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1966 Vanderbilt

1–⁠9 (0–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jack Green.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1966, game by game: won vs. The Citadel 24–0; lost at Georgia Tech 0–42; lost vs. Florida 0–13; lost at Virginia Tech 6–21; lost at No. 4 Alabama 6–42; lost vs. Tulane 12–13; lost at Kentucky 10–14; lost vs. Navy 14–30; lost at Ole Miss 0–34; lost vs. Tennessee 0–28+24−42Won 24–0 vs. The Citadel+24The CitadelLost 0–42 at Georgia Tech-42Georgia TechLost 0–13 vs. Florida-13FloridaLost 6–21 at Virginia Tech-15Virginia TechLost 6–42 at No. 4 Alabama-36No. 4 AlabamaLost 12–13 vs. Tulane-1TulaneLost 10–14 at Kentucky-4KentuckyLost 14–30 vs. Navy-16NavyLost 0–34 at Ole Miss-34Ole MissLost 0–28 vs. Tennessee-28Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsThe CitadelW 24–⁠068%
Sep 24atGeorgia TechL 0–⁠4224%
Oct 1vsFloridaL 0–⁠1331%
Oct 15atVirginia TechL 6–⁠2125%
Oct 22at4AlabamaL 6–⁠429%
Oct 29vsTulaneL 12–⁠1347%
Nov 5atKentuckyL 10–⁠1431%
Nov 12vsNavyL 14–⁠3040%
Nov 19atOle MissL 0–⁠3410%
Nov 26vsTennesseeL 0–⁠2820%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 28–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 107th-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 1966.

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠5 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
72–⁠237
Coach
Jack Green
Elo
1338 −87 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.7 No. 85 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Scott HallOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1966 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠03
Georgia5–⁠010–⁠14
Florida4–⁠19–⁠2
Ole Miss5–⁠28–⁠3
Tennessee3–⁠28–⁠3
LSU2–⁠35–⁠4–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
Auburn1–⁠54–⁠6
Mississippi State0–⁠62–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠51–⁠9

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