1985 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1985 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Commodores were led by head coach George MacIntyre in his seventh season and finished the season with a record of three wins, seven losses and one tie (3–7–1 overall, 0–6 in the SEC).

1985 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1985 record3–7–1 (1–4–1 SEC)
Head coachGeorge MacIntyre (7th season)
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium
1985 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 1 0  9 1 2
No. 5 Florida 5 1 0  9 1 1
No. 13 Alabama 4 1 1  9 2 1
No. 20 LSU 4 1 1  9 2 1
Georgia 3 2 1  7 3 2
Auburn 3 3 0  8 4 0
Ole Miss 2 4 0  4 6 1
Vanderbilt 1 4 1  3 7 1
Kentucky 1 5 0  5 6 0
Mississippi State 0 6 0  5 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Florida ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation.
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 7Chattanooga*W 7–0
September 14at Kansas*
L 16–42
September 21at Iowa State*
L 17–20
September 28No. 15 Alabama
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
L 20–40
October 5at Tulane*
W 24–17
October 12No. 20 LSU
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–49
October 19No. 16 Georgia
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
T 13–13
October 26at Ole MissL 7–35
November 9Kentucky
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 31–24
November 16Virginia Tech*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
L 24–38
November 30at No. 10 TennesseeL 0–30
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1985 Vanderbilt football schedule[1]

References

  1. "1985 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.