1942 Vanderbilt
6–4 (2–4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Red Sanders. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Centre 66–0Oct 24
By 66 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs Tennessee Tech | W 52–0 | 93% |
| Oct 3 | vs Purdue | W 26–0 | 71% |
| Oct 10 | at Kentucky | W 7–6 | 48% |
| Oct 17 | vs Mississippi State | L 0–33 | 54% |
| Oct 24 | vsCentre | W 66–0 | 91% |
| Oct 31 | at Tulane | L 21–28 | 38% |
| Nov 7 | vs Ole Miss | W 19–0 | 50% |
| Nov 14 | atUnion (Tennessee) | W 27–0 | 85% |
| Nov 21 | at 9Alabama | L 7–27 | 30% |
| Nov 28 | vs 10Tennessee | L 7–19 | 38% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 19–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 12
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 1942.
- Record
- 6–4
- Conference
- 2–4 8th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 12
- Points
- 232–113
- Coach
- Red Sanders
- Elo
- 1520 −15 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.5 No. 33 of 121 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Fred Holder
- Offense
- Single-wing
Drafted in 1943
The 1943 draft| Rd 1 | Jack Jenkins FB | Washington Redskins |
All-SEC
1 first teamFirst team
Jack JenkinsQBAP-1; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1942 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Georgia | 6–1 | 11–1 | 2 |
| Tennessee | 4–1 | 9–1–1 | 7 |
 Georgia Tech | 4–1 | 9–2 | 5 |
| Mississippi State | 5–2 | 8–2 | 18 |
| Alabama | 4–2 | 8–3 | 10 |
 LSU | 3–2 | 7–3 | |
 Auburn | 3–3 | 6–4–1 | 16 |
| Vanderbilt | 2–4 | 6–4 | |
 Florida | 1–3 | 3–7 | |
| Tulane | 1–4 | 4–5 | |
| Kentucky | 0–5 | 3–6–1 | |
| Ole Miss | 0–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.