1970 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1970 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The Commodores were led by head coach Bill Pace in his fourth season and finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7 overall, 1–5 in the SEC).

1970 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1970 record4–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDudley Field
1970 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 LSU $ 5 0 09 3 0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 1 011 1 0
No. 10 Auburn 5 2 09 2 0
No. 20 Ole Miss 4 2 07 4 0
Florida 3 3 07 4 0
Georgia 3 3 05 5 0
Alabama 3 4 06 5 1
Mississippi State 3 4 06 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 04 7 0
Kentucky 0 7 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12Chattanooga*W 39–620,862[1]
September 19The Citadel*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 52–0
September 26vs. Mississippi StateL 6–20
October 3No. 19 North Carolina*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–10
October 10at AlabamaL 11–3549,038[2]
October 17at GeorgiaL 3–3753,241
October 24No. 13 Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 16–2634,000
October 31Tulane*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–1019,000[3]
November 7at KentuckyW 18–17
November 21at Tampa*W 36–2835,893
November 28No. 7 Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 6–2433,850
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Vandy rolls past Mocs". The Tennessean. September 13, 1970. Retrieved September 14, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Land, Charles (October 11, 1970). "Bama wins third". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  3. "Commodores sunk by Wave". The Tennessean. November 1, 1970. Retrieved October 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1970 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
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