1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Commodores were led by head coach George MacIntyre in his first season and finished the season with a record of one win and ten losses (1–10 overall, 0–6 in the SEC).

1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record1–10 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDudley Field
1979 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 –0 –012 –0 –0
Georgia 5 –1 –06 –5 –0
No. 16 Auburn 4 –2 –08 –3 –0
LSU 4 –2 –07 –5 –0
Tennessee 3 –3 –07 –5 –0
Kentucky 3 –3 –05 –6 –0
Ole Miss 3 –3 –04 –7 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –03 –8 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –01 –10 –0
Florida 0 –6 –00 –10 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Indiana*
L 13–4430,685
September 22The Citadel*
L 14–27
September 29No. 2 Alabama
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 3–6634,694[1]
October 6at Tulane*
L 14–42
October 13at No. 18 Auburn
L 35–5247,900
October 20Georgia
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 10–3124,700
October 27at Ole Miss
L 28–6335,667
November 3Memphis State*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 13–3
November 10Kentucky
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 10–29
November 17at Air Force*
L 29–3018,500
December 1at Tennessee
L 10–3184,142[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

Personnel
1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 32 Preston Brown Sr
QB 7 Van Heflin Jr
RB Frank Mordica
RB Terry Potter
TE Flavious Smith
QB 10 Whit Taylor Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Mike Woodard
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Season summary

    At Tennessee
    See also: 1979 Tennessee Volunteers football team
    Vanderbilt Commodores (1–9) at Tennessee Volunteers (6–4)
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Vanderbilt 10 0 0010
    Tennessee 0 0 211031

    at Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee

    • Date: December 1
    • Game attendance: 84,142
    • [4]
    Game information

    References
    1. "Bama greatness still puzzling". The Tennessean. September 30, 1979. Retrieved February 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
    2. "Streater rallies Vols past Vandy". Kingsport Times-News. December 2, 1979. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
    3. "1979 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
    4. "Vols bash Vandy." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Dec 02. Pg. 7E. Retrieved 2020-Dec-11.


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