Logo for the 1979 Vanderbilt Commodores

Vanderbilt Commodores

1979 Roster

NO.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTCLASSBIRTHPLACE
9
Carl Allen
C. Allen
DB
6'4"
190
SO
Jim Arnold
J. Arnold
P
62
George Blocker
G. Blocker
DL
6'2"
210
SO
Jim Bronner
J. Bronner
RB
22
Mark Brown
M. Brown
DB
5'11"
190
SO
32
Preston Brown
P. Brown
WR
5'11"
182
SR
8
Wamon Buggs
W. Buggs
WR
6'3"
187
SO
43
Harry Burks
H. Burks
DL
6'1"
189
SO
55
Joe Casella
J. Casella
LB
6'3"
213
JR
23
Jack Chandler
J. Chandler
DB
5'11"
186
SR
66
Marshall Cheatham
M. Cheatham
OL
6'1"
259
SO
54
Kenny Cole
K. Cole
LB
6'2"
202
JR
47
Andrew Coleman
A. Coleman
LB
6'0"
230
SO
75
Ricky Dean
R. Dean
6'3"
240
SR
5
Steve Dison
S. Dison
WR
5'9"
160
JR
Michael Dunster
M. Dunster
RB
6'0"
187
SO
70
Lee Edmondson
L. Edmondson
6'6"
234
JR
3
Charles Edwards
C. Edwards
WR
6'2"
183
JR
46
Andy Ervin
A. Ervin
LB
6'1"
205
SO
36
Norwood Ervin
N. Ervin
DL
6'2"
208
JR
51
Barry Flynn
B. Flynn
OL
6'0"
221
JR
60
Jeff Foster
J. Foster
OL
6'4"
215
SO
61
David Funk
D. Funk
OL
6'2"
227
SO
88
Thomas Gilbert
T. Gilbert
6'3"
238
SO
25
Gerald Gilmore
G. Gilmore
RB
5'11"
178
SO
71
Rodney Gurley
R. Gurley
6'4"
239
JR
50
Ronald Hale
R. Hale
OL
6'6"
310
JR
76
Ken Hammond
K. Hammond
OL
6'4"
240
SO
42
Charles Harris
C. Harris
DB
6'0"
191
SO
7
Van Heflin
V. Heflin
QB
6'2"
220
JR
Lucius High
L. High
RB
33
Eddie Hood
E. Hood
RB
6'2"
185
JR
63
Loie Hudgins
L. Hudgins
OL
6'2"
261
JR
31
Ralph Johnson
R. Johnson
DB
5'11"
180
SO
34
Norman Jordan
N. Jordan
RB
5'9"
186
SO
39
Lyle Kilpatrick
L. Kilpatrick
LB
6'0"
207
JR
79
Mike King
M. King
6'3"
250
SO
74
Hal Lewis
H. Lewis
6'0"
233
SO
26
Curtis Lusk
C. Lusk
RB
6'0"
188
JR
44
Lester Mack
L. Mack
DL
6'2"
204
JR
37
Frank Manzella
F. Manzella
DB
5'9"
172
SO
72
Mark Matlock
M. Matlock
OL
6'5"
244
JR
Allama Matthews
A. Matthews
TE
Mark Matthews
M. Matthews
DB
84
John McCain
J. McCain
TE
6'4"
213
JR
58
David McCullers
D. McCullers
OL
6'3"
238
SO
99
Ray McMahon
R. McMahon
DL
6'2"
220
FR
68
Billy Minahan
B. Minahan
DL
5'10"
225
SO
41
Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
DL
6'1"
192
JR
69
Tim Moore
T. Moore
DL
6'3"
240
SO
35
Frank Mordica
F. Mordica
RB
6'1"
198
SR
17
Ronnie Myrick
R. Myrick
DB
6'2"
188
SR
56
Keith Phillips
K. Phillips
OL
6'2"
224
JR
65
John Pointer
J. Pointer
LB
6'1"
212
SR
45
Terry Potter
T. Potter
RB
6'2"
195
JR
73
Mike Ralston
M. Ralston
OL
6'5"
242
SR
28
Jim Sherman
J. Sherman
DB
5'11"
182
JR
77
Greg Simmons
G. Simmons
OL
6'4"
231
SO
82
Flavious Smith
F. Smith
TE
6'4"
220
JR
11
Jeff Swab
J. Swab
QB
6'1"
205
JR
81
Phil Swindoll
P. Swindoll
DL
6'2"
200
JR
10
Whit Taylor
W. Taylor
QB
5'11"
179
SO
85
Bart White
B. White
WR
5'10"
189
JR
1
Cody Whitt
C. Whitt
P
6'3"
180
JR
Marcus Williams
M. Williams
RB
24
Roy Williams
R. Williams
DB
5'10"
166
SR
67
Bill Wilson
B. Wilson
6'3"
235
SR
12
Mike Woodard
M. Woodard
K
5'11"
184
SO
78
Tommy Woodroof
T. Woodroof
OL
6'3"
238
SR

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1,122

Atkinson

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1,053

Stokes

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Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

