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.

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)

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