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1971 Vanderbilt

4–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Pace.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1971, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 20–19; tied vs. Louisville 0–0; won at Mississippi State 49–19; lost at Virginia 23–27; lost vs. No. 6 Alabama 0–42; lost vs. No. 8 Georgia 0–24; lost at Ole Miss 7–28; won at Tulane 13–9; lost vs. Kentucky 7–14; won vs. Tampa 10–7; lost at No. 11 Tennessee 7–19+30−42Won 20–19 vs. Chattanooga+1ChattanoogaTied 0–0 vs. Louisville0LouisvilleWon 49–19 at Mississippi State+30Mississippi Sta…Lost 23–27 at Virginia-4VirginiaLost 0–42 vs. No. 6 Alabama-42No. 6 AlabamaLost 0–24 vs. No. 8 Georgia-24No. 8 GeorgiaLost 7–28 at Ole Miss-21Ole MissWon 13–9 at Tulane+4TulaneLost 7–14 vs. Kentucky-7KentuckyWon 10–7 vs. Tampa+3TampaLost 7–19 at No. 11 Tennessee-12No. 11 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsChattanoogaW 20–⁠1990%
Sep 18vsLouisvilleT 0–⁠047%
Sep 25atMississippi StateW 49–⁠1939%
Oct 2atVirginiaL 23–⁠2759%
Oct 9vs6AlabamaL 0–⁠4231%
Oct 16vs8GeorgiaL 0–⁠2429%
Oct 23atOle MissL 7–⁠2824%
Oct 30atTulaneW 13–⁠931%
Nov 6vsKentuckyL 7–⁠1469%
Nov 20vsTampaW 10–⁠758%
Nov 27at11TennesseeL 7–⁠1913%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 19–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 77th-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 1971.

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠5 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
136–⁠208
Coach
Bill Pace
Elo
1423 −28 this season
SP+ rating
0.0 No. 65 of 120; offense No. 95, defense No. 30
SRS
2.1 No. 58 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

  • George AbernethyDEAP-2
  • Ken StoneDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠14
Georgia5–⁠111–⁠17
Auburn5–⁠19–⁠212
Ole Miss4–⁠210–⁠215
Tennessee4–⁠210–⁠29
LSU3–⁠29–⁠311
Vanderbilt1–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Florida1–⁠64–⁠7
Kentucky1–⁠63–⁠8
Mississippi State1–⁠72–⁠9

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