1911 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1911 Vanderbilt Commodores football
National champion (Billingsley)
SIAA champion
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–1 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Short punt
Captain Ray Morrison
Home stadium Dudley Field
Seasons
  1910
1912  
1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $ 5 0 08 1 0
Auburn 4 0 14 2 1
Georgia 5 1 17 1 1
Georgia Tech 5 2 16 2 1
Kentucky State 2 1 07 3 0
LSU 2 1 06 3 0
Mississippi A&M 4 2 17 2 1
Alabama 2 2 25 2 2
Ole Miss 2 2 06 3 0
Tulane 3 3 05 3 1
Sewanee 2 3 06 3 1
Clemson 2 4 03 5 0
The Citadel 1 1 05 2 2
Mercer 2 5 04 6 1
Central University 0 2 13 2 1
Tennessee 0 2 03 4 2
Mississippi College 0 4 01 5 0
Howard (AL) 0 6 01 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1911 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1911 college football season. It was Dan McGugin's 8th year as head coach. The team outscored its opponents 259 to 9, winning an undisputed Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) title.

Contents

Edwin Pope's Football's Greatest Coaches notes: "A lightning-swift backfield of Lew Hardage, Wilson Collins, Ammie Sikes, and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9–8 loss to Michigan." The Atlanta Constitution voted Vanderbilt's the best backfield in the South. Morrison is considered one of the best quarterbacks in Vanderbilt's long history

Before the season

Vanderbilt prepared to face its most difficult schedule to date. [1] The halfbacks and fullbacks were new, as Bill Neely and Bo Williams had graduated, and Kent Morrison was shifted to end. Lew Hardage transferred from Auburn and joined the team.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Birmingham *W 40–0 [2]
October 7 Maryville (TN) *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 46–0 [3]
October 14 Rose Poly *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 33–0 [4]
October 21 Central University
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 45–0 [5]
October 28at Michigan *L 8–9 [6]
November 4 Georgia
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 17–0 [7]
November 11 Kentucky State College
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 18–0 [8]
November 18 Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 21–0 [9]
November 30 Sewanee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 31–06,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game

Game summaries

Week 1: Birmingham

The season opened with a 40–0 win over Birmingham on a slippery field. Ammie Sikes and Lew Hardage proved to be the stars of the game. [11]

The starting lineup was Morrison: (left end), Freeland (left tackle), Metzger (left guard), Morgan (center), C. Brown (right guard), T. Brown (right tackle), E. Brown (right end). R. Morrison (quarterback), Hardage (left halfback), Collins (right halfback), and Doherty (fullback). [12]

Week 2: Maryvillle (TN)

The next week, Vanderbilt defeated Maryville 46-0. Ewing Y. Freeland and Zeke Martin played well in the line, [11] but above all the game's star was Tom Brown. [13]

The starting lineup was: Morrison (left end), Freeland (left tackle), Metzger (left guard), Morgan (center), C. Brown (right guard), T. Brown (right tackle), E. Brown (right end). R. Morrison (quarterback), Hardage (left halfback), Collins (right halfback), and Doherty (fullback). [13]

Week 3: Rose Poly

Vanderbilt won 33–0 over Rose Polytechnic, in a game harder than prior weeks. [11] The Tennessean 's Spick Hall remarked on Rose's defense, "They all played a vicious game and when they tackled they did it in the good old-fashion wayright from the shoulder." [14]

The starting lineup was: Metzger (left end), Freeland (left tackle), Covington (left guard), Morgan (center), C. Brown (right guard), T. Brown (right tackle), E. Brown (right end). R. Morrison (quarterback), Hardage (left halfback), Collins (right halfback), and Sikes (fullback). [14]

Week 4: Central University

Vanderbilt drubbed Central University, 45–0. Central and Vanderbilt were both undefeated the previous year, and Central also had claimed a Southern title, on the grounds that Vanderbilt would not play them. [11] Lew Hardage and Ray Morrison and Rabbi Robins all had two touchdowns each. Ammie Sikes and Murrah had one each. [15] The starting lineup was: Morrison (left end), Freeland (left tackle), Huffman (left guard), Morgan (center), C. Brown (right guard), Covington (right tackle), E. Brown (right end). R. Morrison (quarterback), Hardage (left halfback), Collins (right halfback), and Sikes (fullback). [15]

Week 5: at Michigan

Week 5: Vanderbilt at Michigan
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The Michigan Wolverines defeated the Commodores 9 to 8. The game matched Michigan head coach Fielding H. Yost against his former player and brother-in-law, Dan McGugin. Because of the relationship between Yost and McGugin, the two teams played nine times between 1905 and 1923, with Michigan winning eight games and tying one. [17]

Ray Morrison running against Michigan. RayMorrisonatMichigan.png
Ray Morrison running against Michigan.

