1892 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1892 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Independent
1892 record 44
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 FieldSewanee, TN (Rivalry) L 422  
October 21 Tennessee Dudley FieldNashville, TN (Rivalry) W 224  
October 28 Nashville (Peabody Normal School.)* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 400  
November 5 Washington (MO) Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 414  
November 12 Sewanee Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) L 1428  
November 17 Tennessee Knoxville, TN (Rivalry) W 120  
November 19 at Georgia Tech Piedmont ParkAtlanta, GA W 2010  
November 24 North Carolina Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 024  
*Non-conference game.

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