1929 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1929 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southern Conference
Record7–2 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Captain Bull Brown
Home stadium Dudley Field
Seasons
  1928
1930  
1929 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Tulane $ 6 0 09 0 0
Tennessee 6 0 19 0 1
North Carolina 7 1 09 1 0
Florida 6 1 08 2 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 07 2 0
Kentucky 3 1 16 1 1
Georgia 4 2 06 4 0
VMI 4 2 08 2 0
Duke 2 1 04 6 0
LSU 3 2 06 3 0
Alabama 4 3 06 3 0
Clemson 3 3 08 3 0
VPI 2 3 05 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 5 03 6 0
South Carolina 2 5 06 5 0
Virginia 1 3 24 3 2
Maryland 1 3 14 4 2
Washington and Lee 1 4 13 5 1
Ole Miss 0 4 21 6 2
Mississippi A&M 0 3 11 5 2
Sewanee 0 4 12 5 2
NC State 0 5 01 8 0
Auburn 0 7 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1929 college football season. The 1929 season was Dan McGugin's 25th year as head coach.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Ole Miss W 19–7
October 5 Ouachita Baptist *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 26–6
October 12at Minnesota *L 15–625,000
October 19at Auburn Birmingham, AL W 41–2
October 26 Maryville (TN)
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 33–0
November 2 Alabama
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 13–015,000 [1] [2]
November 9 Georgia Tech
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 23–7
November 16at Tennessee L 13–0 [3]
November 23 Sewanee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 26–6 [4]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Vanderbilt achieves great triumph in defeat of Alabama". Nashville Banner. November 3, 1929. Retrieved August 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Commodores defeat Tide, 13 to 0". The Birmingham News. November 3, 1929. Retrieved August 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tennessee ends Vandy's quest of title, 13 to 0". The Nashville Tennessean. November 17, 1929. Retrieved August 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Vandy beats Sewanee by 26 to 6 score". The Knoxville Journal. November 29, 1929. Retrieved April 16, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1929 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results".