1908 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1908 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1908 record 721 (301 SIAA)
Head coach Dan McGugin (5th year)
Offensive scheme Short-punt
Captain J. Vaughn Blake
Home stadium Dudley Field
1908 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
LSU + 3 0 0     10 0 0
Auburn + 5 1 0     6 1 0
Vanderbilt 3 0 1     7 2 1
Tennessee 4 2 0     7 2 0
Georgia Tech 5 3 0     6 3 0
Georgia 3 2 1     5 2 1
Alabama 1 1 1     6 1 1
Sewanee 1 1 1     4 1 3
Ole Miss 1 2 0     3 5 0
Mississippi A&M 1 3 0     3 4 0
Clemson 1 4 0     1 6 0
Texas A&M 0 1 0     3 5 0
Dahlonega 0 1 0     0 1 0
Memphis U. School 0 1 0     0 1 0
Mercer 0 3 0     3 4 0
Gordon 0 3 0     0 3 0
Nashville            
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1908 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1908 college football season. The team's head coach was Dan McGugin, who served his fifth season in that capacity. Members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Commodores played eight home games in Nashville, Tennessee and finished the season with a record of 721 and 301 in SIAA.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 26 Rhodes* Dudley FieldNashville, TN W 115  
October 3 Maryville (TN)* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 320  
October 10 Rose Polytechnic* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 320  
October 17 Clemson Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 410  
October 24 Ole Miss Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) W 290  
October 31 at Michigan* Ferry FieldAnn Arbor, MI L 624  
November 7 Tennessee Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) W 169  
November 14 Ohio State* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 617  
November 21 at Washington (MO)* St. Louis, MO W 280  
November 26 Sewanee Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) T 66  
*Non-conference game.

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Season summary

Tennessee

Ray Morrison saved a touchdown in 1908.

1908 was a down year for Vanderbilt with a wealth of sophomores; guided shrewdly by McGugin to its success.[2] The Volunteers had compiled four wins in conference play, the most in team history. It was widely considered the best Tennessee football season up to that point.[3] Vanderbilt won the match between the two schools 16 to 9.

Walker Leach made a 41-yard field goal to put the Vols up 4 to 0. "This seemed to arouse the local team" and Vanderbilt drove down the field for a touchdown. On a fake kick, Leach circled Vanderbilt's left end for 60 yards. Ray Morrison stopped him short of the goal.[4] Nathan Dougherty was on Tennessee's squad.

Players

Varsity letter winners

"Wearers of the V."[5]

Line

Backfield

References

  1. "Coaching Records Game by Game: Dan McGugin 1908". College Football Data Warehouse.
  2. Edwin Pope. Football's Greatest Coaches. pp. 340, 342.
  3. Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football. 1982. p. 34.
  4. "Vanderbilt Athletics". Vanderbilt University Quarterly 9: 28–35.
  5. "Meeting of the Executive Committee". Vanderbilt University Quarterly 9: 35.
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