Air Force vs. Vanderbilt

Air Force and Vanderbilt have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1976; Air Force leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Air Force 3–⁠2, and Air Force has won the last 2.

Air Force wins
3
Vanderbilt wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1976
Longest streak
2 Air Force
Current streak
2 Air Force
Last 10 meetings
Air Force 3–⁠2
Most recent
1982

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s2–⁠2
1980s1–⁠0
Average margin
10.6 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Air Force
2–⁠0 Air Force’s record at home
At Vanderbilt
2–⁠0 Vanderbilt’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Air Force first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Air Force’s biggest win1982: Air Force 36, Vanderbilt 28by 8 points
  2. Vanderbilt’s biggest win1976: Vanderbilt 34, Air Force 10by 24 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Air Force and Vanderbilt, 1976 on13001500170019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Whit Taylor Vanderbilt1982
Carl Dieudonne Air Force1982

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 31, 1982Air Force 36, Vanderbilt 28Neutral siteHall of Fame Classic
Nov 17, 1979Air Force 30, Vanderbilt 29at Air Force
Nov 18, 1978Vanderbilt 41, Air Force 27at Vanderbilt
Nov 12, 1977Air Force 34, Vanderbilt 28at Air Force
Nov 13, 1976Vanderbilt 34, Air Force 10at Vanderbilt

Every game is listed as played on the field.