1990 Vanderbilt

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

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1990, game by game: lost at SMU 7–44; won vs. LSU 24–21; lost at Alabama 28–59; lost vs. Syracuse 14–49; lost at No. 6 Auburn 6–56; lost at Georgia 28–39; lost vs. No. 17 Ole Miss 13–14; lost at Kentucky 21–28; lost vs. Army 38–42; lost vs. Wake Forest 28–56; lost vs. No. 12 Tennessee 20–49+7−50Lost 7–44 at SMU-37SMUWon 24–21 vs. LSU+3LSULost 28–59 at Alabama-31AlabamaLost 14–49 vs. Syracuse-35SyracuseLost 6–56 at No. 6 Auburn-50No. 6 AuburnLost 28–39 at Georgia-11GeorgiaLost 13–14 vs. No. 17 Ole Miss-1No. 17 Ole MissLost 21–28 at Kentucky-7KentuckyLost 38–42 vs. Army-4ArmyLost 28–56 vs. Wake Forest-28Wake ForestLost 20–49 vs. No. 12 Tennessee-29No. 12 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 49–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
227–⁠457
Coach
Watson Brown
Elo
1255 −114 this season
SP+ rating
-26.3 No. 103 of 104; offense No. 68, defense No. 104
SRS
−21.1 No. 101 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Sloan
Defensive coordinator
Doug Mathews

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • David LawrencePC; AP-1

Second team

  • Kevin BrothenCAP-2
  • Rod KeithDLAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida6–⁠19–⁠213
Tennessee5–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠28
Ole Miss5–⁠29–⁠321
Alabama5–⁠27–⁠5
Auburn4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠119
Kentucky3–⁠44–⁠7
LSU2–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠61–⁠10

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