Miami vs. Vanderbilt
Miami and Vanderbilt have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1947; the series is tied 4–4 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s even at 4–4, and Miami has won the last 4. Share
- Miami wins
- 4
- Vanderbilt wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1947
- Longest streak
- 4 Vanderbilt
- Current streak
- 4 Miami
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 4–4
- Most recent
- 1981
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–0 |
- Average margin
- 18.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Miami
- 2–4 Miami’s record at home
- At Vanderbilt
- 0–2 Vanderbilt’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Miami’s biggest win1981: Miami 48, Vanderbilt 16by 32 points
- Vanderbilt’s biggest win1948: Vanderbilt 33, Miami 6by 27 points
Both programs through the years
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.
From the newspapers
1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 8, 1952
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 3, 1981 | 17Miami 48, Vanderbilt 16 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 15, 1980 | Miami 24, Vanderbilt 17 | at Vanderbilt | ||
| Nov 13, 1965 | Miami 28, Vanderbilt 14 | at Vanderbilt | ||
| Nov 20, 1964 | Miami 35, Vanderbilt 17 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 31, 1958 | Vanderbilt 28, Miami 15 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 7, 1952 | Vanderbilt 9, Miami 0 | at Miami | ||
| Dec 3, 1948 | Vanderbilt 33, Miami 6 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 14, 1947 | Vanderbilt 33, Miami 7 | at Miami |
Every game is listed as played on the field.