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
Record2–9 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRichard Trail (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorFrank Emanuel (2nd season)
Home stadiumDudley 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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11No. 5 Oklahoma*
L 3–2434,171
September 18Wake Forest*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 27–2421,900
September 25at No. 13 Alabama
L 14–4258,414
October 2Tulane*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 13–2421,000[1]
October 9at No. 20 LSU
L 20–33
October 16at No. 11 Georgia
L 0–4559,100
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 10–1334,694[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Steve CurnutteDefensive end16471New York Giants

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References
  1. "Tulane returns set up VU loss". The Tennessean. October 3, 1976. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Battle bows out with a win as Vols plan to stalk Majors". The Commercial Appeal. November 28, 1976. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1976 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  4. "1976 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2009.


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