1977 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1977 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Commodores were led by head coach Fred Pancoast in his third year. Vanderbilt had its second year with only two win both being non-conference games (2–9 overall, 0–6 in the SEC).

1977 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1977 record2–9 (0–6 SEC)
Head coachFred Pancoast (3rd season)
Home stadiumDudley Field
1977 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 6 Kentucky 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Auburn 5 –1 –0  6 –5 –0
LSU 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Florida 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –1
Georgia 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Ole Miss 2 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Tennessee 1 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

This was Vanderbilt's football program's 88th season. From 1890 to 1941 Vanderbilt won 304 games and lost 111, with 10 ties. It took the then successful program only 19 years to reach the 100 win mark, another 16 to meet the 200 mark, and 17 more to make it to 300 wins. It took Vanderbilt 50 years to lose 100 games, and 23 more to reach the 200 loss margin. Vanderbilt only needs 15 more years to make it to 300 losses. From 1940 to 1962 Vanderbilt would win and lose 100 more games. However, from 1962 to 1977 it only took 13 years to lose 100 more games. By the 1977 season Vanderbilt, a once respectable program, was now year after year the worst team in the SEC. The program would not get better any time soon. Vanderbilt's lost its 400th game in only 13 more years. In SEC play, from 1960 to 2011 Vanderbilt only had two above .500 win seasons, winning only 52 games, 16 of which they did not win a single game.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 10at No. 1 Oklahoma*
L 23–25
September 17at Wake Forest*
W 3–0
September 24No. 10 Alabama
L 12–24
October 1at Tulane*
L 7–36
October 8No. 18 LSU
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 15–28
October 15Georgia
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 13–24
October 22at Ole Miss
L 14–26
November 5No. 7 Kentucky
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 6–28
November 12at Air Force*
L 28–34
November 19Cincinnati*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 13–9
November 26at Tennessee
L 7–42
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1977 Vanderbilt football schedule[1]
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References
  1. "1977 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2016.


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