The 1976 All-East football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season.

The undefeated 1976 Pittsburgh Panthers football team won the national championship and placed 10 players on the All-Eastern first-team selections of the AP and UPI. Pitt running back Tony Dorsett also won the 1976 Heisman Trophy.

Offense

Quarterback

  • Paul Micholko, Brown (AP-1)
  • Leamon Hall, Army (UPI-1)

Running backs

  • Tony Dorsett, Pitt (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • John Pagliaro, Yale (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Glen Capriola, Boston College (UPI-1)
  • Carson Long, Pitt (UPI-1)

Tight end

  • Jim Corbett, Pitt (AP-1)
  • Clennie Brundidge, Army (UPI-1)

Wide receivers

  • Bob Farnham, Brown (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Steve Lewis, West Virginia (AP-1)

Tackles

Guards

Center

  • Chuck Lodge, Villanova (AP-1)
  • John Pelusi, Pitt (UPI-1)

Defense

Ends

  • Nate Toran, Rutgers (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Cecil Johnson, Pitt (AP-1)
  • Byron Hemingway, Boston College (UPI-1)

Tackles

  • John Alexander, Rutgers (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Randy Holloway, Pitt (AP-1, UPI-1)

Middle guard

Linebackers

  • Kurt Allerman, Penn State (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Bob Walls, Bostonn College (AP-1)
  • Doug Curtis, Colgate (AP-1)
  • Peter Cronan, Boston College (UPI-1)
  • Ken Culbertson, West Virginia (UPI-1)

Defensive backs

  • Gary Petercuskie, Penn State (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Bob Jury, Pitt (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Tim Moresco, Syracuse (AP-1, UPI-1)

Key

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pitt Places Seven On All-East Team". York Daily Record. December 1, 1976. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
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