458

Baugh

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454

Riley

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550

Duff

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476

Legree

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444

Toney

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12

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11

Taylor

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11

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8

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8

Knight

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6

Carter

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Rec TD Leaders

7

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7

Dixon

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6

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QB Rating Leaders

259.3

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228.6

Mensah

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215.3

Becht

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PPG Rankings
Georgia

59.3

Florida

54.0

Miami

51.7

Virginia Tech

50.7

Oregon

49.7

Tennessee

47.7
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

4.3

Penn State

7.3

Oklahoma

7.7

Notre Dame

7.7

Utah

8.0

Tulsa

9.0
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

594.3

Mississippi State

544.7

Florida

544.3

Georgia

539.0

SMU

537.0

Oklahoma State

528.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Navy

333.7

Air Force

319.0

Tennessee

298.7

UCLA

286.7

West Virginia

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

386.3

SMU

368.7

Purdue

366.7

Ohio State

364.7

Miami

358.0

Sam Houston

345.7
Sack Leaders
Virginia Tech

14.0

LSU

14.0

Vanderbilt

12.0

Tennessee

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Old Dominion

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
3
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
3
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
3
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
3
0
1.000
5
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
0
1.000
6
Kentucky Kentucky
2
1
.667
7
Missouri Missouri
3
0
1.000
8
Tennessee Tennessee
3
0
1.000
9
Texas Texas
3
0
1.000
10
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
0
1.000
11
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
1
.667
12
Auburn Auburn
2
1
.667
13
LSU LSU
2
1
.667
14
South Carolina South Carolina
2
1
.667
15
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
1
.667
16
Arkansas Arkansas
1
2
.333
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
0
1.000
2
James Madison James Madison
3
0
1.000
3
Louisiana Louisiana
2
1
.667
4
Georgia State Georgia State
2
1
.667
5
South Alabama South Alabama
2
1
.667
6
Marshall Marshall
2
1
.667
7
Troy Troy
2
1
.667
8
Arkansas State Arkansas State
1
2
.333
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
2
.333
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
2
.333
12
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
2
.333
13
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
3
.000
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
2
1
.667
2
Colorado State Colorado State
2
1
.667
3
Fresno State Fresno State
2
1
.667
4
Oregon State Oregon State
1
2
.333
5
San Diego State San Diego State
1
2
.333
6
Texas State Texas State
1
2
.333
7
Washington State Washington State
1
2
.333
8
Utah State Utah State
0
3
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
3
0
1.000
3
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
4
Cincinnati Cincinnati
3
0
1.000
5
Kansas State Kansas State
3
0
1.000
6
Utah Utah
3
0
1.000
7
West Virginia West Virginia
3
0
1.000
8
Baylor Baylor
2
1
.667
9
Colorado Colorado
2
1
.667
10
Iowa State Iowa State
2
1
.667
11
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
2
1
.667
12
TCU TCU
2
1
.667
13
UCF UCF
2
1
.667
14
Arizona Arizona
2
1
.667
15
Houston Houston
2
1
.667
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
1
3
.250
2
UMass UMass
3
0
1.000
3
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
1
.667
4
Toledo Toledo
2
1
.667
5
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
1
.667
6
Akron Akron
1
2
.333
7
Ball State Ball State
1
2
.333
8
Buffalo Buffalo
1
2
.333
9
Kent State Kent State
1
2
.333
10
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
2
.333
11
Ohio Ohio
1
2
.333
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
3
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
2
USC USC
4
0
1.000
3
UCLA UCLA
3
0
1.000
4
Iowa Iowa
3
0
1.000
5
Michigan Michigan
3
0
1.000
6
Nebraska Nebraska
3
0
1.000
7
Penn State Penn State
3
0
1.000
8
Washington Washington
3
0
1.000
9
Illinois Illinois
2
1
.667
10
Maryland Maryland
2
1
.667
11
Michigan State Michigan State
2
1
.667
12
Minnesota Minnesota
2
1
.667
13
Ohio State Ohio State
2
1
.667
14
Oregon Oregon
2
1
.667
15
Wisconsin Wisconsin
2
1
.667
16
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
17
Purdue Purdue
1
2
.333
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
2
Delaware Delaware
2
1
.667
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
1
.667
4
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
2
2
.500
5
Florida International Florida International
1
2
.333
6
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
2
.333
7
Missouri State Missouri State
1
2
.333
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
2
.333
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
2
.333
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
3
.000
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
3
0
1.000
2
Duke Duke
3
0
1.000
3
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
3
0
1.000
4
California California
2
2
.500
5
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
6
Louisville Louisville
2
1
.667
7
Virginia Virginia
2
1
.667
8
SMU SMU
2
1
.667
9
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
3
0
1.000
10
Boston College Boston College
2
1
.667
11
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
2
.333
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
1
.667
14
Florida State Florida State
1
2
.333
15
NC State NC State
1
2
.333
16
Stanford Stanford
1
2
.333
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
3
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
1
.667
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
3
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
2
1
.667
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Tulsa Tulsa
3
0
1.000
6
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
2
1
.667
8
East Carolina East Carolina
1
2
.333
9
North Texas North Texas
1
2
.333
10
Rice Rice
1
2
.333
11
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
12
Tulane Tulane
1
2
.333
13
Charlotte Charlotte
0
3
.000
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
1
2
.333
3
New Mexico New Mexico
2
1
.667
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
5
Nevada Nevada
1
2
.333
6
UTEP UTEP
1
2
.333
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
2
.333
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
3
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/5
ORST ORST
@
HOU HOU
20-33
Sat
9/5
ECU ECU
@
ALA ALA
10-48
Sat
9/5
UNT UNT
@
IND IND
16-52
Sat
9/5
BRY BRY
@
ARMY ARMY
3-59
Sat
9/5
CCAR CCAR
@
WVU WVU
24-31

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/26
BUCK BUCK
@
PITT PITT
12:00 PM
Sat
9/26
BALL BALL
@
KENT KENT
12:00 PM
Sat
9/26
COLO COLO
@
BAY BAY
12:00 PM
Sat
9/26
SDSU SDSU
@
TOL TOL
12:00 PM
Sat
9/26
CSU CSU
@
UTSA UTSA
12:00 PM