1940 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1940 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
1940 record	3–6–1 (1–5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Red Sanders (1st year)
Captain	John Ellis
Home stadium	Dudley Field

	Conf					Overall
1940 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Tennessee †	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#9 Mississippi State	4	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
LSU	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Georgia	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Florida	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	2	–	2	5	–	3	–	2
Tulane	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Georgia Tech	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	1	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1940 college football season. The Commodores were led by Red Sanders, in his first season as head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt went 3–6–1 overall and 1–5–1 in conference play. The Commodores played their seven home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 28, 1940	Washington & Lee*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 19–0
October 5, 1940	at Princeton*	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	L 6–7
October 12, 1940	Kentucky	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	T 7–7
October 19, 1940	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 0–19
October 26, 1940	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–7
November 2, 1940	Ole Miss	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	L 7–13
November 9, 1940	Sewanee	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 20–0
November 16, 1940	Tennessee Tech*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 21–0
November 23, 1940	#17 Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	L 21–25
November 30, 1940	#6 Tennessee	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	L 0–20
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

↑ "Coaching Records Game by Game: Red Sanders 1940". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

Vanderbilt Commodores football

Venues	Curry Field (1892–1921) Vanderbilt Stadium (1922–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee

Culture & lore	Mr. C "Dynamite" Spirit of Gold Marching Band 1906 Carlisle vs. Vanderbilt football game 1910 Vanderbilt vs. Yale football game 1922 Michigan vs. Vanderbilt football game

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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