1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1979 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football
1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1979 record	1–10 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach	George MacIntyre (1st season);
Home stadium	Dudley Field
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

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).

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 15	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 13–44
September 22	The Citadel*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 14–27
September 29	No. 2 Alabama	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 3–66
October 6	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 14–42
October 13	at No. 18 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 35–52
October 20	Georgia	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 10–31
October 27	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 28–63
November 3	Memphis State*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 13–3
November 10	Kentucky	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 10–29
November 17	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 29–30
December 1	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 10–31
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Source: 1979 Vanderbilt football schedule^[1]

Personnel[]

1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Mike Woodard

Head coach

George MacIntyre

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Season summary[]

at Tennessee[]

Vanderbilt Commodores (1–9) at Tennessee Volunteers (6–4)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	10	0	0	0	10
Tennessee	0	0	21	10	31

at Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee

Date: December 1
Game attendance: 84,142
^[2]

Game information

First quarter

VAN – Mike Woodard 31-yard field goal. Vanderbilt 3–0. Drive:
VAN – Van Heflin 1-yard run (Mike Woodard kick). Vanderbilt 10–0. Drive:

Second quarter

No scoring

Third quarter

TEN – Anthony Hancock 41-yard pass from Jimmy Streater (Alan Duncan kick), 11:45. Vanderbilt 10–7. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards.
TEN – Roland James 89-yard punt return (Alan Duncan kick). Tennessee 14–10.
TEN – Anthony Hancock 85-yard pass from Jimmy Streater (Alan Duncan kick). Tennessee 21–10. Drive:

Fourth quarter

TEN – Gary Moore 17-yard run (Alan Duncan kick). Tennessee 28–10. Drive:
TEN – Alan Duncan 27-yard field goal. Tennessee 31–10. Drive:

Top passers

VAN – Van Heflin – 6/16, 50 yards, 3 INT
TEN – Jimmy Streater – 13/23, 221 yards, 2 TD, INT

Top rushers

VAN – Terry Potter – 19 rushes, 127 yards
TEN – Hubert Simpson – 19 rushes, 42 yards

Top receivers

VAN – Preston Brown – 2 receptions, 27 yards
TEN – Anthony Hancock – 6 receptions, 163 yards, 2 TD

References[]

^ "1979 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
^ "Vols bash Vandy." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Dec 02. Pg. 7E. Retrieved 2020-Dec-11.

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[1] "1979 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

[2] "Vols bash Vandy." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Dec 02. Pg. 7E. Retrieved 2020-Dec-11.

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National championships in bold

1979 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
No. 16 Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Florida	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	10	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll