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1976 Tennessee

6–⁠5 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Battle.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1976, game by game: lost vs. Duke 18–21; won vs. TCU 31–0; lost at Auburn 28–38; won vs. Clemson 21–19; won at Georgia Tech 42–7; lost vs. No. 20 Alabama 13–20; lost vs. No. 11 Florida 18–20; won at Memphis 21–14; won vs. Ole Miss 32–6; lost vs. Kentucky 0–7; won at Vanderbilt 13–10+35−10Lost 18–21 vs. Duke-3DukeWon 31–0 vs. TCU+31TCULost 28–38 at Auburn-10AuburnWon 21–19 vs. Clemson+2ClemsonWon 42–7 at Georgia Tech+35Georgia TechLost 13–20 vs. No. 20 Alabama-7No. 20 AlabamaLost 18–20 vs. No. 11 Florida-2No. 11 FloridaWon 21–14 at Memphis+7MemphisWon 32–6 vs. Ole Miss+26Ole MissLost 0–7 vs. Kentucky-7KentuckyWon 13–10 at Vanderbilt+3Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsDukeL 18–⁠2166%
Sep 18vsTCUW 31–⁠081%
Sep 25atAuburnL 28–⁠3849%
Oct 2vsClemsonW 21–⁠1973%
Oct 9atGeorgia TechW 42–⁠748%
Oct 16vs20AlabamaL 13–⁠2040%
Oct 23vs11FloridaL 18–⁠2044%
Nov 6atMemphisW 21–⁠1439%
Nov 13vsOle MissW 32–⁠661%
Nov 20vsKentuckyL 0–⁠763%
Nov 27atVanderbiltW 13–⁠1066%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Vanderbilt 13–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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.

Consensus All-AmericanLarry Seivers, WR

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
237–⁠162
Coach
Bill Battle
Elo
1573 +21 this season
SP+ rating
5.4 No. 58 of 132; offense No. 76, defense No. 47
SRS
11.3 No. 25 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dal Shealy
Defensive coordinator
Larry Jones
Captains
Larry Seivers and Andy Spiva

Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 1Stanley Morgan WRNew England Patriots
Rd 4Larry Seivers WRSeattle Seahawks
Rd 4Mickey Marvin OGOakland Raiders
Rd 5Andy Spiva LBSt. Louis Cardinals

All-SEC

5 first team

First team

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.