1916 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1916 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1916 record 711 (411 SIAA)
Head coach Dan McGugin (13th season)
Offensive scheme Short punt
Captain Irby Curry
Home stadium Dudley Field
1916 SIAA football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Georgia Tech + 5 0 0  8 0 1
Tennessee + 6 0 1  8 0 1
Georgetown (KY) 1 0 0  2 0 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 1  7 1 1
LSU 3 1 1  7 1 2
The Citadel 3 1 0  6 1 1
Tulane 2 1 1  4 3 1
Kentucky 2 1 2  4 1 2
Auburn 6 2 0  6 2 0
Georgia 5 2 0  6 3 0
Alabama 4 3 0  6 3 0
Sewanee 2 2 2  5 2 2
Mississippi A&M 3 4 0  4 4 1
Mississippi College 2 3 0  4 3 0
Clemson 2 4 0  3 6 0
South Carolina 2 4 0  2 7 0
Louisville 1 2 0  2 3 1
Wofford 1 2 0  2 7 0
Transylvania 1 2 1  1 2 1
Furman 1 3 0  4 5 0
Chattanooga 1 4 0  3 5 0
Howard 0 1 0  0 1 0
Mercer 0 3 0  1 6 0
Florida 0 4 0  0 5 0
Ole Miss 0 6 0  3 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1916 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The 1916 season was Dan McGugin's 13th year as head coach. Quarterback Rabbit Curry was selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 30 Rhodes* Dudley FieldNashville, Tennessee W 860  
October 7 Transylvania Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 420  
October 14 at Kentucky Stoll FieldLexington, Kentucky (Rivalry) W 450  
October 21 Ole Miss Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry) W 350  
October 28 Virginia* Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 276  
November 4 Rose Polytechnic* Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 670  
November 11 at Tennessee Waite FieldKnoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry) L 610  
November 18 at Auburn Rickwood FieldBirmingham, Alabama W 209  
November 25 Sewanee Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry) T 00  
*Non-conference game.

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Season summary

Virginia

Vanderbilt beat Virginia 276. Josh Cody made a 50-yard field goal.

Tennessee

Tennessee upset Vanderbilt 106 in 1916. Vanderbilt's lone score came on a 70-yard run by Rabbit Curry. The year's only unanimous All-Southern Graham Vowell scored Tennessee's winning touchdown.[2]

The starting lineup was Adams (left end), Cody (left tackle), Williams (left guard), Hamilton (center), Harman (right guard), Lipscomb (right tackle), Cohen (right end), Curry (quarterback), Floyd (left halfback), Zerfoss (right halfback), Ray (fullback).[3]

Auburn

Vanderbilt at Auburn
1 234Total
Vanderbilt 7 0013 20
Auburn 0 630 9

Vanderbilt eliminated Auburn from SIAA title contention by a 209 score. Josh Cody carried the ball over for the first touchdown.[4] Rabbit Curry played well at the start, but could not play the entire game due to an ankle injury.[4] Moon Ducote made a 45-yard field goal in the third quarter to put the Tigers up 97.[4] With the help of the forward pass, the Commodores scored two further touchdowns in the last quarter.[4]

The starting lineup was Zerfoss (left end), Cody (left tackle), Williams (left guard), Hamilton (center), Carman (right guard), Lipscomb (right tackle), Cohen (right end), Curry (quarterback), Richardson (left halfback), Beasley (right halfback), Ray (fullback).[4]

Sewanee

Vanderbilt and rival Sewanee fought to a scoreless tie. Red Floyd fumbled in the shadow of the goalpost.[5]

References

  1. "1916 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results".
  2. "Defeat of Vandy Was Big Surprise". The Charlotte Observer. November 13, 1916. p. 6. Retrieved March 29, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Woodruff 1928, p. 42
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Vanderbilt Took Good Game From The Auburn Team". Winston-Salem Journal. November 19, 1916. p. 6. Retrieved May 22, 2016 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Vanderbilt 0, Sewanee 0". The Houston Post. December 1, 1916. p. 4. Retrieved May 13, 2016 via Newspapers.com.
  • Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. 2.
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