1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1935 record	7–3–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Ray Morrison (1st year of 2nd stint; 2nd overall year)
Captain	Willie Geny
Home stadium	Dudley Field

1935 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
LSU $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Auburn	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Tulane	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Florida	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1935 college football season. The Commodores were led by Ray Morrison, who was serving in the second stent as head and 2nd year overall as head coach. Vanderbilt went 7–3–1 Vanderbilt has been a member of the Southeastern Conference since 1932, the Commodores went 5–1 in conference play and finished 2nd. They played their six home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The 5–1 mark is the best record that Vanderbilt has had since joining the SEC. The five wins is the high mark for Vanderbilt and was not matched until 2012, 77 years later.

Team captain was Willie Geny, Vandy started out with three wins and then lost the next three, Vanderbilt bounced back by winning out the last 4 games, beating Georgia Tech, Rivals Sewanee and Tennessee and Alabama. Vanderbilt's three losses where all close games being outscored by only fourteen points. In the 3 game slide Vandy lost to LSU who was 9–2 overall and 6–0 in SEC play. This is the best Vandy has been in the SEC to this day.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	Union*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 34–0
September 28	Mississippi State	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–9
October 5	Cumberland*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 32–7
October 12	at Temple*	Beury Stadium • Philadelphia, PA	L 3–6
October 19	at Fordham*	Coffey Field • The Bronx, NY	L 7–13
October 26	LSU	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 2–7
November 2	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 14–13
November 9	Sewanee	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 46–0
November 16	at Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 13–7
November 28	Alabama	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–6	18,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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References

↑ "Coaching Records Game by Game: Ray Morrison 1935". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 21, 2012.

Vanderbilt Commodores football

Venues	Old Dudley Field (1892–1921) Curry Field (1922) Dudley Field (1922–1980) Vanderbilt Stadium (1980–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee

Culture & lore	History 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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