1976 Auburn Tigers football team

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1976 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record4–7 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Larry Beightol (1st season)
Defensive coordinator P. W. Underwood (1st season)
Home stadium Jordan-Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
←  1975
1977  →
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

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]

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 [3]
September 18 Baylor *
L 14–1550,000 [4]
September 25 Tennessee
W 38–2850,000 [5]
October 2at No. 16 Ole Miss
W 10–040,500 [6]
October 9at Memphis State *
L 27–2848,561 [7]
October 16 Georgia Tech *
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
L 10–2863,786 [8]
October 23 Florida State *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 31–1958,500 [9]
October 30at No. 12 Florida
L 19–2465,129 [10]
November 6at Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 19–28 (forfeit win)37,000 [11] [12]
November 13No. 7 Georgia
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
L 0–2863,912 [13]
November 27vs. No. 18 Alabama
L 7–3870,303 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 2005 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide , Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 142–143,178 (2005). Retrieved August 19, 2011
  3. ↑ "Lunsford guides Arizona past Auburn". The Arizona Daily Star. September 12, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Battered Baylor slips by fumbling Auburn". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 19, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Clawed by swooping War Eagles, Vols lose 38–28". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. September 26, 1976. Retrieved May 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Auburn downs Rebs in defenseive battle". The Sun Herald. October 3, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Memphis slips past Auburn, 28–27". The Tennessean. October 10, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tech upsets Auburn, 28–10". Florence Morning News. October 17, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Gargis paces Auburn over Florida State". Panama City News-Herald. October 24, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Gators get by Auburn; Chandler steals show". Fort Myers News-Press. October 31, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Davison is 'big man' in Bulldogs' victory". The Commercial Appeal. November 7, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Bulldogs forced to forfeit 19 football games". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. May 24, 1978. p. 19. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
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  14. ↑ "Rutledge keys Tide past Auburn 38–7". Tallahassee Democrat. November 28, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.


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