1978 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1978 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Commodores were led by head coach Fred Pancoast in his fourth season and finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9 overall, 0–6 in the SEC).

1978 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1978 record2–9 (0–6 SEC)
Head coachFred Pancoast (4th season)
Home stadiumDudley Field
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 0 0  11 1 0
No. 16 Georgia 5 0 1  9 2 1
Auburn 3 2 1  6 4 1
LSU 3 3 0  8 4 0
Tennessee 3 3 0  5 5 1
Florida 3 3 0  4 7 0
Mississippi State 2 4 0  6 5 0
Ole Miss 2 4 0  5 6 0
Kentucky 2 4 0  4 6 1
Vanderbilt 0 6 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 16at No. 2 Arkansas*L 17–48
September 23Furman*
W 17–10
September 30at No. 7 AlabamaL 28–51
October 7Tulane*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 3–38
October 14Auburn
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–49
October 21at No. 18 GeorgiaL 10–31
October 28Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 10–35
November 4at Memphis State*L 14–35
November 11at Kentucky
L 2–53
November 18Air Force*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 41–27
December 2Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 15–41
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1978 Vanderbilt football schedule[1]

References

  1. "1978 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2016.


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