1909 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1909 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–3 (4–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Short punt
CaptainBo Williams
Home stadium Dudley Field
Seasons
  1908
1910  
1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee $ 4 0 06 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 07 3 0
Alabama 4 1 15 1 2
LSU 3 1 06 2 0
Georgia Tech 4 2 07 2 0
Auburn 4 2 05 2 0
Howard (AL) 2 2 05 2 1
Clemson 2 2 06 3 0
Ole Miss 1 2 14 3 2
Georgia 1 4 11 4 2
The Citadel 0 1 14 3 2
Mississippi A&M 0 3 05 4 0
Mercer 0 4 03 5 0
Tennessee 0 5 01 6 2
  • $ Conference champion

The 1909 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1909 college football season. The team's head coach was Dan McGugin, who served his sixth season in that capacity. Members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Commodores played eight home games in Nashville, Tennessee and finished the season with a record of 7–3 overall and 4–1 in SIAA play.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Southwestern Presbyterian *W 52–0 [1]
October 2 Mercer
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 28–5 [2]
October 10 Rose Polytechnic *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 28–3 [3]
October 16vs. Vanderbilt alumni*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–3 [4]
October 23 Auburn
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 17–0 [5]
October 30 Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 17–0 [6]
November 6 Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 51–0 [7]
November 13at Ohio State *L 0–5 [8]
November 202:30 p.m.at Washington University *W 12–05,000 [9] [10]
November 25 Sewanee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 5–16 [11] [12]

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