1976 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1976 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	2–9 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach	Fred Pancoast (2nd season)
Home stadium	Dudley Field

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 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).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 11	No. 5 Oklahoma*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 3–24
September 18	Wake Forest*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 27–24
September 25	at No. 13 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 14–42
October 2	Tulane*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 13–24
October 9	at No. 20 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 20–33
October 16	at No. 11 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	L 0–45
October 23	Ole Miss	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 3–20
November 6	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 0–14
November 13	Air Force*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 34–10
November 20	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 7–33
November 27	Tennessee	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

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Steve Curnutte	Defensive end	16	471	New York Giants