The 1976 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1976 college football season.
Schedule
Date |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
1976-09-11 |
#15 California* |
#16 |
Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA |
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W 36–24 |
47,000 |
1976-09-18 |
at Clemson* |
#9 |
Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC |
ABC |
W 41–0 |
41,000 |
1976-09-25 |
South Carolina* |
#7 |
Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA |
|
W 20–12 |
59,935 |
1976-10-02 |
#10 Alabama |
#6 |
Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA |
|
W 21–0 |
60,200 |
1976-10-09 |
at Mississippi |
#4 |
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS |
|
L 17–21 |
36,471 |
1976-10-16 |
Vanderbilt |
#11 |
Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA |
|
W 45–0 |
59,100 |
1976-10-23 |
at Kentucky |
#10 |
Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY |
|
W 31–7 |
57,733 |
1976-10-30 |
Cincinnati* |
#7 |
Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA |
|
W 31–17 |
49,500 |
1976-11-06 |
vs. #10 Florida |
#7 |
Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party) |
ABC |
W 41–27 |
70,314 |
1976-11-13 |
at Auburn |
#7 |
Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) |
|
W 28–0 |
63,912 |
1976-11-27 |
Georgia Tech* |
#4 |
Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) |
|
W 13–10 |
60,500 |
1977-01-01 |
vs. #1 Pittsburgh* |
#5 |
Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) |
ABC |
L 3–27 |
76,117 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
Game notes
Alabama
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Alabama |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
• Georgia |
0 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
21 |
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Scoring summary |
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2 |
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UGA |
Robinson 3-yard run (Leavitt kick) |
UGA 7-0 |
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3 |
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UGA |
Williams 2-yard run (Leavitt kick) |
UGA 14-0 |
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4 |
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UGA |
Norris 6-yard pass from Robinson (Leavitt kick) |
UGA 21-0 |
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Georgia's first win versus Alabama since 1965.
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