ALL-TIME YEARLy RECORDS

Yearly Results
The 1982 Commodores
Coached by George MacIntyre, Vanderbilt finishes with five straight victories to earn a bid to the Hall of Fame Bowl in Birmingham.
1977 (2-9/0-6 9th)
Coach: Fred Pancoast
Captains: Ed Parrish, Mitch Lilly,
Mike Birdsong, Reggie Calvin
9/10 Oklahoma (#1) L 23-25
9/17 Wake Forest W 3-0
9/24 Alabama* (#10) L 12-24
10/1 Tulane L 7-36
10/8 LSU* (#18) L 15-28
10/15 Georgia* L 13-24
10/22 Mississippi L 14-26
11/5 Kentucky* (#7) L 6-28
11/12 Air Force L 28-34
11/19 Cincinnati* W 13-9
12/1 Tennessee L 7-42
1978 (2-9/0-6 10th)
Coach: Fred Pancoast
Captains: Randy Sittason, John Wooten
9/16 Arkansas (#2) L 17-48
9/23 Furman* W 17-10
9/30 Alabama (#7) L 28-51
10/7 Tulane* L 3-38
10/14 Auburn* L 7-49
10/21 Georgia (#18) L 10-31
10/28 Mississippi* L 10-35
11/4 Memphis L 14-35
11/11 Kentucky L 2-53
11/18 Air Force* W 41-27
12/2 Tennessee* L 15-41
1979 (1-10/0-6 9th)
Coach: George MacIntyre
Captains: Mike Ralston, Preston Brown,
Ronnie Myrick
9/15 Indiana L 13-44
9/22 The Citadel* L 14-27
9/29 Alabama* (#2) L 3-66
10/6 Tulane L 14-42
10/13 Auburn (#18) L 35-52
10/20 Georgia* L 10-31
10/27 Mississippi L 28-63
11/3 Memphis* W 13-3
11/10 Kentucky* L 10-29
11/17 Air Force L 29-30
12/1 Tennessee L 10-31
1980 (2-9/0-6 9th)
Coach: George MacIntyre
Captains: Phil Swindoll, Keith Phillips,
Rodney Gurley
9/13 Maryland L 6-31
9/20 Mississippi State* L 14-24
9/27 Alabama (#1) L 0-41
10/11 Tulane* L 21-43
10/18 Georgia (#6) L 0-41
10/25 Mississippi* L 14-27
11/1 Memphis W 14-10
11/8 Kentucky L 10-31
11/15 Miami* L 17-24
11/22 Chattanooga* W 31-29
11/29 Tennessee* L 13-51
1981 (4-7/1-5 10th)
Coach: George MacIntyre
Captains: Rodney Gurley, Ken Hammond,
Andrew Coleman
9/12 Maryland* W 23-17
9/19 Miss. State (#14) L 9-29
9/26 Alabama* (#10) L 7-28
10/3 Miami (Fla.) (#17) L 16-48
10/10 Tulane L 10-14
10/17 Georgia* (#9) L 21-53
10/24 Mississippi W 27-23
10/31 Memphis* W 26-0
11/7 Kentucky* L 10-17
11/21 UT-Chattanooga* W 28-14
11/28 Tennessee L 34-38
1982 (8-4/4-2 3rd)
Coach: George MacIntyre
Captains: Allama Matthews, Joe Staley,
Whit Taylor
9/11 Memphis W 24-14
9/18 No. Carolina (#11) L 10-34
9/25 Alabama (#4) L 21-24
10/2 Tulane* W 24-21
10/9 Florida* (#14) W 31-29
10/16 Georgia (#4) L 13-27
10/23 Mississippi* W 19-10
11/6 Kentucky W 23-10
11/13 Virginia Tech* W 45-0
11/20 Chattanooga* W 27-16
11/27 Tennessee* W 28-21
12/31 Air Force ^ L 28-36
^ Hall of Fame Bowl, Birmingham
1983 (2-9/0-6 9th)
Coach: George MacIntyre
Capts.: Steve Bearden, Tom Moore,
Phil Roach
9/10 Maryland* (#17) L 14-21
9/17 Iowa State* W 29-26
