1906 Carlisle vs. Vanderbilt football game

August 2023 1906 Carlisle Indians vs. Vanderbilt Commodores football game 1906 Carlisle Indians Carlisle Industrial School Vanderbilt Commodores 8–2 6–1 Bemus Pierce Dan McGugin 0 0 4 0 November 22, 1906 Dudley Field Nashville, Tennessee Mike Thompson The 1906 Carlisle vs. Vanderbilt football game, played November 22, 1906, was a college football game between the Carlisle Indians and Vanderbilt Commodores. Vanderbilt defeated the northern school by a single, 17-yard Bob Blake field goal,Daily Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2054543/daily_press/ Vanderbilt Beats Carlisle November 23, 1906 Newspapers.com March 24, 2015 Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin described the win as "the crowning feat of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association season."https://books.google.com/books?id=Vws7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA49 The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide Football In Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Dan McGugin 1907 49 The 1906 Vanderbilt team had one of the greatest seasons in school history, once rated by Innis Brown as the best the South ever had.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1944523// Atlanta Constitution Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had February 19, 1911 March 8, 2015 52 Newspapers.com Background left 400 1906Vandy.jpg Carlisle football team 1906.jpg Vanderbilt players (left) and Carlisle team of 1906 On November 11, Vanderbilt accepted a challenge of the Carlisle team for a game in Nashville. The Indians were given the choice of November 22, 23, or 24.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2054556// The Houston Post Newspapers.com March 24, 2015 3 November 12, 1906 Vanderbilt and Carlisle The Nashville Banner predicted it would be "the greatest game the south ever saw." The game started forty-five minutes late to accommodate the large crowd.Vanderbilt Football: Tales of Commodore Gridiron History Bill Traughber One source claims the Carlisle Indians failed to receive supplies on the trip to Nashville, including their receiving carboys emptied of water. "The Indians had the poorest kind of accommodations at Nashville, and on account of the change of water every one of them became ill."https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2054594/the_sun/ The Sun 12 Newspapers.com March 24, 2015 November 27, 1906 In The Football World Game summary Frank Mount Pleasant had four field goal attempts, but missed them all.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2054549/the_inter_ocean/ Vanderbilt The Winner The InterOcean November 23, 1906 March 24, 2015 4 Newspapers.com John Heisman wrote "Manier bucked the Indians' line. Costen handled the ball surely and well downed Mt. Pleasant in his tracks on most of Blake's punts...I am still convinced that outside Yale and Princeton, the Commodores would have an even break with any other team in the country." Aftermath thumb|right|130px|Albert Exendine was described as "the fastest end ever seen" Atlanta Constitution sporting editor A. W. Lynn wrote "The general surprises are numerous enough, but the largest particular one was the Commodore–Indian contest, when Vanderbilt took off the greatest honors ever falling to the lot of a southern football team in the hardest battle ever fought on a southern gridiron.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1922403// Newspapers.com March 4, 2015 Surprises The Rule During Past Season The Atlanta Constitution December 2, 1906 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2054516/the_atlanta_constitution/ Atlanta Constitution 5 March 24, 2015 November 25, 1906 Vandy's Great Victory Will Live In History Alex Lynn Newspapers.com Edwin Pope's Football's Greatest Coaches describes the game as the first intersectional triumph of the south. Vanderbilt running back Honus Craig called this his hardest game, giving special praise to Albert Exendine as "the fastest end I ever saw."http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth315562/m1/6/zoom/ "Honus" Craig, All-Southern Right Halfback---He Talks April 25, 1909 Abilene Daily Reporter dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093558/http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark%3A/67531/metapth315562/m1/6/zoom/ March 4, 2016 Players The starting lineup for Vanderbilt was V. Blake (left end); Pritchard (left tackle); McLain (left guard); Stone (center); Chorn (right guard); E. Noel (right tackle); B. Blake (right end); Costen (quarterback); D. Blake (left halfback); Craig (right halfback); Manier (fullback). References Category:1906 college football season vs. Vanderbilt 1906 vs. Carlisle 1906 Category:November 1906 sports events in the United States Category:1906 in sports in Tennessee