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1970 Vanderbilt

4–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Pace.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1970, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 39–6; won vs. The Citadel 52–0; lost vs. Mississippi State 6–20; lost vs. No. 19 North Carolina 7–10; lost at Alabama 11–35; lost at Georgia 3–37; lost vs. No. 13 Ole Miss 16–26; lost vs. Tulane 7–10; won at Kentucky 18–17; won at Tampa 36–28; lost vs. No. 7 Tennessee 6–24+52−34Won 39–6 vs. Chattanooga+33ChattanoogaWon 52–0 vs. The Citadel+52The CitadelLost 6–20 vs. Mississippi State-14Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–10 vs. No. 19 North Carolina-3No. 19 North CarolinaLost 11–35 at Alabama-24AlabamaLost 3–37 at Georgia-34GeorgiaLost 16–26 vs. No. 13 Ole Miss-10No. 13 Ole MissLost 7–10 vs. Tulane-3TulaneWon 18–17 at Kentucky+1KentuckyWon 36–28 at Tampa+8TampaLost 6–24 vs. No. 7 Tennessee-18No. 7 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsChattanoogaW 39–⁠691%
Sep 19vsThe CitadelW 52–⁠070%
Sep 26vsMississippi StateL 6–⁠2066%
Oct 3vs19North CarolinaL 7–⁠1049%
Oct 10atAlabamaL 11–⁠3528%
Oct 17atGeorgiaL 3–⁠3731%
Oct 24vs13Ole MissL 16–⁠2627%
Oct 31vsTulaneL 7–⁠1050%
Nov 7atKentuckyW 18–⁠1744%
Nov 21atTampaW 36–⁠2838%
Nov 28vs7TennesseeL 6–⁠2420%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 24–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 74th-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 1970.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
201–⁠213
Coach
Bill Pace
Elo
1427 −61 this season
SP+ rating
0.3 No. 68 of 117; offense No. 91, defense No. 31
SRS
1.4 No. 58 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-SEC

1 first team

First team

  • Steve SmithPAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠09–⁠37
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Auburn5–⁠29–⁠210
Ole Miss4–⁠27–⁠420
Florida3–⁠37–⁠4
Georgia3–⁠35–⁠5
Mississippi State3–⁠46–⁠5
Alabama3–⁠46–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠54–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠72–⁠9

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