1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

	1976 NCAA Division I Independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
	1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
	File:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Conference	Independent
1976 record	4–6–1
Head coach	Pepper Rodgers (3rd season)
Captain	Lucius Sanford ; Leo Tierney ; Tony Daykin
Home stadium	Grant Field ; (Capacity: 58,121)
	Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by third-year head coach Pepper Rodgers, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	South Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta	ABC	L 17–27	38,923
September 18	No. 3 Pittsburgh	Grant Field Atlanta		L 14–42	43,424
September 25	Clemson	Grant Field Atlanta (Rivalry)		T 24–24	43,937
October 2	Virginia	Grant Field Atlanta		W 35–14	38,119
October 9	Tennessee	Grant Field Atlanta (Rivalry)		L 7–42	55,631
October 16	at Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (Rivalry)		W 28–10	63,876
October 23	Tulane	Grant Field Atlanta		W 28–16	31,214
October 30	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina		L 7–31	30,300
November 6	No. 11 Notre Dame	Grant Field Atlanta		W 23–14	50,079
November 13	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland		L 28–34	20,010
November 27	at No. 4 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		L 10–13	60,500
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`31`	Hill, DrewDrew Hill	3.0 !So
T	`88`	Hill, KentKent Hill	3.0 !So
RB	`40`	Lee Ivery, EddieEddie Lee Ivery	3.0 !So
G	`71`	Pass, RandyRandy Pass	5.0 !Jr
G	`78`	Price, ElliottElliott Price	7.0 !Sr
T	`77`	Simmons, RoyRoy Simmons	3.0 !So
RB	`46`	Sims, DavidDavid Sims	7.0 !Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`25`	Bessillieu, DonDon Bessillieu	3.0 !So
DB	`30`	Daykin, TonyTony Daykin	3.0 !So
DB	`42`	Porter, EddieEddie Porter	7.0 !Sr
DB	`20`	Rhino, DannyDanny Rhino	7.0 !Sr
LB	`89`	Sanford, LuciusLucius Sanford	5.0 !Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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v · d · e	Conf			Overall
1976 NCAA Division I Independents football records
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 17 Rutgers		–		11	–	0	–	0
San Diego State		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Notre Dame		–		9	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		8	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		8	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		8	–	3	–	0
Memphis State		–		7	–	4	–	0
North Texas State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		7	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina		–		6	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		6	–	5	–	0
Army		–		5	–	6	–	0
Florida State		–		5	–	6	–	0
Illinois State		–		5	–	6	–	0
Richmond		–		5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		4	–	6	–	1
Temple		–		4	–	6	–	0
Air Force		–		4	–	7	–	0
Dayton		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		4	–	7	–	0
Indiana State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Hawaii		–		3	–	8	–	0
Holy Cross		–		3	–	8	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		3	–	8	–	0
Syracuse		–		3	–	8	–	0
Utah State		–		3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		2	–	9	–	0
Southern Miss		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll