1980 Vanderbilt

2–⁠9 (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 13	atMaryland	L 6–⁠31	15%
Sep 20	vsMississippi State	L 14–⁠24	30%
Sep 27	at1Alabama	L 0–⁠41	6%
Oct 11	vsTulane	L 21–⁠43	31%
Oct 18	at6Georgia	L 0–⁠41	11%
Oct 25	vsOle Miss	L 14–⁠27	39%
Nov 1	atMemphis	W 14–⁠10	32%
Nov 8	atKentucky	L 10–⁠31	23%
Nov 15	vsMiami	L 17–⁠24	23%
Nov 22	vsChattanooga	W 31–⁠29	22%
Nov 29	vsTennessee	L 13–⁠51	27%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 51–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 121st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

1 first team, 2 second team

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Georgia	6–⁠0	12–⁠0	1
Alabama	6–⁠1	10–⁠2	6
Mississippi State	5–⁠1	9–⁠3	19
Florida	4–⁠2	8–⁠4
LSU	4–⁠2	7–⁠4
Tennessee	3–⁠3	5–⁠6
Ole Miss	2–⁠5	3–⁠8
Kentucky	1–⁠5	3–⁠8
Auburn	0–⁠6	5–⁠6
Vanderbilt	0–⁠6	2–⁠9

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