1979 Vanderbilt

1–⁠10 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by George MacIntyre. Share

Schedule and results

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 15	atIndiana	L 13–⁠44	26%
Sep 22	vsThe Citadel	L 14–⁠27	55%
Sep 29	vs2Alabama	L 3–⁠66	10%
Oct 6	atTulane	L 14–⁠42	18%
Oct 13	at18Auburn	L 35–⁠52	13%
Oct 20	vsGeorgia	L 10–⁠31	22%
Oct 27	atOle Miss	L 28–⁠63	24%
Nov 3	vsMemphis	W 13–⁠3	30%
Nov 10	vsKentucky	L 10–⁠29	28%
Nov 17	atAir Force	L 29–⁠30	42%
Dec 1	atTennessee	L 10–⁠31	12%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 31–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 122nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Rd 6

New England Patriots

1 first team, 2 second team

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Alabama	6–⁠0	12–⁠0	1
Georgia	5–⁠1	6–⁠5
Auburn	4–⁠2	8–⁠3	16
LSU	4–⁠2	7–⁠5
Tennessee	3–⁠3	7–⁠5
Kentucky	3–⁠3	5–⁠6
Ole Miss	3–⁠3	4–⁠7
Mississippi State	2–⁠4	3–⁠8
Vanderbilt	0–⁠6	1–⁠10
Florida	0–⁠6	0–⁠10–⁠1

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