1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football 1899Vandy.jpg 285 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAA 7–2 5–0 James L. Crane 1st Walter H. Simmons Dudley Field The 1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Commodores were coached by James L. Crane, in his first year as head coach. Quarterback Frank Godchaux Sr., the father of Frank Godchaux, from Abbeville, Louisiana, who transferred from LSU to Vanderbilt in 1897, lettered this year in football. SEC Football Trivia Couch Ernie Thomas Nelson Inc 2001 After football, he became a self-made business magnate of a successful rice milling company.http://www.nursing.vanderbilt.edu/nurse/FA08/1008/godchaux_family.html Godchaux Family Kathy Rivers dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141025103807/http://www.nursing.vanderbilt.edu/nurse/FA08/1008/godchaux_family.html October 25, 2014 Grantland Rice lettered at end.The Greatest Game Ever Played In Dixie John A. Simpson 27 Schedule October 6 w y 1899 Cumberland Bulldogs Cumberland (TN) Cumberland, TN 32–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner-cemberland-university-t/145715980/ Nashville Banner Cumberland University team defeated by the Vanderbilt team October 7, 1899 April 20, 2024 Newspapers.com October 14 w y Miami (OH) Dudley Field Nashville, TN 12–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-vanderbilt-12-miami/145716127/ The Courier-Journal Vanderbilt 12, Miami 0 October 15, 1899 April 20, 2024 Newspapers.com October 21 3:30 p.m. l y Cincinnati Dudley Field Nashville, TN 0–6 1,000 Who Will Win—Vanderbilt and Cincinnati Meet To-Morrow Afternoon https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121295325/nashville-banner/ Nashville Banner Nashville, Tennessee October 20, 1899 2 March 20, 2023 Newspapers.com To Cincinnati Comes Victory https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121295429/the-tennessean/ The Nashville American Nashville, Tennessee October 22, 1899 5 March 20, 2023 Newspapers.com October 30 l y Indiana Dudley Field Nashville, TN 0–20 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-indiana-wins-vand/145716338/ The Indianapolis News Indiana wins; Vanderbilt University defeated by a score of 20 to 0 October 31, 1899 April 20, 2024 Newspapers.com November 4 w y Ole Miss Billings Park Memphis, TN rivalry 11–0 Not A Brilliant Contest https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99029978/the-commercial-appeal/ The Commercial Appeal Memphis, Tennessee November 5, 1899 3 April 3, 2022 Newspapers.com November 11 w y Bethel (KY) Dudley Field Nashville, TN 22–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-vanderbilt-22-bet/145716468/ The Commercial Appeal Vanderbilt 22, Bethel College 0 November 12, 1899 April 20, 2024 Newspapers.com November 18 w Texas Dudley Field Nashville, TN 6–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-texas-up-again/145715529/ The Montgomery Advertiser Texas up against it again November 19, 1899 April 20, 2024 Newspapers.com November 25 w 1899 Central Colonels Central (KY) Dudley Field Nashville, TN 21–16 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-and-tribune-vanderbilt-defea/145716587/ The Journal and Tribune Vanderbilt defeated Central University, score 21 to 16 November 26, 1899 April 20, 2024 Newspapers.com November 30 2:30 p.m. w Nashville Dudley Field Nashville, TN 5–0 4,000 To-morrow's Game Will Be Great https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner/128869648/ Nashville Banner Nashville, Tennessee November 29, 1899 8 July 25, 2023 Newspapers.com Thanksgiving Game On Dudley Field https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105888762/the-tennessean/ The Nashville American Nashville, Tennessee December 1, 1899 2 July 19, 2022 Newspapers.com References Vanderbilt Category:Vanderbilt Commodores football seasons Vanderbilt Commodores football