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

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