1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football
SIAA Co-Champions
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1899 record 7–2 (4–0 SIAA)
Head coach J. L. Crane (1st year)
Captain Walter H. Simmons
Home stadium Dudley Field
1899 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Sewanee § 11 – 0 – 0     12 – 0 – 0
Vanderbilt § 4 – 0 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Alabama 1 – 0 – 0     3 – 1 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Auburn 2 – 1 – 1     3 – 1 – 1
Texas 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
Clemson 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 2 – 0
Georgia 2 – 3 – 1     2 – 3 – 1
Ole Miss 2 – 3 – 0     3 – 4 – 0
LSU 1 – 3 – 0     1 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 1 – 0     5 – 2 – 2
SW Presbyterian 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
Nashville 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
Davidson 0 – 2 – 0     0 – 2 – 0
Cumberland 0 – 2 – 0     0 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 0 – 4 – 0     0 – 5 – 0
Tulane 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 6 – 1
§ – Conference co-champions

The 1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1899 college football season. The Commodores were coached by James L. Crane, in his first year as head coach. Quarterback Frank Godchaux, the father of Frank Godchaux, Jr., from Abbeville, Louisiana, who transferred from LSU to Vanderbilt in 1897, lettered this year in football.[1] After football he became a self-made business magnate of a successful rice milling company.[2] Grantland Rice lettered at end.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 6 at Cumberland College Cumberland, TN W 32–0  
October 13 Miami (OH) Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 12–0  
October 20 Cincinnati L 0–6  
October 28 Indiana Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 0–22  
November 4 vs. Ole Miss Memphis, TN (Rivalry) W 11–0  
November 11 Bethel College Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 22–0  
November 18 Texas Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 6–0  
November 25 Centre Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 21–16  
November 30 University of Nashville (Peabody) Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 5–0  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Central Time.

References

  1. ↑ Couch, Ernie (2001). SEC Football Trivia. Thomas Nelson Inc.
  2. ↑ Kathy Rivers. "Godchaux Family".
  3. ↑ John A. Simpson. The Greatest Game Ever Played In Dixie. p. 27.