1976 All-East football team

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