1941 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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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 represented Vanderbilt University during the 1941 college football season. The Commodores were led by Red Sanders, in his second season as head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt went 8–2 overall and 3–2 in conference play. The Commodores played their home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

The highlight of the season was a defeat of 7th ranked Alabama in a driving rainstorm in Nashville;[1] up to that time, only the second time in Commodore history where they defeated a ranked team.

Schedule

September 27at Purdue*

W 3–0 October 4Tennessee Tech*

W 42–0 October 11at Kentucky

W 39–15 October 18Georgia TechNo. 18

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

W 14–7 October 25PrincetonNo. 15

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

W 46–7 November 1TulaneNo. 10

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

L 14–34 November 8Sewanee

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)

W 20–0 November 16at Louisville*Louisville, KYW 68–0 November 22No. 7 Alabama

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

W 7–0 November 29at TennesseeNo. 12

L 7–26

Template:CFB Schedule End [2]

References

  1. ^ Alabama Crimson Tide 1941 Season Summary (PDF copy at www.rolltide.com)
  2. ^ "Coaching Records Game by Game: Red Sanders 1941". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved September 3, 2014.