1976 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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The 1976 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Commodores were led by head coach Fred Pancoast in his second season and finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9 overall, 0–6 in the SEC).

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1976 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–9 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRichard Trail (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorFrank Emanuel (2nd season)
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
 1975
1977 
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1976 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
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
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11No. 5 Oklahoma*L 3–2434,694[1]
September 18Wake Forest*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 27–2421,900[2]
September 25at No. 13 AlabamaL 14–4258,414[3]
October 2Tulane*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 13–2421,000[4]
October 9at No. 20 LSUL 20–3366,835[5]
October 16at No. 11 GeorgiaL 0–4559,100[6]
October 23Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 3–2023,000[7]
November 6at KentuckyL 0–1457,269[8]
November 13Air Force*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 34–1021,900[9]
November 20at Cincinnati*L 7–3311,265[10]
November 27Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 10–1334,694[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Steve CurnutteDefensive end16471New York Giants

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