1938 Vanderbilt
6–3 (4–3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ray Morrison. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Washington St. Louis 20–0Sep 24
By 20 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | atWashington St. Louis | W 20–0 | 59% |
| Oct 1 | vs Western Kentucky | W 12–0 | 95% |
| Oct 8 | at Kentucky | W 14–7 | 55% |
| Oct 15 | vs Ole Miss | W 13–7 | 64% |
| Oct 22 | at LSU | L 0–7 | 38% |
| Oct 29 | vs Georgia Tech | W 13–7 | 66% |
| Nov 5 | vsSewanee | W 14–0 | 89% |
| Nov 12 | vs 4Tennessee | L 0–14 | 47% |
| Nov 24 | at Alabama | L 0–7 | 31% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Alabama 7–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 16
- Record
- 6–3
- Conference
- 4–3 6th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 16
- Points
- 86–49
- Coach
- Ray Morrison
- Elo
- 1568 +23 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 5.8 No. 37 of 122 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Marvin Franklin
All-SEC
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Marvin FranklinEAP-2; UP-1
Second team
- Maurice HoldgraffOTAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1938 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 7–0 | 11–0 | 2 |
| Alabama | 4–1–1 | 7–1–1 | 13 |
 Tulane | 4–1–1 | 7–2–1 | 19 |
| Ole Miss | 3–2 | 9–2 | |
| Georgia Tech | 2–1–3 | 3–4–3 | |
| Vanderbilt | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
 Auburn | 3–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
 Florida | 2–2–1 | 4–6–1 | |
 Georgia | 1–2–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| LSU | 2–4 | 6–4 | |
 Mississippi State | 1–4 | 4–6 | |
| Kentucky | 0–4 | 2–7 | |
| Sewanee | 0–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.