1982 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1982 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record8–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWatson Brown (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Brush (1st season)
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Georgia $ 6 0 0 11 1 0
No. 11 LSU 4 1 1 8 3 1
No. 14 Auburn 4 2 0 9 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 2 0 8 4 0
Tennessee 3 2 1 6 5 1
Alabama 3 3 0 8 4 0
Florida 3 3 0 8 4 0
Mississippi State 2 4 0 5 6 0
Ole Miss 0 6 0 4 7 0
Kentucky 0 6 0 0 10 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by head coach George MacIntyre, Vanderbilt made its first bowl appearance in eight years.

The Commodores were 8–3 in the regular season (4–2 in SEC, third), the program's first winning season since 1975 and their last until 2008.

Vanderbilt was coming off of a sixth consecutive losing season, compiling an overall record of 13–53 (.197) with only one win against 35 losses in conference play over that period. From 1976 to 1981, Vanderbilt lost 33 consecutive SEC games before defeating Ole Miss in 1981.

In 1982, Vanderbilt was a veteran team with 19 seniors and 26 juniors, led by Whit Taylor at QB and All-American's TE Allama Matthews (1982), punter Jim Arnold (1982), Corner Back Leonard Coleman (1983), flanker/TE Chuck Scott (1983), and kicker Ricky Anderson (1984).