The 1976 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The season was the seventh for Doug Dickey as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Dickey's 1976 Florida Gators finished with an 8–4 overall record and a 4–2 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing fourth among ten SEC teams.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	vs. North Carolina*	No. 18	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL		L 21–24	42,262	[2]
September 18	Houston*		Florida Field Gainesville, FL		W 49–14	49,820	[3]
September 25	Mississippi State		Florida Field Gainesville, FL		W 34–30	49,117	[4]
October 2	No. 11 LSU	No. 19	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 28–23	57,119	[5]
October 16	at Florida State*	No. 12	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)		W 33–26	42,803	[6]
October 23	at Tennessee	No. 11	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		W 20–18	82,596	[7]
October 30	Auburn	No. 12	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 24–19	65,129	[8]
November 6	vs. No. 7 Georgia	No. 10	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 27–41	70,314	[9]
November 13	at Kentucky	No. 15	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		L 9–28	55,000	[10]
November 20	Rice*		Florida Field Gainesville, FL		W 50–22	53,275	[11]
November 27	vs. Miami (FL)*		Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (rivalry)		W 19–10	40,055	[12]
January 2, 1977	vs. No. 10 Texas A&M*		Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 14–37	33,250	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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