1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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 731 Vanderbilt has been a member of the Southeastern Conference since 1932, the Commodores went 51 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.

1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1935 record7—3—1 (5—1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainWillie Geny
Home stadiumDudley Field
1935 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 21Union*W 34–0
September 28Mississippi State
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 14–9
October 5Cumberland*
  • 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 9Sewanee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 46–0
November 16at TennesseeW 13–7
November 28Alabama
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 14–618,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

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References

  1. "Coaching Records Game by Game: Ray Morrison 1935". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 21, 2012.


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