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1947 Vanderbilt

6–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Red Sanders.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1947, game by game: won at Northwestern 3–0; won vs. Alabama 14–7; won vs. No. 18 Ole Miss 10–6; lost vs. No. 20 Kentucky 0–14; lost at No. 18 LSU 13–19; won vs. Auburn 28–0; won vs. Tennessee Tech 68–0; won at Miami 33–7; lost vs. Maryland 6–20; lost at Tennessee 7–12+68−14Won 3–0 at Northwestern+3NorthwesternWon 14–7 vs. Alabama+7AlabamaWon 10–6 vs. No. 18 Ole Miss+4No. 18 Ole MissLost 0–14 vs. No. 20 Kentucky-14No. 20 KentuckyLost 13–19 at No. 18 LSU-6No. 18 LSUWon 28–0 vs. Auburn+28AuburnWon 68–0 vs. Tennessee Tech+68Tennessee TechWon 33–7 at Miami+26MiamiLost 6–20 vs. Maryland-14MarylandLost 7–12 at Tennessee-5Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atNorthwesternW 3–⁠040%
Oct 4vsAlabamaW 14–⁠746%
Oct 11vs18Ole MissW 10–⁠663%
Oct 18vs20KentuckyL 0–⁠1452%
Oct 25at18LSUL 13–⁠1927%
Nov 1vsAuburnW 28–⁠075%
Nov 8vsTennessee TechW 68–⁠095%
Nov 14atMiamiW 33–⁠755%
Nov 22vsMarylandL 6–⁠2062%
Nov 29atTennesseeL 7–⁠1236%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 12–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 2: 10
  3. Wk 3: 19

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 1947.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
182–⁠85
Coach
Red Sanders
Elo
1499 +14 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.7 No. 26 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
John North and Tex Robertson
Offense
Single-wing

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • John NorthEAP-2; UP

Second team

  • Tex RobertsonOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss6–⁠19–⁠213
Georgia Tech4–⁠110–⁠110
Alabama5–⁠28–⁠36
Georgia3–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Vanderbilt3–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State2–⁠27–⁠3
Tulane2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
LSU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠38–⁠3
Tennessee2–⁠35–⁠5
Auburn1–⁠52–⁠7
Florida0–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1

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