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1976 College Football All-America Team

Official list of the best college football players of 1976 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 1976 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1976. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1976 season. They are:[1] (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);[2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;[3] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers;[4] and (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers.[5] Other selectors included Football News (FN),[6] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[7] The Sporting News (TSN),[8] and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).

Three players were unanimously selected by all four official selectors and all five unofficial selectors. They were running backs Tony Dorsett of Pittsburgh and Ricky Bell of USC and defensive end Ross Browner of Notre Dame.

The 1976 USC Trojans football team led all others with five players who received first-team All-American honors in 1976. In addition to Ricky Bell, the USC honorees were offensive tackle Marvin Powell, defensive end Dennis Thurman, defensive tackle Gary Jeter, and punter Glen Walker. The consensus national champion Pittsburgh Panthers team had two first-team honorees: Tony Dorsett and middle guard Al Romano.

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Consensus All-Americans

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The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1976 and displays which first-team designations they received.

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Offense

Receivers

Tight end

  • Ken MacAfee, Notre Dame (AFCA, FWAA, UPI-1, CFN, NEA-1 WC)
  • Clennie Brundidge, Army (UPI-2)
  • Don Hasselbeck, Colorado (NEA-2, TSN)

Tackles

Guards

  • Mark Donahue, Michigan (FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, WC, FN)
  • Joel Parrish, Georgia (AFCA, AP-3, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, TSN, WC)
  • Steve Schindler, Boston College (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, TSN, CFN)
  • Ted Albrecht, California (AP-1)
  • T.J. Humphreys, Arkansas State (AP-1)
  • Bill Dufek, Michigan (CFN)
  • Tom Brzoza, Pittsburgh (AP-2, UPI-2)
  • Donnie Hickman, USC (UPI-2, NEA-2)
  • Mitch Hoban, Ball State (AP-3)

Centers

Quarterbacks

Running backs

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Defense

Defensive ends

  • Ross Browner, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, CFN, FN, NEA-1, TSN, WC)
  • Bob Brudzinski, Ohio State (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-2, CFN, NEA-2, TSN [LB])
  • Mike Butler, Kansas (NEA-1 [DT], TSN [DT], FN)
  • Duncan McColl, Stanford (AP-2, UPI-1, CFN, WC)
  • Robin Cole, New Mexico (AP-3, UPI-2, NEA-2 [LB])
  • Nate Toran, Rutgers (AP-2)
  • Phil Dokes, Oklahoma State (NEA-2)
  • Cary Godette, East Carolina (AP-3)

Defensive tackles

Middle guards

  • Al Romano, Pittsburgh (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, WC)
  • Gary Don Johnson, Baylor (AP-2)
  • Mike Stensrud, Iowa State (NEA-2)
  • Harvey Hull, Mississippi State (UPI-2)
  • Jeff Sapp, Navy (AP-3)

Linebackers

Defensive backs

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Special teams

Kickers

Punters

Returner

Key

  • Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

Other selectors

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