1943 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1943 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record5–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJames Hamilton, Bob Hamilton
Home stadium Dudley Field
Seasons
  1942
1944  
1943 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Georgia Tech $ 3 0 08 3 0
LSU 2 2 06 3 0
Tulane 1 1 03 3 0
Georgia 0 3 06 4 0
Vanderbilt 0 0 05 0 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Seven other SEC schools did not field a team due to World War II. [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an American football team that represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1943 college football season. In their first year under head coach Ernest Alley, the Commodores complied an overall record of 5–0, with a conference record of 0–0, and finished fifth in the SEC. [2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Vanderbilt ranked 125th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 58.9. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 16at Tennessee Tech * Cookeville, TN W 20–0 [4]
October 23 Camp Campbell *W 40–146,000 [5]
October 30 Milligan *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 26–63,000 [6]
November 6 Carson–Newman *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 12–6 [7]
November 25Tennessee Tech*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 47–77,000 [8]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. Scott, Richard (2008). SEC Football: 75 Years of Pride and Passion. MVP Books. p. 58. ISBN   1616731338 . Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  2. "1943 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  3. Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Vanderbilt defeats Tennessee Tech, 20–0". The Chattanooga Times. October 17, 1943. Retrieved October 1, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Commodores trample Camp Campbell Bombers 40 to 14". The Nashville Tennessean. October 24, 1943. Retrieved October 1, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Milligan gridders bow to Vanderbilt". Johnson City Press. October 31, 1943. Retrieved October 1, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Vandy holds off late C–N rally to win, 12–6". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 7, 1943. Retrieved October 1, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Commodores smash Tennessee Tech, 47–7, in finale". The Nashville Tennessean. November 26, 1943. Retrieved October 1, 2023 via Newspapers.com.