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1950 Vanderbilt

7–⁠4 (3–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Edwards.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1950, game by game: won vs. Middle Tennessee 47–0; won vs. Auburn 41–0; won at No. 12 Alabama 27–22; won vs. Ole Miss 20–14; lost vs. Florida 27–31; won at Arkansas 14–13; won at Chattanooga 34–12; lost vs. LSU 7–33; won at Memphis 29–13; lost at Tulane 6–35; lost vs. Tennessee 0–43+47−43Won 47–0 vs. Middle Tennessee+47Middle TennesseeWon 41–0 vs. Auburn+41AuburnWon 27–22 at No. 12 Alabama+5No. 12 AlabamaWon 20–14 vs. Ole Miss+6Ole MissLost 27–31 vs. Florida-4FloridaWon 14–13 at Arkansas+1ArkansasWon 34–12 at Chattanooga+22ChattanoogaLost 7–33 vs. LSU-26LSUWon 29–13 at Memphis+16MemphisLost 6–35 at Tulane-29TulaneLost 0–43 vs. Tennessee-43Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsMiddle TennesseeW 47–⁠095%
Sep 30vsAuburnW 41–⁠077%
Oct 7at12AlabamaW 27–⁠2234%
Oct 14vsOle MissW 20–⁠1462%
Oct 21vsFloridaL 27–⁠3172%
Oct 28atArkansasW 14–⁠1352%
Nov 3atChattanoogaW 34–⁠1280%
Nov 11vsLSUL 7–⁠3362%
Nov 18atMemphisW 29–⁠1390%
Nov 25atTulaneL 6–⁠3530%
Dec 2vsTennesseeL 0–⁠4335%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 43–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 19
  2. Wk 4: 13

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 1950.

Led the nationBucky Curtis: receiving yards (791 yds), yards per catch (29.3)

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
252–⁠216
Coach
Bill Edwards
Elo
1504 −30 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.8 No. 61 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Russ Faulkinberry
Offense
T formation

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 2Herb Rich BLos Angeles Rams
Rd 2Bucky Curtis ECleveland Browns

All-SEC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Russ FaulkinberryOTAP-2
  • Bob WerckleOTUP-2
  • Bill WadeQBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kentucky5–⁠111–⁠17
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠216
Tulane3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠120
Georgia Tech4–⁠25–⁠6
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠3
Vanderbilt3–⁠47–⁠4
Mississippi State3–⁠44–⁠5
LSU2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Florida2–⁠45–⁠5
Ole Miss1–⁠55–⁠5
Auburn0–⁠70–⁠10

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