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1936 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1936 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3—5—1 (1—3—1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainDick Plasman
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 LSU $ 6 0 0 9 1 1
No. 4 Alabama 5 0 1 8 0 1
Auburn 4 1 1 7 2 2
No. 17 Tennessee 3 1 2 6 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 0 7 3 1
Georgia 3 3 0 5 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 3 1 5 5 1
Tulane 2 3 1 6 3 1
Vanderbilt 1 3 1 3 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 0 6 4 0
Florida 1 5 0 4 6 0
Ole Miss 0 3 1 5 5 2
Sewanee 0 5 0 0 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1936 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1936 college football season. The Commodores were led by Ray Morrison, who served in his second stint and third year overall as head coach. Vanderbilt went 3—5—1 overall and 1—3—1 in conference play, finishing ninth in the Southeastern Conference. They played their six home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt began the season by shutting out Middle Tennessee and Chicago, but did not score a point over the next four games before shutting Sewanee for their third win of the season. On October 17, the Commodores lost, 16–0, to SMU, for which Morrison had previously served as head coach for 16 seasons.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26Middle Tennessee*W 45–0
October 3at Chicago*W 37–0
October 10Southwestern (TN)*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–12
October 17at SMU*L 0–16
October 24Georgia Tech
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
T 0–0
October 31No. 8 LSU
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–19
November 9Sewaneedagger
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 14–0
November 14Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 13–26
November 25at No. 3 AlabamaL 6–1425,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "Coaching Records Game by Game: Ray Morrison 1936". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 21, 2012.