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1976 Auburn

3–⁠8 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Barfield. Officially 4–⁠7. Mississippi State forfeited to Auburn.

From the season’s Wikipedia article: “However, Mississippi State was forced to forfeit their game that year, so Auburn’s record officially improved to 4–⁠7 (3–⁠3).”

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1976, game by game: lost at Arizona 19–31; lost vs. Baylor 14–15; won vs. Tennessee 38–28; won at No. 16 Ole Miss 10–0; lost at Memphis 27–28; lost vs. Georgia Tech 10–28; won vs. Florida State 31–19; lost at No. 12 Florida 19–24; lost at Mississippi State 19–28; lost vs. No. 7 Georgia 0–28; lost vs. No. 18 Alabama 7–38+12−31Lost 19–31 at Arizona-12ArizonaLost 14–15 vs. Baylor-1BaylorWon 38–28 vs. Tennessee+10TennesseeWon 10–0 at No. 16 Ole Miss+10No. 16 Ole MissLost 27–28 at Memphis-1MemphisLost 10–28 vs. Georgia Tech-18Georgia TechWon 31–19 vs. Florida State+12Florida StateLost 19–24 at No. 12 Florida-5No. 12 FloridaLost 19–28 at Mississippi State-9Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–28 vs. No. 7 Georgia-28No. 7 GeorgiaLost 7–38 vs. No. 18 Alabama-31No. 18 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atArizonaL 19–⁠3131%
Sep 18vsBaylorL 14–⁠1565%
Sep 25vsTennesseeW 38–⁠2851%
Oct 2at16Ole MissW 10–⁠033%
Oct 9atMemphisL 27–⁠2842%
Oct 16vsGeorgia TechL 10–⁠2871%
Oct 23vsFlorida StateW 31–⁠1965%
Oct 30at12FloridaL 19–⁠2425%
Nov 6atMississippi StateL 19–⁠28won by forfeit31%
Nov 13vs7GeorgiaL 0–⁠2826%
Nov 27vs18AlabamaL 7–⁠3820%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 38–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1976.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
194–⁠267
Coach
Doug Barfield
Elo
1471 −50 this season
SP+ rating
3.9 No. 63 of 132; offense No. 47, defense No. 73
SRS
3.1 No. 57 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Larry Beightol
Defensive coordinator
P.W. Underwood

Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 5Neil O’Donoghue KBuffalo Bills

All-SEC

6 second team

Second team

  • Dave OstrowskiOGAP-2
  • Phil GargisQBAP-2
  • Neil O’DonoghueKAP-2
  • Jeff McCollumDEAP-2
  • Freddie SmithLBAP-2
  • Clyde BaumgartnerPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠110–⁠210
Alabama5–⁠29–⁠311
Mississippi State4–⁠29–⁠220
Kentucky4–⁠28–⁠418
Florida4–⁠28–⁠4
Ole Miss3–⁠45–⁠6
LSU2–⁠46–⁠4–⁠1
Tennessee2–⁠46–⁠5
Auburn2–⁠43–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.