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1957 Vanderbilt

5–⁠3–⁠2 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Arthur Guepe.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1957, game by game: tied vs. Missouri 7–7; won at Georgia 9–6; tied vs. Alabama 6–6; lost vs. No. 14 Ole Miss 0–28; won at Penn State 32–20; won vs. LSU 7–0; won vs. Kentucky 12–7; lost at Florida 7–14; won vs. The Citadel 27–0; lost at No. 18 Tennessee 6–20+27−28Tied 7–7 vs. Missouri0MissouriWon 9–6 at Georgia+3GeorgiaTied 6–6 vs. Alabama0AlabamaLost 0–28 vs. No. 14 Ole Miss-28No. 14 Ole MissWon 32–20 at Penn State+12Penn StateWon 7–0 vs. LSU+7LSUWon 12–7 vs. Kentucky+5KentuckyLost 7–14 at Florida-7FloridaWon 27–0 vs. The Citadel+27The CitadelLost 6–20 at No. 18 Tennessee-14No. 18 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsMissouriT 7–⁠764%
Sep 28atGeorgiaW 9–⁠656%
Oct 5vsAlabamaT 6–⁠675%
Oct 12vs14Ole MissL 0–⁠2838%
Oct 19atPenn StateW 32–⁠2032%
Nov 2vsLSUW 7–⁠057%
Nov 9vsKentuckyW 12–⁠771%
Nov 16atFloridaL 7–⁠1438%
Nov 23vsThe CitadelW 27–⁠078%
Nov 30at18TennesseeL 6–⁠2030%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 20–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 47th-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 1957.

Record
5–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
113–⁠108
Coach
Arthur Guepe
Elo
1534 +26 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.0 No. 34 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 1Phil King FBNew York Giants
Rd 6Bob Taylor EBaltimore Colts

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn7–⁠010–⁠01
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Mississippi State4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠114
Florida4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠117
Tennessee4–⁠38–⁠313
LSU4–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠43–⁠7
Alabama1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠73–⁠7

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