1972 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1972 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The Commodores were led by head coach Bill Pace in his sixth season and finished the season with a record of three wins and eight losses (3–8 overall, 0–6 in the SEC).

1972 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1972 record3–8 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDudley Field
1972 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Alabama $ 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 5 Auburn 6 1 0  10 1 0
No. 11 LSU 4 1 1  9 2 1
No. 8 Tennessee 4 2 0  10 2 0
Georgia 4 3 0  7 4 0
Florida 3 3 1  5 5 1
Ole Miss 2 5 0  5 5 0
Kentucky 2 5 0  3 8 0
Mississippi State 1 6 0  4 7 0
Vanderbilt 0 6 0  3 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 9Chattanooga*W 24–7
September 23Mississippi State
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 6–10
September 30at No. 6 AlabamaL 21–48
October 7Virginia*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 10–7
October 14at William & Mary*W 21–17
October 21at GeorgiaL 3–28
October 28Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–31
November 11at KentuckyL 13–14
November 18Tulane*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–21
November 25at Tampa*L 7–30
December 2No. 12 Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 10–30
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1972 Vanderbilt football schedule[1]

References

  1. "1972 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 20, 2015.


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