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1955 Vanderbilt

8–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Arthur Guepe.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1955, game by game: lost at Georgia 13–14; won vs. Alabama 21–6; lost vs. Ole Miss 0–13; won at Chattanooga 12–0; won vs. Middle Tennessee 46–0; won vs. Virginia 34–7; won vs. Kentucky 34–0; won at Tulane 20–7; won vs. Florida 21–6; lost at Tennessee 14–20; won vs. No. 10 Auburn 25–13+46−13Lost 13–14 at Georgia-1GeorgiaWon 21–6 vs. Alabama+15AlabamaLost 0–13 vs. Ole Miss-13Ole MissWon 12–0 at Chattanooga+12ChattanoogaWon 46–0 vs. Middle Tennessee+46Middle TennesseeWon 34–7 vs. Virginia+27VirginiaWon 34–0 vs. Kentucky+34KentuckyWon 20–7 at Tulane+13TulaneWon 21–6 vs. Florida+15FloridaLost 14–20 at Tennessee-6TennesseeWon 25–13 vs. No. 10 Auburn+12No. 10 Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atGeorgiaL 13–⁠1440%
Oct 1vsAlabamaW 21–⁠650%
Oct 8vsOle MissL 0–⁠1329%
Oct 14atChattanoogaW 12–⁠083%
Oct 22vsMiddle TennesseeW 46–⁠089%
Oct 29vsVirginiaW 34–⁠772%
Nov 5vsKentuckyW 34–⁠045%
Nov 12atTulaneW 20–⁠744%
Nov 19vsFloridaW 21–⁠665%
Nov 26atTennesseeL 14–⁠2048%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs10AuburnGator BowlW 25–⁠1338%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Auburn 25–⁠13 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 11: 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 1955.

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
240–⁠86
Coach
Arthur Guepe
Elo
1594 +144 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.0 No. 10 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Larry Frank and Jim Cunningham

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 1Charles Horton RBLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Charley HortonRBAP-1; UP-2

Second team

  • Joe StephensonEAP-2; UP-3
  • Larry FrankOGAP-3; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠110–⁠110
Auburn5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Georgia Tech4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Vanderbilt4–⁠38–⁠3
Mississippi State4–⁠46–⁠4
Kentucky3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tulane3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
LSU2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Florida3–⁠54–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠54–⁠6
Alabama0–⁠70–⁠10

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