1976 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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).

1976 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1976 record2–9 (0–6 SEC)
Head coachFred Pancoast (2nd season)
Home stadiumDudley Field
1976 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 11No. 5 Oklahoma*
L 3–24
September 18Wake Forest*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 27–24
September 25at No. 13 AlabamaL 14–42
October 2Tulane*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 13–24
October 9at No. 20 LSUL 20–33
October 16at No. 11 GeorgiaL 0–45
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 10–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1976 Vanderbilt football schedule[1]

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Steve CurnutteDefensive end16471New York Giants

[2]

References

  1. "1976 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  2. "1976 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-24.


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