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1999 Vanderbilt

5–⁠6 (2–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Woody Widenhofer.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1999, game by game: lost vs. No. 20 Alabama 17–28; won vs. Northern Illinois 34–31; won at Ole Miss 37–34; won at Duke 31–14; lost vs. No. 16 Mississippi State 14–42; won vs. The Citadel 58–0; lost vs. No. 14 Georgia 17–27; won at South Carolina 11–10; lost at No. 5 Florida 6–13; lost vs. Kentucky 17–19; lost at No. 6 Tennessee 10–38+58−28Lost 17–28 vs. No. 20 Alabama-11No. 20 AlabamaWon 34–31 vs. Northern Illinois+3Northern Illino…Won 37–34 at Ole Miss+3Ole MissWon 31–14 at Duke+17DukeLost 14–42 vs. No. 16 Mississippi State-28No. 16 Mississippi Sta…Won 58–0 vs. The Citadel+58The CitadelLost 17–27 vs. No. 14 Georgia-10No. 14 GeorgiaWon 11–10 at South Carolina+1South CarolinaLost 6–13 at No. 5 Florida-7No. 5 FloridaLost 17–19 vs. Kentucky-2KentuckyLost 10–38 at No. 6 Tennessee-28No. 6 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vs20AlabamaL 17–⁠2838%
Sep 11vsNorthern IllinoisW 34–⁠3166%
Sep 18atOle MissW 37–⁠3421%
Sep 25atDukeW 31–⁠1446%
Oct 2vs16Mississippi StateL 14–⁠4235%
Oct 9vsThe CitadelW 58–⁠073%
Oct 16vs14GeorgiaL 17–⁠2732%
Oct 23atSouth CarolinaW 11–⁠1057%
Nov 6at5FloridaL 6–⁠138%
Nov 13vsKentuckyL 17–⁠1941%
Nov 27at6TennesseeL 10–⁠388%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 38–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 86th-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 1999.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
252–⁠256
Coach
Woody Widenhofer
Elo
1407 +20 this season
SP+ rating
-1.0 No. 66 of 114; offense No. 79, defense No. 43
SRS
−0.2 No. 59 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Crosby
Defensive coordinator
Dino Folino
Captains
Jeff Barnett, Ainsley Battles, Lamont Turner and Todd Yoder
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Elliott CarsonTEAP-2; Coaches-2
  • Ainsley BattlesSAP-2; Coaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1999 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1999 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠110–⁠38
Florida7–⁠19–⁠412
Mississippi State6–⁠210–⁠213
Tennessee6–⁠29–⁠39
Georgia5–⁠38–⁠416
Ole Miss4–⁠48–⁠422
Arkansas4–⁠48–⁠417
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠65–⁠6
LSU1–⁠73–⁠8
South Carolina0–⁠80–⁠11

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