1936 Vanderbilt Commodores football team American college football season
The 1936 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1936 college football season . Led by third-year head coach Ray Morrison , the Commodores compiled an overall record of 3–5–1 with a mark of 1–3–1 in conference play, finishing ninth in the SEC. They played their six home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee . Vanderbilt began the season by shutting out Middle Tennessee and Chicago , but did not score a point over the next four games before shutting Sewanee for their third win of the season. On October 17, the Commodores lost, 16–0, to the SMU Mustangs . Morrison had served as head coach for the Mustangs from 1922 to 1934.
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 26 Middle Tennessee State Teachers * W 45–07,000 [ 1]
October 3 at Chicago * W 37–012,000 [ 2]
October 10 Southwestern (TN) * Dudley Field Nashville, TN L 0–125,000 [ 3]
October 17 at SMU * L 0–1620,000 [ 4]
October 24 Georgia Tech Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry ) T 0–010,000 [ 5]
October 31 No. 8 LSU Dudley Field Nashville, TN L 0–1910,000 [ 6]
November 7 Sewanee Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry ) W 14–0[ 7]
November 14 Tennessee Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry ) L 13–2620,000 [ 8]
November 25 at No. 3 Alabama L 6–1425,000 [ 9]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References
^ "Vanderbilt's flashy attack downs Teachers, 45–0" . Nashville Banner . September 27, 1936. Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Howard Barry (October 4, 1936). "Vanderbilt's Long Runs and Passes Overwhelm Chicago" . Chicago Tribune . p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Lynx upset Vandy, 12–0" . The Commercial Appeal . October 11, 1936. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Ponies just went easy on Vandy" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . October 18, 1936. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vandy ties Ga. Tech, 0–0" . The Charlotte News . October 25, 1936. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "LSU drubs Vandy by 19–0 score" . The Knoxville News-Sentinel . November 1, 1936. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sewanee Tigers hold Vanderbilt to 14 to 0 victory" . The Nashville Tennessean . November 8, 1936. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vols vanquish Vandy by 26–13" . The Nashville Tennessean . November 15, 1936. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Alabama survives mighty scare to defeat Vanderbilt by score of 14–6" . Chattanooga Daily Times . November 27, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Coaching Records Game by Game: Ray Morrison 1936" . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012 .
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