Before the game, Coach Yost reminded reporters that Vanderbilt's 1911 team included the same veteran line that had held Yale scoreless in 1910. Yost predicted a hard game. [18]

Lew Hardage circling left end. LewHardageatMichigan.png
Lew Hardage circling left end.

After a scoreless first half, Zach Curlin made a drop kick to put the Commodores up 3 to 0 in the third quarter. The Vanderbilt University Quarterly notes "when the score was 3 to 0 in our favor the situation in the Michigan grandstands was heartrending." [16] Yost said after the game: "It was one of the most exciting games I have ever witnessed." [19]

Michigan tied up the score with a field goal of its own, then Stanfield Wells scored a touchdown and Frederick L. Conklin kicked goal. [19] Morrison scored a touchdown for Vanderbilt, but put too much energy into the kick-out and missed the crucial extra point. [19]

Walter Eckersall served as the umpire and covered the game for the Chicago Daily Tribune . Eckersall wrote that Michigan's offense suffered from "an air of overconfidence", its tackling was poor, and the team was completely fooled on forward passes. He opined that the game was a reversal for Michigan, which would need "vast improvement" to defeat Penn and Cornell. [20]

The starting lineup was: Morrison (left end), Freeland (left tackle), Metzger (left guard), Morgan (center), C. Brown (right guard), T. Brown (right tackle), E. Brown (right end). R. Morrison (quarterback), Hardage (left halfback), Collins (right halfback), and Sikes (fullback). [21]

Week 6: Georgia

Week 6: Georgia at Vanderbilt
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Vanderbilt easily defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 17–0 under a "cold, leaden sky" with splashes of rain. [22] After a scoreless first quarter, Lew Hardage called for a fair-catch at Georgia's 28-yard line, starting Vanderbilt's first scoring drive. It ended with an Ammie Sikes touchdown from 2 yards out. [22] Hardage ran around right end for 45 yards, down to the 17-yard line. Vanderbilt then worked the ball to the goal with an 8-yard pass from Hardage to Wilson Collins, followed by Ray Morrison going over for a 4-yard touchdown. [22] On one play later in the period, Hardage's left shoulder and arm were badly sprained, threatening his status for the season. [22]

In the third quarter, Morrison made 22 yards on a fake punt, Sikes went 35 yards through line. Sikes then made 5 more, Collins 1, and Morrison finished with a 4-yard touchdown. [22]

The starting lineup was: K. Morrison (left end), Covington (left tackle), Metzger (left guard), Morgan (center), C. Brown (right guard), T. Brown (right tackle), E. Brown (right end), R. Morrison (quarterback), Hardage (left halfback), Collins (right halfback), and Sikes (fullback). [22]

Week 7: Kentucky State College

Week 7: Kentucky State College at Vanderbilt
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The Commodores beat Kentucky State College, 18–0. The Wildcats were expected to lose by a larger margin. [23] The first touchdown came on "a pretty forward pass" from Robins to Nuck Brown. [23] The next score came in the third quarter, on a 7-yard run from Ray Morrison. Just after the start of the fourth quarter, Zach Curlin made an 8-yard field goal. He later made another 10-yard field goal from a difficult angle. [23] The starting lineup was: K. Morrison (left end), Covington (left tackle), Metzger (left guard), Morgan (center), C. Brown (right guard), T. Brown (right tackle), E. Brown (right end), R. Morrison (quarterback), Collins (left halfback), Robins (right halfback), and Sikes (fullback). [23]

Week 8: Ole Miss

Week 8: Ole Miss at Vanderbilt
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Vanderbilt beat Ole Miss, 21–0, and claimed the championship of the South. [24] "This was easily the greatest southern game of the season". [25]

In the second quarter, a long trick pass was caught by Ammie Sikes, who ran to Ole Miss's 5-yard line. Ray Morrison then got the score. [24] At one point Morrison had a 70-yard run. [25] Zach Curlin later made a field goal. In the second half, Morrison ran 75 yards on a fake punt and went out of bounds at the 30-yard line. On the next play, Lew Hardage started around left end, then reversed right, and was again crowded out, reversing field back around left end. He seemed to break a tackle by every Ole Miss player. [24] Vanderbilt scored a final touchdown in the last quarter. [24]

The starting lineup was: K. Morrison (left end), Covington (left tackle), Metzger (left guard), Morgan (center), C. Brown (right guard), T. Brown (right tackle), E. Brown (right end), R. Morrison (quarterback), Collins (left halfback), Hardage (right halfback), and Sikes (fullback). [26]

