1976 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

1976 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–5 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDal Shealy
Defensive coordinatorLarry Jones
Captains
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
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 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bill Battle, in his seventh year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 2–4 in the SEC). The Volunteers offense scored 237 points while the defense allowed 162 points.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 11Duke*
L 18–2182,687[1]
September 18TCU*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 31–079,564[2]
September 25at Auburn
ABCL 28–3850,000[3]
October 2Clemson*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 21–1978,161[4]
October 9at Georgia Tech*
W 42–755,631[5]
October 16No. 20 Alabama
ABCL 13–2082,417[6]
October 23No. 11 Florida
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 18–2082,596[7]
November 6at
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
    		• W 21–1452,311[8]
    November 13Ole Missdagger
    • Neyland Stadium
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    		W 32–679,161[9]
    November 20Kentucky
    • Neyland Stadium
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    		L 0–780,336[10]
    November 27at
    Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
    		• W 13–1034,694[11]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Roster

    • PK Jimmy Gaylor
    • QB Joe Hough
    • Roland James (defense)
    • RB Stanley Morgan
    • QB Randy Wallace

    Team players drafted into the NFL

    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Stanley Morgan Wide receiver 1 25 New England Patriots
    Larry Seivers Wide receiver 4 111 Seattle Seahawks
    Mickey Marvin Guard 4 112 Oakland Raiders
    Andy Spiva Linebacker 5 135 St. Louis Cardinals

    References

    1. Newspapers.com
      .
    2. Newspapers.com
      .
    3. Newspapers.com
      .
    4. Newspapers.com
      .
    5. Newspapers.com
      .
    6. Newspapers.com
      .
    7. Newspapers.com
      .
    8. Newspapers.com
      .
    9. Newspapers.com
      .
    10. Newspapers.com
      .
    11. Newspapers.com
      .
    12. ^ "1977 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
    Stub icon

    This college football 1970s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1976_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team&oldid=1188778354"