1938 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1938 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record6–3 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach
Captain Marvin Franklin
Home stadium Dudley Field
Seasons
  1937
1939  
1938 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Tennessee $ 7 0 011 0 0
No. 13 Alabama 4 1 17 1 1
No. 19 Tulane 4 1 17 2 1
Ole Miss 3 2 09 2 0
Georgia Tech 2 1 33 4 3
Vanderbilt 4 3 06 3 0
Florida 2 2 14 6 1
Auburn 3 3 14 5 1
Georgia 1 2 15 4 1
LSU 2 4 06 4 0
Mississippi State 1 4 04 6 0
Kentucky 0 4 02 7 0
Sewanee 0 6 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1938 college football season. The Commodores were led by Ray Morrison, who served in the fourth season of his second stint, and fifth overall, as head coach. As a member of the Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt went 6–3 overall and 4–3 in conference play. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Washington University *W 20–05,000 [2]
October 1 Western Kentucky State Teachers *W 12–07,000 [3]
October 8at Kentucky W 14–713,500 [4]
October 15 Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 13–715,000 [5]
October 22at LSU No. 16L 0–735,000 [6]
October 29 Georgia Tech
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 13–717,000 [7]
November 5 Sewanee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 14–07,000 [8]
November 12No. 4 Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–1423,000 [9]
November 24 Alabama L 0–725,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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