1934 Vanderbilt

6–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Dan McGugin.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1934, game by game: won vs. Mississippi State 7–0; won at Georgia Tech 27–12; won vs. Cincinnati 32–0; won vs. Auburn 7–6; lost vs. LSU 0–29; won at George Washington 7–6; won vs. Sewanee 19–0; lost vs. Tennessee 6–13; lost at Alabama 0–34+32−34Won 7–0 vs. Mississippi State+7Mississippi Sta…Won 27–12 at Georgia Tech+15Georgia TechWon 32–0 vs. Cincinnati+32CincinnatiWon 7–6 vs. Auburn+1AuburnLost 0–29 vs. LSU-29LSUWon 7–6 at George Washington+1George Washingt…Won 19–0 vs. Sewanee+19SewaneeLost 6–13 vs. Tennessee-7TennesseeLost 0–34 at Alabama-34Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 34–⁠0; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1934.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
105–⁠100
Coach
Dan McGugin
Elo
1538 −3 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.9 No. 48 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Eugene Beck

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

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From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1934 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tulane8–⁠010–⁠1
Alabama7–⁠010–⁠0
Tennessee5–⁠18–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠3
Vanderbilt4–⁠36–⁠3
Florida2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kentucky1–⁠35–⁠5
Auburn1–⁠62–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠54–⁠6
Sewanee0–⁠42–⁠7
Georgia Tech0–⁠61–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.