1892 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1892 Vanderbilt Commodores football 1892Vandy.jpg 285 Independent 4–4 Elliott Jones 3rd Elliott Jones Dudley Field The 1892 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1892 college football season. The team's head coach and team captain was Elliott H. Jones, who served his third and last season in that capacity. This was the first year for Vandy and University of Tennessee to play football also the first year to play at (Old) Dudley Field. The 1892 team was the oldest in the memory of Grantland Rice. He claimed Phil Connell then would be a good player in any era.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2402430/lincoln_evening_journal/ Lincoln Evening Journal November 24, 1937 12 Two of Year's Outstanding Games in South This Week Grantland Rice Grantland Rice May 13, 2015 Newspapers.com Schedule October 15 l y Sewanee Hardee Field Sewanee, TN rivalry 4–22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98388992/sewanee-leads-off-vanderbilt-yields-the/ Nashville Banner Sewanee leads off; Vanderbilt yields the first football game to the Mountain Boys October 17, 1892 March 25, 2022 Newspapers.com October 21 w Tennessee Dudley Field Nashville, TN rivalry 22–4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81030151/great-football-game-vanderbilt-vanquish/ Nashville Banner Great football game, Vanderbilt vanquishes the University of Tennessee eleven October 21, 1892 July 8, 2021 Newspapers.com October 29 w 1892 Nashville Garnet and Blue Nashville (Peabody Normal School) Dudley Field Nashville, TN 40–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98389361/the-vanderbilts-and-washingtons-will-eng/ Nashville Banner The Vanderbilts and Washingtons will engage in contest Saturday October 31, 1892 March 25, 2022 Newspapers.com November 5 l 1892 Washington University Washington University Dudley Field Nashville, TN 4–14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98389550/the-washingtons-win-vanderbilt-loses-a/ The Nashville American The Washingtons win; Vanderbilt loses a hotly contested game of 14 to 4 November 6, 1892 March 25, 2022 Newspapers.com November 12 l Sewanee Dudley Field Nashville, TN 14–28 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98389127/sewanee-beats-vanderbilt/ The Courier-Journal Sewanee leads off; Vanderbilt yields the first football game to the Mountain Boys November 13, 1892 March 25, 2022 Newspapers.com November 17 w y Tennessee Baseball Park Knoxville, TN 12–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81030750/u-of-t-blanked-vanderbilt-defeats-them/ The Journal and Tribune U of T blanked, Vanderbilt defeats them to the tune of 12 to 0 November 18, 1892 July 8, 2021 Newspapers.com November 19 w y Georgia Tech Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA rivalry 20–10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5580145/ The Atlanta Constitution The Techs were defeated but only after playing hard November 20, 1892 March 25, 2022 Newspapers.com November 24 l North Carolina Dudley Field Nashville, TN 0–24 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98389919/north-carolina-wins-a-magnificent-team/ Nashville Banner North Carolina wins; A magnificent team snatches a football victory from Vanderbilt University November 25, 1892 March 25, 2022 Newspapers.com References Vanderbilt Category:Vanderbilt Commodores football seasons Vanderbilt Commodores football