1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1935 record7—3—1 (5—1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainWillie Geny
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
LSU $ 5 0 0 9 2 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 0 7 3 0
Ole Miss 3 1 0 9 3 0
Auburn 5 2 0 8 2 0
Alabama 4 2 0 6 2 1
Tulane 3 3 0 6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 0 5 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 4 0 5 5 0
Mississippi State 2 3 0 8 3 0
Tennessee 2 3 0 4 5 0
Georgia 2 4 0 6 4 0
Florida 1 6 0 3 7 0
Sewanee 0 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1935 college football season. The Commodores were led by Ray Morrison, who was serving in the second stent as head and 2nd year overall as head coach. Vanderbilt went 7–3–1 Vanderbilt has been a member of the Southeastern Conference since 1932, the Commodores went 5–1 in conference play and finished 2nd. They played their six home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The 5–1 mark is the best record that Vanderbilt has had since joining the SEC. The five wins is the high mark for Vanderbilt and was not matched until 2012, 77 years later.

Team captain was Willie Geny, Vandy started out with three wins and then lost the next three, Vanderbilt bounced back by winning out the last 4 games, beating Georgia Tech, Rivals Sewanee and Tennessee and Alabama. Vanderbilt's three losses where all close games being outscored by only fourteen points. In the 3 game slide Vandy lost to LSU who was 9–2 overall and 6–0 in SEC play. This is the best Vandy has been in the SEC to this day.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Union (TN)*
W 34–0
September 28Mississippi State
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 14–9
October 5Cumberland (TN)*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 32–7
October 12at Temple*L 3–6
October 19at Fordham*L 7–13
October 26LSU
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 2–7
November 2at Georgia TechW 14–13
November 9Sewaneedagger
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 46–0[1]
November 16at TennesseeW 13–7[2]
November 28Alabama
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 14–618,000[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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References[]

  1. ^ "Subs shine as Vanderbilt hands Sewanee worst defeat in 22 years, 46–0". The Nashville Banner. November 10, 1935. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Vanderbilt beats Vols, 13 to 7". Nashville Banner. November 17, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Vandy smashes Crimson Tide by more alert playing, 14–6". The Birmingham News. November 29, 1935. Retrieved February 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Coaching Records Game by Game: Ray Morrison 1935". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
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