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1961 Vanderbilt

2–⁠8 (1–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Arthur Guepe.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1961, game by game: won vs. West Virginia 16–6; won at Georgia 21–0; lost vs. Alabama 6–35; lost at UCLA 21–28; lost vs. Florida 0–7; lost at Ole Miss 0–47; lost vs. Kentucky 3–16; lost at Tulane 14–17; lost vs. South Carolina 7–23; lost at Tennessee 7–41+21−47Won 16–6 vs. West Virginia+10West VirginiaWon 21–0 at Georgia+21GeorgiaLost 6–35 vs. Alabama-29AlabamaLost 21–28 at UCLA-7UCLALost 0–7 vs. Florida-7FloridaLost 0–47 at Ole Miss-47Ole MissLost 3–16 vs. Kentucky-13KentuckyLost 14–17 at Tulane-3TulaneLost 7–23 vs. South Carolina-16South CarolinaLost 7–41 at Tennessee-34Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsWest VirginiaW 16–⁠670%
Sep 30atGeorgiaW 21–⁠032%
Oct 7vsAlabamaL 6–⁠3539%
Oct 14atUCLAL 21–⁠2833%
Oct 21vsFloridaL 0–⁠740%
Oct 28atOle MissL 0–⁠4711%
Nov 11vsKentuckyL 3–⁠1644%
Nov 17atTulaneL 14–⁠1745%
Nov 25vsSouth CarolinaL 7–⁠2357%
Dec 2atTennesseeL 7–⁠4117%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 41–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠6 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
95–⁠220
Coach
Arthur Guepe
Elo
1361 −83 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.3 No. 66 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1961 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠01
LSU6–⁠010–⁠14
Ole Miss5–⁠19–⁠25
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠413
Tennessee4–⁠36–⁠4
Florida3–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠46–⁠4
Kentucky2–⁠45–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠53–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠55–⁠5
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠62–⁠8

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