1895 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1895 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–3–1 (3–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Captain Phil Connell
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
  1894
1896  
1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt 3 0 05 3 1
Auburn 2 1 02 1 0
Georgia 2 2 03 4 0
Sewanee 0 2 02 2 1
Alabama 0 2 00 4 0

The 1895 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). [1] The team's head coach was Charles L. Upton, who only coached one season in that capacity, at Vanderbilt for one year.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 12at Missouri *L 0–16 [2]
October 19at Central (KY) * Richmond, KY W 10–0400 [3]
October 28 North Carolina *L 0–122,000 [4]
November 2 Centre *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
T 0–0 [5]
November 9 Auburn
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 9–6 [6]
November 12at Nashville Athletic Club *Nashville, TNW 20–4
November 162:00 p.m.vs. Virginia *
L 4–62,500 [7]
November 23 Georgia
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 6–01,200 [8]
November 28 Sewanee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 18–6 [9]

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References

  1. "Hall and Campus". The Atlanta Constitution. December 9, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved December 13, 2016 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "Missouri boys are all right, defeated the Vanderbilt boys on the gridiron". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 13, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Vanderbilt 10, Central University 0". The Courier-Journal. October 20, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Butler makes a magnificent run". The Chicago Tribune. October 29, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Vanderbilt 0, Center College 0". The Times-Democrat. November 3, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Vanderbilt wins in muddy field". The Chicago Tribune. November 10, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Virginia Won It". The Atlanta Constitution . Atlanta, Georgia. November 17, 1895. p. 16. Retrieved September 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  8. "Georgians make a claim of foul, Vanderbilt however is given the game played at Nashville". The Chicago Tribune. November 24, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Vanderbilt defeats Sewanee". The Times-Democrat. November 29, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.