1941 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1941 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record8–2 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainJoe Atkinson
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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
Kentucky 0 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Auburn 0 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1941 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an American football team that represented Vanderbilt University in the Southeastern Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their second season under head coach Red Sanders, the Commodores compiled an 8–2 record (3–2 in conference play) and outscored opponents by a total of 260 to 89.[1]

The highlight of the season was a defeat of seventh-ranked Alabama in a driving rainstorm in Nashville;[2] up to that time, only the second time in Commodore history where they defeated a ranked team. On November 9, Vanderbilt played the school's 439th game and defeated Georgia Tech, 14–7, for the 300th win in program history.

Two Vanderbilt players were selected by the

United Press (UP) as first-team players on the 1941 All-SEC football team: center Bob Gude (AP-1, UP-1) and fullback Jack Jenkins (AP-1, UP-1).[3][4][5]

Vanderbilt was ranked at No. 14 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[6]

The Commodores played their home games at

Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee
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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Purdue*
W 3–017,000[7]
October 4Tennessee Tech*
W 42–08,000[8]
October 11at Kentucky
W 39–1511,000[9]
October 18Georgia TechNo. 18
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 14–715,000[10]
October 25PrincetonNo. 15
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 46–714,000[11]
November 1TulaneNo. 10
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 14–3422,000[12]
November 8Sewanee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 20–05,000[13]
November 162:00 p.m.at
duPont Manual Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
    		• W 68–04,000[14][15]
    November 22No. 7 Alabama
    • Dudley Field
    • Nashville, TN
    		W 7–012,000[16]
    November 29at TennesseeNo. 12
    		L 7–2630,000[17]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

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    References

    1. ^ "1941 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
    2. ^ Alabama Crimson Tide 1941 Season Summary (PDF copy at www.rolltide.com)
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    4. ^ "Sinkwich, Nelson, Jenkins and Hapes Selected on All-Southeastern Eleven". The Palm Beach Post. December 2, 1941.
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    16. ^ "Commodores best Tide for muddy 7 to 0 victory". The Tuscaloosa News. November 23, 1941. p. 6. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
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    18. ^ "Coaching Records Game by Game: Red Sanders 1941". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
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