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1973 Vanderbilt

5–⁠6 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Steve Sloan.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1973, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 14–12; lost at Mississippi State 21–52; lost vs. No. 5 Alabama 0–44; won at Virginia 39–22; won vs. William & Mary 20–7; won vs. Georgia 18–14; lost at Ole Miss 14–24; lost vs. Kentucky 17–27; lost at Tulane 3–24; won vs. Tampa 18–16; lost at No. 19 Tennessee 17–20+17−44Won 14–12 vs. Chattanooga+2ChattanoogaLost 21–52 at Mississippi State-31Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–44 vs. No. 5 Alabama-44No. 5 AlabamaWon 39–22 at Virginia+17VirginiaWon 20–7 vs. William & Mary+13William & MaryWon 18–14 vs. Georgia+4GeorgiaLost 14–24 at Ole Miss-10Ole MissLost 17–27 vs. Kentucky-10KentuckyLost 3–24 at Tulane-21TulaneWon 18–16 vs. Tampa+2TampaLost 17–20 at No. 19 Tennessee-3No. 19 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsChattanoogaW 14–⁠1291%
Sep 22atMississippi StateL 21–⁠5237%
Sep 29vs5AlabamaL 0–⁠4418%
Oct 6atVirginiaW 39–⁠2238%
Oct 13vsWilliam & MaryW 20–⁠745%
Oct 20vsGeorgiaW 18–⁠1433%
Oct 27atOle MissL 14–⁠2434%
Nov 10vsKentuckyL 17–⁠2750%
Nov 17atTulaneL 3–⁠2424%
Nov 24vsTampaW 18–⁠1640%
Dec 1at19TennesseeL 17–⁠2016%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 20–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 78th-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 1973.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠5 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
181–⁠262
Coach
Steve Sloan
Elo
1422 +12 this season
SP+ rating
-2.0 No. 78 of 123; offense No. 85, defense No. 67
SRS
−2.3 No. 73 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1974

The 1974 draft
Rd 5Mark Ilgenfritz DECleveland Browns
Rd 5Doug Nettles DBBaltimore Colts

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

  • Hawkins GoldenKAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠011–⁠14
LSU5–⁠19–⁠313
Ole Miss4–⁠36–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠38–⁠419
Georgia3–⁠47–⁠4–⁠1
Florida3–⁠47–⁠5
Kentucky3–⁠45–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠56–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠5–⁠2
Vanderbilt1–⁠55–⁠6

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