1977 Vanderbilt

2–⁠9 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Fred Pancoast.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1977, game by game: lost at No. 1 Oklahoma 23–25; won at Wake Forest 3–0; lost vs. No. 10 Alabama 12–24; lost at Tulane 7–36; lost vs. No. 18 LSU 15–28; lost vs. Georgia 13–24; lost at Ole Miss 14–26; lost vs. No. 7 Kentucky 6–28; lost at Air Force 28–34; won vs. Cincinnati 13–9; lost at Tennessee 7–42+7−35Lost 23–25 at No. 1 Oklahoma-2No. 1 OklahomaWon 3–0 at Wake Forest+3Wake ForestLost 12–24 vs. No. 10 Alabama-12No. 10 AlabamaLost 7–36 at Tulane-29TulaneLost 15–28 vs. No. 18 LSU-13No. 18 LSULost 13–24 vs. Georgia-11GeorgiaLost 14–26 at Ole Miss-12Ole MissLost 6–28 vs. No. 7 Kentucky-22No. 7 KentuckyLost 28–34 at Air Force-6Air ForceWon 13–9 vs. Cincinnati+4CincinnatiLost 7–42 at Tennessee-35Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 42–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 108th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠6 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
141–⁠276
Coach
Fred Pancoast
Elo
1335 −89 this season
SP+ rating
-10.4 No. 106 of 140; offense No. 115, defense No. 93
SRS
−3.4 No. 89 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom Goode

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 4Dennis Harrison DTPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Brenard WilsonDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1977 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠12
Kentucky6–⁠010–⁠16
LSU4–⁠28–⁠4
Auburn4–⁠25–⁠6
Florida3–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠55–⁠6
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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