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Vanderbilt Football Team History


Vanderbilt Commodores
Vanderbilt University
 Nashville, TN
Founded: 1873
Stadium: Vanderbilt Stadium
Capacity: 41,448
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Dan McGugin
Conference: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1890  <-- 1910 <- 1911 -> 1912 --> 2024
1911 Season Highlights
 Dan McGugin enters his 8th season as Head Coach at Vanderbilt.
 The Commodores won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship.
 
1911 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 30  vs. Birmingham  40   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 7  vs. Maryville  46   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 14  vs. Rose-Hulman  33   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 21  vs. Centre  45   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 28  @ Michigan  8   9   L       
 Sat., Nov. 4  vs. Georgia  17   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 11  vs. Kentucky  18   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 18  vs. Mississippi  21   0   W       
 Thu., Nov. 30  vs. Sewanee  31   0   W       
 
1911 Season Totals
  Record8-1
  Points Scored259
  Scoring Average28.8
  Points Allowed9
  Defense Average1.0
  Opponents Record25-8
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record8-0
  Away Record0-1
1911 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Vanderbilt 8-12599   Dan McGugin
Georgia 7-1-114728   William A. Bill Cunningham
Kentucky 7-39741   P.P. Douglass
Mississippi State 7-2-120628Won  12-0  W.D. Chadwick
Georgia Tech 6-2-115221   John W. Heisman
Mississippi 6-318455   Dr. N.P. Stauffer
Alabama 5-2-215331   D.V. Graves
Tulane 5-3-110546   A.A. Mason
Auburn 4-2-17645   Mike Donahue
Tennessee 3-4-28293   Zora G. Clevenger

1911 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1911 All Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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