1941 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1941 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1941 record 82 (32 SEC)
Head coach Red Sanders (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Captain Joe Atkinson
Home stadium Dudley Field
1941 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 16 Mississippi State $ 4 0 1  8 1 1
No. 18 Tennessee 3 1 0  8 2 0
No. 20 Alabama 5 2 0  9 2 0
No. 14 Georgia 3 1 1  9 1 1
No. 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 82 overall and 32 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. On November 9 Vanderbilt played the schools 439th game and defeated Georgia Tech 14–7 for the 300th win in the schools football program.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 27 at Purdue* Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, Indiana W 30  
October 4 Tennessee Tech* Dudley FieldNashville, Tennessee W 420  
October 11 at Kentucky Stoll Field/McLean StadiumLexington, Kentucky (Rivalry) W 3915  
October 18 Georgia Tech No. 18 Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 147  
October 25 Princeton No. 15 Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 467  
November 1 Tulane No. 10 Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee L 1434  
November 8 Sewanee Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry) W 200  
November 16 at Louisville* Louisville, Kentucky W 680  
November 22 No. 7 Alabama Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 70  
November 29 at Tennessee No. 12 Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry) L 726  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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References

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


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