1976 College Football All-America Team

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The 1976 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1976. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1976 season. They are: [1] (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA); [2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; [3] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers; [4] and (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers. [5] Other selectors included Football News (FN), [6] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), [7] The Sporting News (TSN), [8] and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).

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Three players were unanimously selected by all four official selectors and all five unofficial selectors. They were running backs Tony Dorsett of Pittsburgh and Ricky Bell of USC and defensive end Ross Browner of Notre Dame.

The 1976 USC Trojans football team led all others with five players who received first-team All-American honors in 1976. In addition to Ricky Bell, the USC honorees were offensive tackle Marvin Powell, defensive end Dennis Thurman, defensive tackle Gary Jeter, and punter Glen Walker. The consensus national champion Pittsburgh Panthers team had two first-team honorees: Tony Dorsett and middle guard Al Romano.

Consensus All-Americans

The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1976 and displays which first-team designations they received.

Offense

NamePositionSchoolNumber [9] OfficialOther
Tony Dorsett Running back Pittsburgh 4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPICFN, FN, NEA, TSN, WC
Ricky Bell Running back USC 4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPICFN, FN, NEA, TSN, WC
Joel Parrish Offensive guard Georgia 3/4/8AFCA, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Rob Lytle Running back Michigan 3/5/8AFCA, AP, UPICFN, FN, NEA, TSN, WC
Larry Seivers Wide receiver Tennessee 3/4/7AFCA, AP, UPICFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Mike Vaughan Offensive tackle Oklahoma 4/2/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, WC
Ken MacAfee Tight end Notre Dame 3/3/6AFCA, FWAA, UPICFN, NEA, WC
Tommy Kramer Quarterback Rice 3/2/5AFCA, AP, UPICFN, WC
Mark Donahue Offensive guardMichigan2/3/5FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, WC
Derrel Gofourth Center Oklahoma State 2/1/3AFCA, UPIFN
Chris Ward Offensive tackle Ohio State 1/0/1AFCA--

Defense

NamePositionSchoolNumber [9] OfficialOther
Ross Browner Defensive end Notre Dame 4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPICFN, FN, NEA, TSN, WC
Bill Armstrong Defensive back Wake Forest 4/3/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, TSN, WC
Robert Jackson Linebacker Texas A&M 4/3/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, TSN, WC
Dave Butterfield Defensive back Nebraska 3/4/7AFCA, AP, UPICFN, FN, NEA WC
Bob Brudzinski Defensive end Ohio State 3/2/6AFCA, AP, FWAACFN, TSN, WC
Al Romano Middle guard Pittsburgh 3/3/6AFCA, AP, UPICFN, NEA, WC
Gary Green Defensive back Baylor 2/4/6AFCA, APCFN, NEA, TSN
Wilson Whitley Defensive tackle Houston 3/2/5AFCA, AP, FWAAFN, WC
Joe Campbell Defensive tackle Maryland 2/2/4AFCA, FWAACFN, NEA, TSN
Gary Jeter Defensive tackle USC 2/1/3FWAA, UPINEA
Jerry Robinson Linebacker UCLA 2/1/3AP, FWAANEA
Dennis Thurman Defensive backUSC2/1/3AP, FWAAWC

Offense

Receivers

Tight end

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Defense

Defensive ends

Defensive tackles

Middle guards

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Kickers

Punters

Returner

Key

Official selectors

Other selectors

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  9. 1 2 This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.
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