1944 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1944 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record3–0–1 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Lee Austin
  • Dick Bostick
Home stadium Dudley Field
Seasons
←  1943
1945  →
1944 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. T–13 Georgia Tech $ 4 –0 –08 –3 –0
No. 12 Tennessee 5 –0 –17 –1 –1
Georgia 4 –2 –07 –3 –0
Alabama 3 –1 –25 –2 –2
Mississippi State 3 –2 –06 –2 –0
LSU 2 –3 –12 –5 –1
Ole Miss 2 –3 –02 –6 –0
Tulane 1 –2 –04 –3 –0
Kentucky 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Florida 0 –3 –04 –3 –0
Auburn 0 –4 –04 –4 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –0 –03 –0 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an American football team that represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1944 college football season. In their first year under head coach Doby Bartling, the Commodores compiled an overall record of 3–0–1, with a conference record of 0–0, and finished 12th in the SEC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7at Sewanee V-12 *
T 0–0 [2]
October 28 Tennessee Tech *
W 19–75,000 [3]
November 4at Tennessee Tech*
W 20–9 [4]
November 11Sewanee V-12*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 28–75,000 [5]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "Past Football Scores for Vanderbilt, starting 1940 - Hogville.net". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Vandy, Tigers fight to draw". The Chattanooga Times. October 8, 1944. Retrieved October 1, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Vandy wallops Eagles 19 to 7". The Nashville Tennessean. October 29, 1944. Retrieved October 1, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Vandy again humbles TPI". The Knoxville Journal. November 5, 1944. Retrieved October 1, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Vanderbilt finishes season with victory over Sewanee Tigers". The Jackson Sun. November 12, 1944. Retrieved October 1, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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