1976 Auburn Tigers football team

1976 Auburn Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1976 record	4–7 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Doug Barfield
Home stadium	Jordan-Hare Stadium

1976 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#10 Georgia $	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#11 Alabama	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#20 Mississippi State	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Florida	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
#18 Kentucky	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
LSU	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Mississippi State later forfeited all 1976 wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1976 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

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11, 1976	at Arizona*		Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 19–31	52,206
September 18, 1976	Baylor*		Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	L 14–15	50,000
September 25, 1976	vs. Tennessee		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	W 38–28	50,000
October 2, 1976	vs. No. 16 Mississippi		Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS	W 10–0	40,500
October 9, 1976	at Memphis State*		Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	L 27–28	48,561
October 16, 1976	Georgia Tech*		Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	L 10–28	63,786
October 23, 1976	Florida State*		Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	W 31–19	58,500
October 30, 1976	at No. 12 Florida		Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	L 19–24	65,129
November 6, 1976	Mississippi State		Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS	W 19–28  (vacated)	37,000
November 13, 1976	No. 7 Georgia		Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 0–28	63,912
November 27, 1976	vs. No. 18 Alabama		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	L 7–38	70,303
*Non-conference game.

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References

1. 2011 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 182–4 (2011). Retrieved August 19, 2011
2. 2005 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 142–143,178 (2005). Retrieved August 19, 2011