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1998 Vanderbilt

2–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Woody Widenhofer.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1998, game by game: lost at Mississippi State 0–42; lost at Alabama 7–32; lost vs. Ole Miss 6–30; lost at TCU 16–19; lost vs. Western Michigan 24–27; lost at No. 13 Georgia 6–31; won vs. South Carolina 17–14; won vs. Duke 36–33; lost vs. No. 5 Florida 13–45; lost at Kentucky 17–55; lost vs. No. 1 Tennessee 0–41+7−42Lost 0–42 at Mississippi State-42Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–32 at Alabama-25AlabamaLost 6–30 vs. Ole Miss-24Ole MissLost 16–19 at TCU-3TCULost 24–27 vs. Western Michigan-3Western MichiganLost 6–31 at No. 13 Georgia-25No. 13 GeorgiaWon 17–14 vs. South Carolina+3South CarolinaWon 36–33 vs. Duke+3DukeLost 13–45 vs. No. 5 Florida-32No. 5 FloridaLost 17–55 at Kentucky-38KentuckyLost 0–41 vs. No. 1 Tennessee-41No. 1 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atMississippi StateL 0–⁠4226%
Sep 12atAlabamaL 7–⁠3223%
Sep 19vsOle MissL 6–⁠3037%
Oct 3atTCUL 16–⁠1936%
Oct 10vsWestern MichiganL 24–⁠2742%
Oct 17at13GeorgiaL 6–⁠3111%
Oct 24vsSouth CarolinaW 17–⁠1445%
Oct 31vsDukeW 36–⁠3345%
Nov 7vs5FloridaL 13–⁠4511%
Nov 14atKentuckyL 17–⁠5519%
Nov 28vs1TennesseeL 0–⁠419%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 41–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 111th-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 1998.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
142–⁠369
Coach
Woody Widenhofer
Elo
1330 −76 this season
SP+ rating
-16.9 No. 97 of 112; offense No. 106, defense No. 81
SRS
−15.5 No. 97 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Crosby
Defensive coordinator
Norm Parker
Captains
Rahim Batten, Clay Condrey, Jared McGrath and Fred Vinson
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 2Fred Vinson DBGreen Bay Packers

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1998 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1998 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee8–⁠013–⁠01
Florida7–⁠110–⁠25
Georgia6–⁠29–⁠314
Arkansas6–⁠29–⁠316
Mississippi State6–⁠28–⁠5
Alabama4–⁠47–⁠5
Kentucky4–⁠47–⁠5
Ole Miss3–⁠57–⁠5
LSU2–⁠64–⁠7
Auburn1–⁠73–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠72–⁠9
South Carolina0–⁠81–⁠10

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