1944 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1944 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record3–0–1 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Captain
2
  • Lee Austin
  • Dick Bostick
Home stadium Dudley Field
Seasons
  1943
1945  
1944 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 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 complied 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* Cookeville, TN W 20–9 [4]
November 11Sewanee V-12*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 28–75,000 [5]
  • *Non-conference game

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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.