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1994 Vanderbilt

5–⁠6 (2–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Gerry DiNardo.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1994, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 35–14; lost at No. 11 Alabama 7–17; lost vs. Ole Miss 14–20; lost at Arkansas 6–42; won at Cincinnati 34–24; won at Georgia 43–30; lost vs. South Carolina 16–19; won vs. Northern Illinois 17–16; won at Kentucky 24–6; lost vs. No. 3 Florida 7–24; lost vs. Tennessee 0–65+21−65Won 35–14 vs. Wake Forest+21Wake ForestLost 7–17 at No. 11 Alabama-10No. 11 AlabamaLost 14–20 vs. Ole Miss-6Ole MissLost 6–42 at Arkansas-36ArkansasWon 34–24 at Cincinnati+10CincinnatiWon 43–30 at Georgia+13GeorgiaLost 16–19 vs. South Carolina-3South CarolinaWon 17–16 vs. Northern Illinois+1Northern Illino…Won 24–6 at Kentucky+18KentuckyLost 7–24 vs. No. 3 Florida-17No. 3 FloridaLost 0–65 vs. Tennessee-65Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsWake ForestW 35–⁠1462%
Sep 10at11AlabamaL 7–⁠1722%
Sep 17vsOle MissL 14–⁠2052%
Oct 1atArkansasL 6–⁠4240%
Oct 8atCincinnatiW 34–⁠2439%
Oct 15atGeorgiaW 43–⁠3025%
Oct 22vsSouth CarolinaL 16–⁠1960%
Oct 29vsNorthern IllinoisW 17–⁠1672%
Nov 5atKentuckyW 24–⁠658%
Nov 19vs3FloridaL 7–⁠2423%
Nov 26vsTennesseeL 0–⁠6536%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 65–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 67th-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 1994.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
203–⁠277
Coach
Gerry DiNardo
Elo
1468 +8 this season
SP+ rating
-3.7 No. 69 of 106; offense No. 81, defense No. 48
SRS
−3.1 No. 69 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Don Frease
Defensive coordinator
Carl Reese
Offense
I-formation
Defense
Multiple

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Gerald CollinsLBAP-1

Second team

  • Jermaine JohnsonRBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1994 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠012–⁠15
Florida7–⁠110–⁠2–⁠17
Auburn6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠19
Tennessee5–⁠38–⁠422
Mississippi State5–⁠38–⁠424
South Carolina4–⁠47–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU3–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt2–⁠65–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠64–⁠7
Arkansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠81–⁠10

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