1939 Vanderbilt Commodores football team explained

Year:1939
Team:Vanderbilt Commodores
Sport:football
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:SEC
Record:2–7–1
Conf Record:1–6
Head Coach:Ray Morrison
Hc Year:6th
Captain:Raymond Andrus
Stadium:Dudley Field

The 1939 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1939 college football season. The Commodores were led by Ray Morrison, who served in the fifth season of his second stint, and sixth overall, as head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt went 2–7–1 overall and 1–6 in conference play. The Commodores played their six home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. On October 7, Kentucky defeated Vanderbilt. 21–13, for the 100th loss in the schools football program.

Vanderbilt was ranked at No. 84 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

Schedule

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Notes and References

  1. News: Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth. E. E. Litkenhous. Johnson City Sunday Press. December 31, 1939. 11. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Coaching Records Game by Game: Ray Morrison 1939 . College Football Data Warehouse . September 3, 2014 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090447/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1671&year=1939 . dead .