1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football
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Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–2 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Captain Walter H. Simmons
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
  1898
1900  
1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee $ 11 0 012 0 0
Vanderbilt 5 0 07 2 0
Alabama 1 0 03 1 0
Nashville 3 1 03 1 0
Tennessee 2 1 06 2 0
Auburn 2 1 13 1 1
Texas 3 2 06 2 0
North Carolina 1 1 07 3 0
Ole Miss 3 4 03 4 0
Georgia 2 3 12 3 1
Clemson 1 2 04 2 0
Central (KY) 1 2 01 2 0
LSU 1 3 01 4 0
Kentucky State 0 1 05 2 2
SW Presbyterian 0 1 01 1 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 3 00 3 0
Georgia Tech 0 5 00 5 0
Tulane 0 5 00 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Commodores were coached by James L. Crane, in his first year as head coach. Quarterback Frank Godchaux Sr., the father of Frank Godchaux, from Abbeville, Louisiana, who transferred from LSU to Vanderbilt in 1897, lettered this year in football. [1] After football, he became a self-made business magnate of a successful rice milling company. [2] Grantland Rice lettered at end. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at Cumberland (TN) Cumberland, TN W 32–0
October 13 Miami (OH) *W 12–0
October 213:30 p.m. Cincinnati *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–61,000 [4] [5]
October 28 Indiana *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–22
November 4vs. Ole Miss
W 11–0 [6]
November 11 Bethel (TN) *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 22–0
November 18 Texas
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 6–0
November 25 Central (KY)
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 21–16
November 302:30 p.m. Nashville
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 5–04,000 [7] [8]

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