1976 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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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

September 11Duke*

L 18–2182,687 September 18TCU*

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 31–079,564 September 25at Auburn

ABCL 28–3850,000 October 2Clemson*

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 21–1978,161 October 9at Georgia Tech*

W 42–755,631 October 16No. 20 Alabama

ABCL 13–2082,417 October 23No. 11 Florida

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)

L 18–2082,596 November 6at Memphis State*

W 21–1452,311 November 13Ole Missdagger

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 32–679,161 November 20Kentucky

L 0–780,336 November 27at Vanderbilt

W 13–1034,694

Template:CFB Schedule End

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
Roy Lee Linebacker 5 136 Rejected offers by St. Louis Cardinals and Oakland Raiders to return home and take care of his Grandmother.

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1970–79". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "1977 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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