1942 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1942 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainFred Holder
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Georgia $ 6 1 0 11 1 0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 1 0 9 2 0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 1 0 9 1 1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 2 0 8 2 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 2 0 8 3 0
LSU 3 2 0 7 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 3 3 0 6 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 4 0 6 4 0
Florida 1 3 0 3 7 0
Tulane 1 4 0 4 5 0
Kentucky 0 5 0 3 6 1
Ole Miss 0 5 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1942 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an American football team that represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1942 college football season. In their third year under head coach Red Sanders, the Commodores complied an overall record of 6–4, with a conference record of 2–4, and finished eighth in the SEC.[1]

Vanderbilt was ranked at No. 27 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
  • W 52–06,000[3]
    October 3Purdue*
    • Dudley Field
    • Nashville, TN
    W 26–018,000[4]
    October 10at KentuckyW 7–6[5]
    October 17Mississippi StateNo. 12
    • Dudley Field
    • Nashville, TN
    L 0–3322,000[6]
    October 24Centre*
    • Dudley Field
    • Nashville, TN
    W 66–07,000[7]
    October 31at TulaneL 21–2815,000[8]
    November 7vs. Ole MissW 19–06,000[9]
    November 14
    Union (TN)*
    • Dudley Field
    • Nashville, TN
    W 27–0[10]
    November 21at No. 9 AlabamaL 7–2717,000[11]
    November 28No. 10 Tennessee
    • Dudley Field
    • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    L 7–1919,000[12]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    [13]

    Rankings

    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    — = Not ranked
    Week
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    AP
    12

    References

    1. ^ "1942 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
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    11. ^ "Bama Tiders roll over Commodores 27–7". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. November 22, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
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    13. ^ "Coaching Records Game by Game: Red Sanders 1942". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2014.