1892 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1892 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Independent
1892 record	4–4
Head coach	Elliott H. Jones (3rd year)
Captain	Elliott H. Jones
Home stadium	Dudley Field

The 1892 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1892 college football season. The team's head coach and team captain was Elliott H. Jones, who served his third and last season in that capacity. This was the first year for Vandy and University of Tennessee to play football also the first year to play at (Old) Dudley Field. The 1892 team was the oldest in the memory of Grantland Rice. He claimed Phil Connell then would be a good player in any era.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 15	at Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN (Rivalry)	L 4–22
October 21	Tennessee	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 22–4
October 28	Nashville (Peabody Normal School.)*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 40–0
November 5	Washington (MO)	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 4–14
November 12	Sewanee	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	L 14–28
November 17	Tennessee	Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	W 12–0
November 19	at Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	W 20–10
November 24	North Carolina	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 0–24
*Non-conference game.

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References

↑ Grantland Rice (November 24, 1937). "Two of Year's Outstanding Games in South This Week". Lincoln Evening Journal. p. 12. Retrieved May 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/vand-m-footbl-sched.html
↑ http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/history.html

Vanderbilt Commodores football

Venues	Curry Field (1892–1921) Vanderbilt Stadium (1922–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee

Culture & lore	Mr. C Origin of "Commodores" "Dynamite" Marching band Porter Cup 1906 Carlisle game 1910 Yale game 1922 Michigan game IMG Sports Newtork

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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