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1989 Vanderbilt

1–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Watson Brown.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1989, game by game: lost at Mississippi State 7–42; won vs. Ohio 54–10; lost vs. No. 13 Alabama 14–20; lost at Memphis 10–13; lost at No. 25 Florida 11–34; lost vs. Georgia 16–35; lost at Ole Miss 16–24; lost at Virginia Tech 0–18; lost vs. Kentucky 11–15; lost vs. Tulane 13–37; lost at No. 8 Tennessee 10–17+44−35Lost 7–42 at Mississippi State-35Mississippi Sta…Won 54–10 vs. Ohio+44OhioLost 14–20 vs. No. 13 Alabama-6No. 13 AlabamaLost 10–13 at Memphis-3MemphisLost 11–34 at No. 25 Florida-23No. 25 FloridaLost 16–35 vs. Georgia-19GeorgiaLost 16–24 at Ole Miss-8Ole MissLost 0–18 at Virginia Tech-18Virginia TechLost 11–15 vs. Kentucky-4KentuckyLost 13–37 vs. Tulane-24TulaneLost 10–17 at No. 8 Tennessee-7No. 8 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atMississippi StateL 7–⁠4249%
Sep 23vsOhioW 54–⁠1065%
Sep 30vs13AlabamaL 14–⁠2027%
Oct 7atMemphisL 10–⁠1344%
Oct 14at25FloridaL 11–⁠3420%
Oct 21vsGeorgiaL 16–⁠3531%
Oct 28atOle MissL 16–⁠2424%
Nov 4atVirginia TechL 0–⁠1827%
Nov 11vsKentuckyL 11–⁠1533%
Nov 18vsTulaneL 13–⁠3752%
Dec 2at8TennesseeL 10–⁠177%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

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

In program history: The 118th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
162–⁠265
Coach
Watson Brown
Elo
1303 −130 this season
SP+ rating
-12.5 No. 85 of 103; offense No. 99, defense No. 55
SRS
−7.3 No. 76 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Schmitz
Defensive coordinator
Rick Christophel

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 4DeMond Winston LBNew Orleans Saints

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠111–⁠15
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠26
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠29
Ole Miss4–⁠38–⁠4
Florida4–⁠37–⁠5
Georgia4–⁠36–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠56–⁠5
LSU2–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt0–⁠71–⁠10

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