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

  • Leamon Hall, Army (AP-2, UPI-1)
  • Paul Michalko, Brown (AP-1)

Running backs

  • Tony Dorsett, Pitt (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • John Pagliaro, Yale (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Glen Capriola, Boston College (AP-2, UPI-1)
  • Carson Long, Pitt (UPI-1)
  • Anthony Anderson, Temple (AP-2)

Tight end

  • Clennie Brundidge, Army (AP-2, UPI-1)
  • James Corbett, Pitt (AP-1)

Wide receivers

  • Bob Farnham, Brown (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Steve Lewis, West Virginia (AP-1)
  • Mark Twitty, Rutgers (AP-2)
  • Harry Wilson, Dartmouth (AP-2)

Tackles

  • George Reihner, Penn State (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Brad Benson, Penn State (AP-2, UPI-1)
  • John Hanhauser, Pitt (AP-1)
  • Pat Sullivan, Dartmouth (AP-2)

Guards

  • Tom Brzoza, Pitt (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Steve Schindler, Boston College (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Steve Carfora, Yale (AP-2)
  • Pat Staub, Temple (AP-2)

Center

  • Chuck Lodge, Villanova (AP-1)
  • John Pelusi, Pitt (UPI-1)
  • Michael Foley, Colgate (AP-2)

Defense

Ends

  • Nate Toran, Rutgers (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Cecil Johnson, Pitt (AP-1)
  • Byron Hemingway, Boston College (UPI-1)
  • Ron Crosby, Penn State (AP-2)
  • Chuck Schott, Army (AP-2)

Tackles

  • John Alexander, Rutgers (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Randy Holloway, Pitt (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Don Parrish, Pitt (AP-2)
  • Chuck Smith, West Virginia (AP-2)

Middle guard

  • Al Romano, Pitt (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Jeff Sapp, Navy (AP-2)

Linebackers

  • Kurt Allerman, Penn State (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Peter Cronan, Boston College (AP-2, UPI-1)
  • Bob Walls, Boston College (AP-1)
  • Doug Curtis, Colgate (AP-1)
  • Ken Culbertson, West Virginia (UPI-1)
  • Jim Hughes, Rutgers (AP-2)
  • Tom Joyce, Harvard (AP-2)

Defensive backs

  • Gary Petercuskie, Penn State (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Bob Jury, Pitt (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Tim Moresco, Syracuse (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Ed Backus, Columbia (AP-2)
  • Kelly Elias, Boston College (AP-2)
  • Henry Jenkins, Rutgers (AP-2)

Key

  • AP = Associated Press
  • UPI = United Press International

See also

  • 1976 College Football All-America Team

References


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