1977 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1977 Vanderbilt Commodores football
1977 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	2–9 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach	Fred Pancoast (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Tom Goode (1st season)
Home stadium	Dudley Field
	Seasons ← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Led by head coach third-year head coach Fred Pancoast, the Commodores compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 0–6 in conference play, placing last out of ten teams in the SEC. Vanderbilt played home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

Record2–9 (0–6 SEC)

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OffensivecoordinatorTom Goode (1st season)

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1977 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		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	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	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

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at No. 1 Oklahoma*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 23–25	71,184	^[1]
September 17	at Wake Forest*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 3–0	24,250	^[2]
September 24	No. 10 Alabama	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 12–24	34,694	^[3]
October 1	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 7–36	21,483	^[4]
October 8	No. 18 LSU	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 15–28	24,000	^[5]
October 15	Georgia	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 13–24	25,700	^[6]
October 22	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 14–26	32,300	^[7]
November 5	No. 7 Kentucky	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 6–28	34,694	^[8]
November 12	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 28–34	18,570	^[9]
November 19	Cincinnati*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 13–9	16,500	^[10]
November 26	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–42	83,146	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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