1941 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1941 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
1941 record	8–2 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach	Red Sanders (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	Joe Atkinson
Home stadium	Dudley Field

1941 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#16 Mississippi State $	4	–	0	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
#18 Tennessee	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
#20 Alabama	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#14 Georgia	3	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
#17 Ole Miss	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
LSU	2	–	2	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Tulane	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Auburn	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1941 college football season. The Commodores were led by Red Sanders, in his second season as head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt went 8–2 overall and 3–2 in conference play. The Commodores played their home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

The highlight of the season was a defeat of 7th ranked Alabama in a driving rainstorm in Nashville;^[1] up to that time, only the second time in Commodore history where they defeated a ranked team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 27, 1941	at Purdue*		West Lafayette, IN	W 3–0
October 4, 1941	Tennessee Tech*		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 42–0
October 11, 1941	at Kentucky		Lexington, KY (Rivalry)	W 39–15
October 18, 1941	Georgia Tech	#18	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–7
October 25, 1941	Princeton	#15	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 46–7
November 1, 1941	Tulane	#10	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 14–34
November 8, 1941	Sewanee		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 20–0
November 16, 1941	at Louisville*		Louisville, KY	W 68–0
November 22, 1941	#7 Alabama		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 7–0
November 29, 1941	at Tennessee	#12	Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	L 7–26
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

^[2]

References

↑ Alabama Crimson Tide 1941 Season Summary (PDF copy at www.rolltide.com)
↑ "Coaching Records Game by Game: Red Sanders 1941". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

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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