1976 Auburn Tigers football team

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]

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
1976 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Georgia $ 5 –1 –010 –2 –0
No. 11 Alabama 5 –2 –09 –3 –0
No. 20 Mississippi State 4 –2 –09 –2 –0
Florida 4 –2 –08 –4 –0
No. 18 Kentucky 4 –2 –08 –4 –0
LSU 3 –3 –06 –4 –1
Auburn 3 –3 –04 –7 –0
Ole Miss 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Tennessee 2 –4 –06 –5 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Mississippi State later forfeited all 1976 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

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

[2]

References
  1. 2011 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 182–4 (2011). Retrieved August 19, 2011
  2. 2005 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 142–143,178 (2005). Retrieved August 19, 2011
  3. "Clawed by swooping War Eagles, Vols lose 38–28". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. September 26, 1976. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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