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1995 Vanderbilt

2–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ron Dowhower.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1995, game by game: lost vs. No. 11 Alabama 25–33; lost at No. 24 Notre Dame 0–41; lost vs. TCU 3–16; lost vs. No. 23 Arkansas 7–35; lost vs. Georgia 6–17; lost at South Carolina 14–52; lost at Ole Miss 10–21; won vs. Kentucky 14–10; won vs. Louisiana Tech 29–6; lost at No. 3 Florida 7–38; lost at No. 5 Tennessee 7–12+23−41Lost 25–33 vs. No. 11 Alabama-8No. 11 AlabamaLost 0–41 at No. 24 Notre Dame-41No. 24 Notre DameLost 3–16 vs. TCU-13TCULost 7–35 vs. No. 23 Arkansas-28No. 23 ArkansasLost 6–17 vs. Georgia-11GeorgiaLost 14–52 at South Carolina-38South CarolinaLost 10–21 at Ole Miss-11Ole MissWon 14–10 vs. Kentucky+4KentuckyWon 29–6 vs. Louisiana Tech+23Louisiana TechLost 7–38 at No. 3 Florida-31No. 3 FloridaLost 7–12 at No. 5 Tennessee-5No. 5 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vs11AlabamaL 25–⁠3331%
Sep 16at24Notre DameL 0–⁠4126%
Sep 23vsTCUL 3–⁠1651%
Sep 30vs23ArkansasL 7–⁠3544%
Oct 14vsGeorgiaL 6–⁠1738%
Oct 21atSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠5224%
Oct 28atOle MissL 10–⁠2127%
Nov 4vsKentuckyW 14–⁠1050%
Nov 11vsLouisiana TechW 29–⁠660%
Nov 18at3FloridaL 7–⁠386%
Nov 25at5TennesseeL 7–⁠128%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 12–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 97th-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 1995.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
122–⁠281
Coach
Ron Dowhower
Elo
1380 −98 this season
SP+ rating
-8.5 No. 79 of 107; offense No. 103, defense No. 42
SRS
−8.5 No. 83 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rennie Simmons
Defensive coordinator
Woody Widenhofer

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 2James Manley DTMinnesota Vikings

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bill MarinangelPAP-2; Coaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida8–⁠012–⁠12
Tennessee7–⁠111–⁠13
Arkansas6–⁠28–⁠5
Alabama5–⁠38–⁠321
Auburn5–⁠38–⁠422
LSU4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Ole Miss3–⁠56–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠56–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠64–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠73–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠72–⁠9

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