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1959 Vanderbilt

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

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1959, game by game: lost at No. 17 Georgia 6–21; tied vs. Alabama 7–7; lost vs. No. 5 Ole Miss 0–33; won vs. No. 19 Florida 13–6; won at Virginia 33–0; lost at Minnesota 6–20; won vs. Kentucky 11–6; tied at Tulane 6–6; won vs. North Alabama 42–7; won at Tennessee 14–0+35−33Lost 6–21 at No. 17 Georgia-15No. 17 GeorgiaTied 7–7 vs. Alabama0AlabamaLost 0–33 vs. No. 5 Ole Miss-33No. 5 Ole MissWon 13–6 vs. No. 19 Florida+7No. 19 FloridaWon 33–0 at Virginia+33VirginiaLost 6–20 at Minnesota-14MinnesotaWon 11–6 vs. Kentucky+5KentuckyTied 6–6 at Tulane0TulaneWon 42–7 vs. North Alabama+35North AlabamaWon 14–0 at Tennessee+14Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26at17GeorgiaL 6–⁠2145%
Oct 3vsAlabamaT 7–⁠762%
Oct 10vs5Ole MissL 0–⁠3333%
Oct 17vs19FloridaW 13–⁠642%
Oct 24atVirginiaW 33–⁠074%
Oct 31atMinnesotaL 6–⁠2062%
Nov 7vsKentuckyW 11–⁠657%
Nov 14atTulaneT 6–⁠654%
Nov 21vsNorth AlabamaW 42–⁠790%
Nov 28atTennesseeW 14–⁠042%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
5–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠2 tied for 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
138–⁠106
Coach
Arthur Guepe
Elo
1552 +10 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.0 No. 31 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 1Tom Moore RBGreen Bay Packers

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Larry WagnerOTAP-2; UPI-3

From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1959 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia7–⁠010–⁠15
Ole Miss5–⁠110–⁠12
LSU5–⁠19–⁠23
Alabama4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠210
Auburn4–⁠37–⁠3
Vanderbilt3–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠36–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠45–⁠4–⁠119
Kentucky1–⁠64–⁠6
Tulane0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠72–⁠7

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