1964 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1964 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1964 Vanderbilt Commodores football
1964 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1964 record	3–6–1 (1–4–1 SEC)
Head coach	John Green (2nd season);
Home stadium	Dudley Field
	Seasons ← 1963 1965 →

The 1964 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The Commodores were led by head coach John Green in his second season and finished the season with a record of three wins, six losses and one tie (3–6–1 overall, 1–4–1 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 2–14	44,288
September 26	Georgia	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–7	19,500
October 3	at No. 4 Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 0–24	47,325
October 10	Wake Forest*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 9–6	12,000
October 17	at George Washington*	District of Columbia Stadium Washington, DC	W 14–0	5,200	^[1]
October 24	Ole Miss	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	T 7–7
November 7	at Kentucky	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 21–22
November 14	Tulane	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 2–7		^[2]
November 20	at Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 17–35
November 28	Tennessee	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 7–0
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

^ "VU gets 14–0 win". The Tennessean. October 18, 1964. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tulane edges Commodores, 7–2". The Jackson Sun. November 15, 1964. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1964 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 20, 2015.

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[GW1-1] "VU gets 14–0 win". The Tennessean. October 18, 1964. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Tulane edges Commodores, 7–2". The Jackson Sun. November 15, 1964. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "1964 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 20, 2015.

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v t Vanderbilt Commodores football
Venues	Old Dudley Field (1892–1921) Curry Field (1922) Dudley Field (1922–1980) Vanderbilt Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee
Culture & lore	History Origin of "Commodores" "Dynamite" Marching band Porter Cup Vanderbilt rape case 1906 Carlisle game 1910 Yale game 1922 Michigan game IMG Sports Newtork
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championships in bold

1964 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Alabama $	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Florida	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 7 LSU	4	–	2	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Tennessee	1	–	5	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll