1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1917
Dudley Field
Seasons
1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 4 0 0 9 0 0
Auburn 5 1 0 6 2 1
Clemson 5 1 0 6 2 0
Centre 1 0 0 7 1 0
Mississippi A&M 3 1 0 6 1 0
Alabama 3 1 1 5 2 1
Sewanee 4 2 1 5 2 1
Tulane 2 1 0 5 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 2 0 5 3 0
LSU 2 3 0 3 5 0
South Carolina 2 3 0 3 5 0
Wofford 1 2 0 5 4 0
Furman 1 3 0 3 5 0
Florida 1 3 0 2 4 0
Ole Miss 1 4 0 1 4 1
Howard (AL) 0 2 1 3 3 1
The Citadel 0 2 0 3 3 0
Mississippi College 0 4 0 0 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.
Cartoon published in the Technique following Vanderbilt's loss to Georgia Tech

The 1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1917 college football season. The 1917 season was Dan McGugin's 14th year as head coach.

The south's first national champion Georgia Tech gave Vanderbilt its biggest loss in school history, 83 to 0. Vandy captain Alfred T. Adams praised the Tech team: "Tech's magnificent machine won easily over Vanderbilt. It was simply the matter of a splendid eleven winning over an unseasoned, inexperienced team. "Tech played hard, clean football, and we were somewhat surprised to meet such a fair, aggressive team, after the reports we had heard. I think that Vanderbilt could have broken that Tech shift if we had had last year's eleven. Being outweighed, Vanderbilt could not check the heavy forwards, or open up the line. Thereby hangs the tale."[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
  • W 41–0
    October 13at Chicago*L 0–48[2]
    October 20at )W 5–0
    October 27Howard (AL)
    • Dudley Field
    • Nashville, TN
    W 69–0[3]
    November 3at Georgia TechL 0–83
    November 10at AlabamaW 7–2[4]
    November 17Auburn
    • Dudley Field
    • Nashville, TN
    L 7–31[5]
    November 29Sewanee
    • Dudley Field
    • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    W 13–6[6]
    • *Non-conference game

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    References

    1. ^ "Vanderbilt Completely Overwhelmed" (PDF). The Technique. November 6, 1917. p. 4.
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    7. ^ "1917 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results".