Week 9: Sewanee and Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb traveled to Nashville on the Monday of the week of the Sewanee game to act in the play The College Widow . [n 1] Cobb watched the team practice and donned a Vanderbilt uniform to practice with the team during the week, including punts and drop-kicks. [27]

Ty Cobb (pictured) practiced as a Vanderbilt football player in 1911. 1913 Ty Cobb portrait photo.png
Ty Cobb (pictured) practiced as a Vanderbilt football player in 1911.
Week 9: Sewanee at Vanderbilt
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Vanderbilt defeated the Sewanee Tigers 31 to 0. Vanderbilt's first score came on a 3-yard end run from Ray Morrison. In the next period, Will Metzger and Tom Brown blocked a kick. Brown then picked up the ball and ran it in for a touchdown. The next score came on a pass from Morrison to Hardage. After the half, Wilson Collins had a touchdown run over tackle. In the same period, Sewanee had a bad pass from center for a safety. In the final period, Collins had another touchdown behind tackle. Vanderbilt had 455 total yards to Sewanee's 69. [28]

The starting lineup was: K. Morrison (left end), Freeland (left tackle), Metzger (left guard), Morgan (center), C. Brown (right guard), T. Brown (right tackle), E. Brown (right end), Morrison (quarterback), Curlin (right halfback), Hardage (left halfback), and Sikes (fullback). The umpire was Ted Coy. [28]

Post season

Awards and honors

Vanderbilt claimed an undisputed SIAA and Southern title. "Usually Texas and Arkansas have entered strong claims for the coveted honor, but little Sewanee this year disposed of Texas and in turn Texas disposed of Arkansas." [29] The Atlanta Constitution voted Vanderbilt's the best backfield in the South. [30]

Ewing Freeland, Will Metzger, Hugh Morgan, Morrison, and Hardage were all consensus All-Southern selections. [31] Morrison is considered one of the best quarterbacks in Vanderbilt's long history. [32] He won Bachelor of Ugliness for the class of 1912, and both Morrison and Metzger were later selected for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era. [33]

Departures

Assistant coach Dr. Owsley Manier left the team to spend the winter of 1911 practicing medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. [34] As well as Morrison graduating, Freeland went to Texas and Metzger entered into business. [11]

Players

Depth chart

The following chart provides a visual depiction of Vanderbilt's lineup during the 1911 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses. The chart mimics a short punt formation while on offense, with the quarterback under center.

LE
Kent Morrison (8)
Will Metzger (1)
Zeke Martin (0)
LT LG C RG RT
Ewing Y. Freeland (6) Will Metzger (7) Hugh Morgan (9) Charles H. Brown (9) Tom Brown (8)
Joe Covington (3)Joe Covington (1)Joe Covington (1)
Cecil Huffman (1)
RE
Enoch Brown (9)
 
 
QB
Ray Morrison (9)
Rabbi Robins (0)
LHB RHB
Lew Hardage (7) Wilson Collins (6)
Wilson Collins (2) Zach Curlin (1)
Lew Hardage (1)
Rabbi Robins (1)
FB
Ammie Sikes (7)
Doherty (2)

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Varsity letter winners

"Wearers of the V" [35]

Line

PlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
Charles H. Brown Guard9 Gallatin, Tennessee 24
Enoch Brown End9 Franklin, Tennessee Battle Ground Academy 5'8"160
Tom Brown Tackle8Gallatin, Tennessee6'2"18021
Joe CovingtonGuard, tackle5
Ewing Y. Freeland Tackle6 Turnersville, Texas Mooney School19624
Zeke Martin End0 Mobile, Alabama University Military School
Will Metzger Guard8 Nashville, Tennessee Wallace University School6'1"17521
Hugh Morgan Center9Nashville, TennesseeBranham & Hughes School21618
Kent MorrisonEnd8 McKenzie, Tennessee McTyeire School

Backfield

PlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
Wilson Collins Halfback8 Pulaski, Tennessee 5'9"16522
Zach Curlin Halfback1 Luxora, Arkansas Webb School 21
Lew Hardage Halfback8 Decatur, Alabama 16520
Ray Morrison Quarterback9 McKenzie, Tennessee McTyeire School15926
Rabbi Robins Quarterback, halfback1 Tupelo, Mississippi McTyeire School
Ammie Sikes Fullback7 Smyrna, Tennessee Battle Ground Academy16419

Substitutes

PlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
DohertyFullback2

Coaching staff

See also

Notes

  1. Cobb was coming off an American League MVP season with a .420 batting average. He was taken for an automobile ride around the town by Nashville Vols president William G. Hirsig. [27]

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