1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Commodores were coached by James L. Crane, in his first year as head coach. Quarterback Frank Godchaux, the father of Frank Godchaux, Jr., from Abbeville, Louisiana, who transferred from LSU to Vanderbilt in 1897, lettered this year in football.[1] After football, he became a self-made business magnate of a successful rice milling company.[2] Grantland Rice lettered at end.[3]

1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1899 record7–2 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coachJ. L. Crane (1st year)
CaptainWalter H. Simmons
Home stadiumDudley Field
1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Sewanee $ 11 0 0  12 0 0
Vanderbilt 5 0 0  7 2 0
Alabama 1 0 0  3 1 0
Nashville 3 1 0  3 1 0
Tennessee 2 1 0  6 2 0
Auburn 2 1 1  3 1 1
Texas 3 2 0  6 2 0
North Carolina 1 1 0  7 3 0
Ole Miss 3 4 0  3 4 0
Georgia 2 3 1  2 3 1
Clemson 1 2 0  4 2 0
Central (KY) 1 2 0  1 2 0
LSU 1 3 0  1 4 0
Kentucky State 0 1 0  5 2 2
SW Presbyterian 0 1 0  1 1 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 3 0  0 3 0
Georgia Tech 0 5 0  0 5 0
Tulane 0 5 0  0 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 6at CumberlandCumberland, TNW 32–0
October 13Miami (OH)*
W 12–0
October 20Cincinnati*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–6
October 28Indiana*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–22
November 4vs. Ole MissMemphis, TN (rivalry)W 11–0
November 11Bethel College*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 22–0
November 18Texas
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 6–0
November 25Central
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 21–16
November 30Nashville
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 5–0
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. Couch, Ernie (2001). SEC Football Trivia. Thomas Nelson Inc.
  2. Kathy Rivers. "Godchaux Family". Archived from the original on 2014-10-25.
  3. John A. Simpson. The Greatest Game Ever Played In Dixie. p. 27.


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