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1972 Vanderbilt

3–⁠8 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Pace.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1972, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 24–7; lost vs. Mississippi State 6–10; lost at No. 6 Alabama 21–48; won vs. Virginia 10–7; won at William & Mary 21–17; lost at Georgia 3–28; lost vs. Ole Miss 7–31; lost at Kentucky 13–14; lost vs. Tulane 7–21; lost at Tampa 7–30; lost vs. No. 12 Tennessee 10–30+17−27Won 24–7 vs. Chattanooga+17ChattanoogaLost 6–10 vs. Mississippi State-4Mississippi Sta…Lost 21–48 at No. 6 Alabama-27No. 6 AlabamaWon 10–7 vs. Virginia+3VirginiaWon 21–17 at William & Mary+4William & MaryLost 3–28 at Georgia-25GeorgiaLost 7–31 vs. Ole Miss-24Ole MissLost 13–14 at Kentucky-1KentuckyLost 7–21 vs. Tulane-14TulaneLost 7–30 at Tampa-23TampaLost 10–30 vs. No. 12 Tennessee-20No. 12 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsChattanoogaW 24–⁠791%
Sep 23vsMississippi StateL 6–⁠1064%
Sep 30at6AlabamaL 21–⁠4813%
Oct 7vsVirginiaW 10–⁠762%
Oct 14atWilliam & MaryW 21–⁠1743%
Oct 21atGeorgiaL 3–⁠2823%
Oct 28vsOle MissL 7–⁠3139%
Nov 11atKentuckyL 13–⁠1445%
Nov 18vsTulaneL 7–⁠2143%
Nov 25atTampaL 7–⁠3024%
Dec 2vs12TennesseeL 10–⁠3014%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 30–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 101st-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 1972.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠6 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
129–⁠243
Coach
Bill Pace
Elo
1366 −83 this season
SP+ rating
-5.6 No. 85 of 121; offense No. 103, defense No. 53
SRS
−3.1 No. 74 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1973

The 1973 draft
Rd 7Rod Freeman TENew York Giants

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Ken StoneDBAP-1

Second team

  • Walter OvertonWRAP-2
  • L.T. SouthallOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠110–⁠27
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠15
LSU4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠111
Tennessee4–⁠210–⁠28
Georgia4–⁠37–⁠4
Florida3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠55–⁠5
Kentucky2–⁠53–⁠8
Mississippi State1–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠63–⁠8

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