1908 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1908 Vanderbilt Commodores football Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAA 7–2–1 3–0–1 Dan McGugin 5th Short punt Vaughn Blake Dudley Field The 1908 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team's head coach was Dan McGugin, who served his fifth season in that capacity. Members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA), the Commodores played eight home games in Nashville, Tennessee and finished the season with a record of 7–2–1 overall and 3–0–1 in SIAA. On October 17, 1908, Vanderbilt played the school's 137th game, against Clemson, winning the contest 41–0 for the schools' 100th victory. Edwin Pope notes that 1908 was not a successful year for Vanderbilt, due to an inexperienced team, made up of many sophomores. https://archive.org/stream/fottballsgreates00pope#page/340/mode/2up Football's Greatest Coaches Edwin Pope Edwin Pope 340, 342 Schedule September 26 w y 1908 Southwestern Presbyterian Southwestern Presbyterian Dudley Field Nashville, TN 11–5 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-close-call-for-the-commod/146982661/ The Nashville American Close call for the Commodores September 27, 1908 May 10, 2024 Newspapers.com October 3 w y 1908 Maryville Scots Maryville (TN) Dudley Field Nashville, TN 32–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-walkover-for-vandy-w/146982770/ The Atlanta Journal Walkover for Vandy with Maryville team October 4, 1908 May 10, 2024 Newspapers.com October 10 w y 1908 Rose Polytechnic Rose Polytechnic Dudley Field Nashville, TN 32–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-vanderbilt-is-held/146982865/ The Indianapolis Star Vanderbilt is held to 32 to 0 score by Poly October 11, 1908 May 10, 2024 Newspapers.com October 17 w Clemson Dudley Field Nashville, TN 41–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-easy-victory-for-van/146982953/ The Courier-Journal Easy victory for Vanderbilt October 18, 1908 May 10, 2024 Newspapers.com October 24 w Ole Miss Dudley Field Nashville, TN rivalry 29–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times-vanderbilt-victo/140940791/ The Chattanooga Daily Times Vanderbilt victorious; Defeats Mississippi by score of 29 to 0 October 25, 1908 February 14, 2024 Newspapers.com October 31 l y y Michigan Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI 6–24 https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-michigan-crushes-the/146983042/ The Detroit Free Press Michigan crushes the dreaded Vanderbilt team November 1, 1908 May 10, 2024 Newspapers.com November 7 w Tennessee Dudley Field Nashville, TN rivalry 16–9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82689302/gold-and-black-of-vanderbilt-waves-trium/ The Nashville American Gold and black of Vanderbilt November 8, 1908 August 2, 2021 Newspapers.com November 14 l y Ohio State Dudley Field Nashville, TN 6–17 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-ohio-state-varsity-defeats-van/146983182/ The State Ohio State varsity defeats Vanderbilt November 15, 1908 May 10, 2024 Newspapers.com November 21 3:00 p.m. w y y Washington University Francis Field St. Louis, MO 28–0 6,000 Cayou's Eleven In Shape For Great Battle https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/128390370/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri November 21, 1908 8 July 17, 2023 Newspapers.com Washington U. Beaten by the Forward Pass https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/128390287/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri November 22, 1908 1S July 17, 2023 Newspapers.com November 26 t Sewanee Dudley Field Nashville, TN rivalry 6–6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3194745/the_atlanta_constitution/ Sewanee fights Vandy a tie The Atlanta Constitution November 27, 1908 December 17, 2023 Newspapers.com http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1546&year=1908 Coaching Records Game by Game: Dan McGugin 1908 College Football Data Warehouse 2014-09-01 2014-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903104843/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1546&year=1908 dead Game summaries Michigan Before Vanderbilt played Michigan, Louis Hasslock had been on duty at Reelfoot Lake with a militia who were to guard against night riders. When he learned he could be granted a leave of absence if he were to join his football team, he walked a distance of twenty miles through a country infested with night riders, and caught a train at Union City.http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069133/1908-10-30/ed-1/seq-8/ The Winchester News October 30, 1908 Walks Many Miles To Join Football Team Tennessee thumb|upright=.65|Ray Morrison saved a touchdown in 1908. The Volunteers had compiled four wins in conference play. It was widely considered the best Tennessee football season up to that point.https://books.google.com/books?id=USsSAQAAMAAJ&q=1908+leach Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football 1982 34 9780880110716 Fields Bud Bertucci Bob Vanderbilt won the match between the two schools 16 to 9. Walker Leach made a 41-yard field goal to put the Vols up 4 to 0. "This seemed to arouse the local team" and Vanderbilt drove down the field for a touchdown. On a fake kick, Leach circled Vanderbilt's left end for 60 yards. Ray Morrison stopped him short of the goal.https://books.google.com/books?id=NiDOAAAAMAAJ&q=football Vanderbilt University Quarterly 28–35 Vanderbilt Athletics 1909 9 Nathan Dougherty was on Tennessee's squad. Players Varsity letterwinners "Wearers of the V."https://books.google.com/books?id=NiDOAAAAMAAJ&q=football Vanderbilt University Quarterly 35 Meeting of the Executive Committee 1909 9 Line Vanderbilt Commodores Player Position Gamesstarted Hometown Prep school Height Weight AgeVaughn Blake end Cuero, Texas Bowen School 160 20Cecil Covington end Ewing Y. Freelandtackle Turnersville, Texas 21R. B. Hager tackle Louis Hasslockguard Nashville, TennesseeMontgomery Bell Academy 173 20Bruce McGehee end Fatty McLain center 196 23Andrew Powell guard E. B. Ross guard Backfield Vanderbilt Commodores Player Position Gamesstarted Hometown Prep school Height Weight AgeGuy Crawfordhalfback Will Metzgerhalfback Nashville, Tennessee 6'1" 175 18Ray Morrison quarterback Sugar Branch, Indiana McTyiere School for Boys 23David Morton fullback Louisville, Kentucky Branham & Hughes School Henry Williams halfback References Vanderbilt Category:Vanderbilt Commodores football seasons Vanderbilt Commodores football