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1954 Vanderbilt

2–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Arthur Guepe.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1954, game by game: lost vs. No. 10 Baylor 19–25; lost at Alabama 14–28; lost vs. No. 7 Ole Miss 7–22; lost at Georgia 14–16; lost at No. 19 Rice 13–34; lost at Kentucky 7–19; lost vs. Tulane 0–6; won vs. Villanova 34–19; won vs. Tennessee 26–0+26−21Lost 19–25 vs. No. 10 Baylor-6No. 10 BaylorLost 14–28 at Alabama-14AlabamaLost 7–22 vs. No. 7 Ole Miss-15No. 7 Ole MissLost 14–16 at Georgia-2GeorgiaLost 13–34 at No. 19 Rice-21No. 19 RiceLost 7–19 at Kentucky-12KentuckyLost 0–6 vs. Tulane-6TulaneWon 34–19 vs. Villanova+15VillanovaWon 26–0 vs. Tennessee+26Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vs10BaylorL 19–⁠2540%
Oct 2atAlabamaL 14–⁠2826%
Oct 9vs7Ole MissL 7–⁠2227%
Oct 16atGeorgiaL 14–⁠1632%
Oct 30at19RiceL 13–⁠3419%
Nov 6atKentuckyL 7–⁠1920%
Nov 13vsTulaneL 0–⁠665%
Nov 20vsVillanovaW 34–⁠1967%
Nov 27vsTennesseeW 26–⁠041%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 26–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 75th-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 1954.

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
134–⁠169
Coach
Arthur Guepe
Elo
1425 −37 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.9 No. 53 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Pete Williams and John Hall

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

  • Bobby GoodallOGAP-1; UP

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠09–⁠26
Georgia Tech6–⁠28–⁠3
Kentucky5–⁠27–⁠3
Florida5–⁠25–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠38–⁠313
Mississippi State3–⁠36–⁠4
Alabama3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
LSU2–⁠55–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠6–⁠11–⁠6–⁠3
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7

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