9/24 Alabama* (#6) L 24-44
10/1 Tulane W 30-17
10/8 Florida (#9) L 10-29
10/15 Georgia* (#8) L 13-20
10/22 Mississippi L 14-21
10/29 Memphis* L 7-24
11/5 Kentucky* L 8-17
11/12 Virginia Tech L 10-21
11/26 Tennessee L 24-34
1984 (5-6/2-4 7th)
Coach: George MacIntyre
Captains: Steve McKoy, Rob Monaco,
Chuck Scott, Manuel Young
9/8 Kansas State* W 26-14
9/15 Maryland W 23-14
9/22 Kansas* W 41-6
9/29 Alabama W 30-21
10/6 (#19) Tulane* L 23-27
10/13 LSU (#12) L 27-34
10/20 Georgia (#14) L 35-62
10/27 Mississippi* W 37-20
11/10 Kentucky L 18-27
11/17 Virginia Tech* L 3-23
12/1 Tennessee* L 13-29
1985 (3-7-1/1-4-1 7th)
Coach: George MacIntyre
Captains: Kermit Sykes, Steve Wade,
Will Wolford
9/7 Chattanooga* W 7-0
9/14 Kansas L 16-42
9/21 Iowa State L 17-20
9/28 Alabama* (#15) L 20-40
10/5 Tulane W 24-17
10/12 LSU* (#20) L 7-49
10/19 Georgia* (#16) T 13-13
10/26 Mississippi L 7-35
11/9 Kentucky* W 31-24
11/16 Virginia Tech* L 24-38
11/30 Tennessee (#10) L 0-30
1986 (1-10/0-6 9th)
Coach: Watson Brown
Captains: Thanh Anderson, Mark Woehler,
Carl Woods, Mark Wracher
9/6 Alabama (#5) L 10-42
9/13 Maryland L 21-35
9/20 Tulane* L 17-35
10/4 Duke* W 24-18
10/11 Auburn* (#7) L 9-31
10/18 Georgia L 16-38
10/25 Mississippi L 12-28
11/1 Memphis* L 21-22
11/8 Kentucky L 22-34
11/15 Virginia Tech L 21-29
11/29 Tennessee* L 20-35
Nov. 29, 1975
Fred Pancoast's
Commodores top
Tennessee 17-14 in
Knoxville to conclude
a 7-4 season with four
consecutive victories.
Nov. 18, 1978
Frank Mordica rushes for
321 rushes and five
touchdowns in Vanderbilt's
41-27 victory over Air
Force. Mordica's rush total
remains a SEC record.
Sept. 10, 1977
Playing No. 1 Oklahoma in Norman, a questionable block-in-the-back call against
Vanderbilt negates the Commodores' apparent game-winning touchdown by split
end Martin Cox in eventual 25-23 loss.
Sept. 12, 1981
Playing before a standing-room only crowd,
the Commodores christen renovated Vanderbilt
Stadium with a 23-17 victory over Maryland.
Nov. 27, 1982
In a cold rain, Whit Taylor scores
on an option rush with 3:00 left to
give Vanderbilt a game-clinching
lead in 28-21 victory over Tennessee.
The win was the Commodores' fifth
straight, and ensured a bowl bid.
Oct. 9, 1982
All-SEC tackle Rob Monaco recovered a Vanderbilt
fumble in the end zone for a game-winning touchdown to
give the Commodores a 31-29 victory over No. 14 Florida.
Dec. 31, 1982
In a record-breaking
offensive display, tailback
Norman Jordan catches 20
passes from roommate
Whit Taylor in Hall of Fame
Bowl appearance.
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