Old 10-member SEC 5-1 schedule rotation

[Swamp Eagle 5,174]

Ok, I’m usually up to speed on Auburn/ SEC football history, but someone help me on this.

The Auburn/Vandy series got me curious as to how they went from 1956 to 1977 without ever playing each other.  They began rotating home/home in 1978, and played in that scenario (along with LSU, Ole Miss and Kentucky) up until the Divisional structure in 1992.

Does anyone recall what precise season they began the 5 permanent/4 rotating schedule with the old 10-member conference?  It may have been ‘78 or a couple of years prior, just can’t find anything on it.

UPDATE: It was 1974, started rotating these 4 every 2 years until 1992:

Kentucky (74-75)

Ole Miss (76-77)

Vandy ((78-79)

LSU (80/81)

Edited November 5, 2023 by Swamp Eagle

[AUwent 3,786]

If it were truly up to me, we'd kick out all non-founding members and have a nice big round robin.

Alabama

Even—Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi, Vanderbilt

Odd—Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Mississippi State, Tennessee

 

Auburn

Even—Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Tennessee

Odd—Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt

 

Florida

Even—Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Louisiana State

N—Georgia

Odd—Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

 

Georgia

Even—Louisiana State, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

N—Florida

Odd—Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Mississippi

 

Kentucky

Even—Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Vanderbilt

Odd—Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State, Tennessee

 

Louisiana State

Even—Alabama, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Odd—Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky

 

Mississippi

Even—Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt

Odd—Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Tennessee

 

Mississippi State

Even—Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee

Odd—Georgia, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Vanderbilt

 

Tennessee

Even—Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi

Odd—Auburn, Georgia, Louisiana State, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt

 

Vanderbilt

Even—Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State, Tennessee

Odd—Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Vanderbilt