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1941 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1941 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
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 27, 1941at Purdue*West Lafayette, INW 3–0 October 4, 1941Tennessee Tech*

W 42–0 October 11, 1941at KentuckyLexington, KY (Rivalry)W 39–15 October 18, 1941Georgia TechNo. 18

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

W 14–7 October 25, 1941PrincetonNo. 15

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

W 46–7 November 1, 1941TulaneNo. 10

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

L 14–34 November 8, 1941Sewanee

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)

W 20–0 November 16, 1941at Louisville*Louisville, KYW 68–0 November 22, 1941No. 7 Alabama

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

W 7–0 November 29, 1941at TennesseeNo. 12Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)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.