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1986 Vanderbilt

1–⁠10 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Watson Brown.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1986, game by game: lost at No. 5 Alabama 10–42; lost at Maryland 21–35; lost vs. Tulane 17–35; won vs. Duke 24–18; lost vs. No. 7 Auburn 9–31; lost at Georgia 16–38; lost vs. Ole Miss 12–28; lost vs. Memphis 21–22; lost at Kentucky 22–34; lost at Virginia Tech 21–29; lost vs. Tennessee 20–35+7−32Lost 10–42 at No. 5 Alabama-32No. 5 AlabamaLost 21–35 at Maryland-14MarylandLost 17–35 vs. Tulane-18TulaneWon 24–18 vs. Duke+6DukeLost 9–31 vs. No. 7 Auburn-22No. 7 AuburnLost 16–38 at Georgia-22GeorgiaLost 12–28 vs. Ole Miss-16Ole MissLost 21–22 vs. Memphis-1MemphisLost 22–34 at Kentucky-12KentuckyLost 21–29 at Virginia Tech-8Virginia TechLost 20–35 vs. Tennessee-15Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6at5AlabamaL 10–⁠4217%
Sep 13atMarylandL 21–⁠3516%
Sep 20vsTulaneL 17–⁠3565%
Oct 4vsDukeW 24–⁠1844%
Oct 11vs7AuburnL 9–⁠3122%
Oct 18atGeorgiaL 16–⁠3817%
Oct 25vsOle MissL 12–⁠2836%
Nov 1vsMemphisL 21–⁠2266%
Nov 8atKentuckyL 22–⁠3425%
Nov 15atVirginia TechL 21–⁠2914%
Nov 29vsTennesseeL 20–⁠3521%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 35–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 116th-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 1986.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠6 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
193–⁠347
Coach
Watson Brown
Elo
1315 −115 this season
SP+ rating
-14.9 No. 90 of 101; offense No. 72, defense No. 90
SRS
−10.1 No. 80 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Dick Hopkins

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

  • Carl ParkerTEAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠19–⁠310
Auburn4–⁠210–⁠26
Alabama4–⁠210–⁠39
Ole Miss4–⁠28–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia4–⁠28–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠46–⁠5
Florida2–⁠46–⁠5
Kentucky2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠61–⁠10

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