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1976 Auburn Tigers football team

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1976Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–7 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLarry Beightol (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorP. W. Underwood (1st season)
Home stadiumJordan-Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10Georgia $5101020
No. 11Alabama520930
No. 20Mississippi State420920
Florida420840
No. 18Kentucky420840
LSU330641
Auburn330470
Ole Miss340560
Tennessee240650
Vanderbilt060290
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Mississippi State later forfeited all 1976 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings fromAP Poll

The1976 Auburn Tigers football team representedAuburn University in the1976 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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11atArizona*L 19–3152,206[3]
September 18Baylor*L 14–1550,000[4]
September 25TennesseeW 38–2850,000[5]
October 2at No. 16Ole MissW 10–040,500[6]
October 9atMemphis State*L 27–2848,561[7]
October 16Georgia Tech*
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
L 10–2863,786[8]
October 23Florida State*dagger
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 31–1958,500[9]
October 30at No. 12FloridaL 19–2465,129[10]
November 6atMississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 19–28 (forfeit win)37,000[11][12]
November 13No. 7Georgia
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
L 0–2863,912[13]
November 27vs. No. 18Alabama
L 7–3870,303[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  1. ^2011 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 182–4 (2011). Retrieved August 19, 2011
  2. ^abc2005 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. RetrievedOctober 29, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  4. ^"Battered Baylor slips by fumbling Auburn".Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 19, 1976. RetrievedOctober 29, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  5. ^"Clawed by swooping War Eagles, Vols lose 38–28".Johnson City Press-Chronicle. September 26, 1976. RetrievedMay 8, 2022 – viaNewspapers.com.
  6. ^"Auburn downs Rebs in defenseive battle".The Sun Herald. October 3, 1976. RetrievedOctober 29, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  7. ^"Memphis slips past Auburn, 28–27".The Tennessean. October 10, 1976. RetrievedOctober 29, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  8. ^"Tech upsets Auburn, 28–10".Florence Morning News. October 17, 1976. RetrievedOctober 29, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  9. ^"Gargis paces Auburn over Florida State".Panama City News-Herald. October 24, 1976. RetrievedOctober 29, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  10. ^"Gators get by Auburn; Chandler steals show".Fort Myers News-Press. October 31, 1976. RetrievedOctober 29, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  11. ^"Davison is 'big man' in Bulldogs' victory".The Commercial Appeal. November 7, 1976. RetrievedOctober 29, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  12. ^"Bulldogs forced to forfeit 19 football games".The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. May 24, 1978. p. 19. RetrievedOctober 29, 2023.
  13. ^"Bulldogs blank Auburn 28–0".The Sunday Ledger-Enquirer. November 14, 1976. RetrievedOctober 29, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  14. ^"Rutledge keys Tide past Auburn 38–7".Tallahassee Democrat. November 28, 1976. RetrievedOctober 29, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
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