–8 record his first season, winning just 2 of 6 conference games.[1] However, Mississippi State was forced to forfeit their game that year, so Auburn's record officially improved to 4–7 (3–3).[2]

Neil O'Donoghue (PK) received All-American honors and [2] for the 1976 season, yet there were no players named to the All-SEC first team this year.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11at Arizona*
L 19–3152,206[3]
September 18Baylor*
L 14–1550,000[4]
September 25Tennessee
W 38–2850,000[5]
October 2at No. 16 Ole Miss
W 10–040,500[6]
October 9at Memphis State*
L 27–2848,561[7]
October 16Georgia Tech*
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
L 10–2863,786[8]
October 23Florida State*dagger
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 31–1958,500[9]
October 30at No. 12 Florida
L 19–2465,129[10]
November 6at Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 19–28 (forfeit win)37,000[11][12]
November 13No. 7 Georgia
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
L 0–2863,912[13]
November 27vs. No. 18 Alabama
L 7–3870,303[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ 2011 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 182–4 (2011). Retrieved August 19, 2011
  2. ^ a b c 2005 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 142–143,178 (2005). Retrieved August 19, 2011
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  12. ^ "Bulldogs forced to forfeit 19 football games". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. May 24, 1978. p. 19. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
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