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1956 Vanderbilt

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

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1956, game by game: won vs. Georgia 14–0; won vs. Chattanooga 46–7; won at Alabama 32–7; lost at No. 7 Ole Miss 0–16; lost vs. Florida 7–21; won at Middle Tennessee 23–13; won at Virginia 6–2; lost at Kentucky 6–7; lost vs. Tulane 6–13; lost vs. No. 2 Tennessee 7–27+39−20Won 14–0 vs. Georgia+14GeorgiaWon 46–7 vs. Chattanooga+39ChattanoogaWon 32–7 at Alabama+25AlabamaLost 0–16 at No. 7 Ole Miss-16No. 7 Ole MissLost 7–21 vs. Florida-14FloridaWon 23–13 at Middle Tennessee+10Middle TennesseeWon 6–2 at Virginia+4VirginiaLost 6–7 at Kentucky-1KentuckyLost 6–13 vs. Tulane-7TulaneLost 7–27 vs. No. 2 Tennessee-20No. 2 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsGeorgiaW 14–⁠069%
Sep 29vsChattanoogaW 46–⁠794%
Oct 6atAlabamaW 32–⁠771%
Oct 13at7Ole MissL 0–⁠1631%
Oct 20vsFloridaL 7–⁠2166%
Oct 27atMiddle TennesseeW 23–⁠1384%
Nov 3atVirginiaW 6–⁠268%
Nov 10atKentuckyL 6–⁠740%
Nov 17vsTulaneL 6–⁠1359%
Dec 1vs2TennesseeL 7–⁠2732%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 27–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 51st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 15
  2. Wk 3: 18
  3. 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 1956.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
147–⁠113
Coach
Arthur Guepe
Elo
1512 −50 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.1 No. 38 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Don Orr and Art Demmas

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠010–⁠12
Georgia Tech7–⁠110–⁠14
Florida5–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss4–⁠27–⁠3
Auburn4–⁠37–⁠3
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠4
Tulane3–⁠36–⁠4
Vanderbilt2–⁠55–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
LSU1–⁠53–⁠7
Georgia1–⁠63–⁠6–⁠1

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