1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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).

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

1979 Southeastern Conference football standings
	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

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 Preston Brown QB Van Heflin RB Frank Mordica RB Terry Potter TE Flavious Smith QB 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

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.