1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–3 (3–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Short punt
Captain Alfred T. Adams
Home stadium Dudley Field
Seasons
←  1916
1918  →
1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgia Tech $ 4 –0 –09 –0 –0
Auburn 5 –1 –06 –2 –1
Clemson 5 –1 –06 –2 –0
Centre 1 –0 –07 –1 –0
Mississippi A&M 3 –1 –06 –1 –0
Alabama 3 –1 –15 –2 –1
Sewanee 4 –2 –15 –2 –1
Tulane 2 –1 –05 –3 –0
Vanderbilt 3 –2 –05 –3 –0
LSU 2 –3 –03 –5 –0
South Carolina 2 –3 –03 –5 –0
Wofford 1 –2 –05 –4 –0
Furman 1 –3 –03 –5 –0
Florida 1 –3 –02 –4 –0
Ole Miss 1 –4 –01 –4 –1
Howard (AL) 0 –2 –13 –3 –1
The Citadel 0 –2 –03 –3 –0
Mississippi College 0 –4 –00 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.
Cartoon published in the Technique following Vanderbilt's loss to Georgia Tech After the Golden Hurricane.jpg
Cartoon published in the Technique following Vanderbilt's loss to Georgia Tech

The 1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1917 college football season. The 1917 season was Dan McGugin's 14th year as head coach.

The south's first national champion Georgia Tech gave Vanderbilt its biggest loss in school history, 83 to 0. Vandy captain Alfred T. Adams praised the Tech team: "Tech's magnificent machine won easily over Vanderbilt. It was simply the matter of a splendid eleven winning over an unseasoned, inexperienced team. "Tech played hard, clean football, and we were somewhat surprised to meet such a fair, aggressive team, after the reports we had heard. I think that Vanderbilt could have broken that Tech shift if we had had last year's eleven. Being outweighed, Vanderbilt could not check the heavy forwards, or open up the line. Thereby hangs the tale." [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6 Transylvania *
W 41–0 [2]
October 13at Chicago *
L 0–48 [3]
October 20at Kentucky *
W 5–0 [4]
October 27 Howard (AL)
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 69–0 [5]
November 3at Georgia Tech
L 0–83 [6]
November 10at Alabama
W 7–2 [7]
November 17 Auburn
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–31 [8]
November 29 Sewanee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 13–6 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

[10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Vanderbilt Completely Overwhelmed" (PDF). The Technique. November 6, 1917. p. 4.
  2. ↑ "Transylvania little trouble for Vandy". The Commercial Appeal. October 7, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Maroon (October 14, 1917). "Maroons Crush Southern Team in 48-0 Game: Vanderbilt Knocked Flat by Stagg's Newly Buit Machine". Chicago Tribune. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Kentucky State is put out by Vandy". The Birmingham News. October 21, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Vandy swamps Howard eleven". The Journal and Tribune. October 28, 1917. Retrieved May 14, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Yellow Jackets rout Vanderbilt". The State. November 4, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Gritty Commodores fight their way to victory". Nashville Banner. November 11, 1917. Retrieved February 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Auburn triumphs over Vanderbilt Commodores in annual tilt". The Birmingham News. November 18, 1917. Retrieved May 14, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Vandy wins from Tigers". The Journal and Tribune. November 30, 1917. Retrieved December 17, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "1917 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results".


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