1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1948 college football season. This was Henry Russell Sanders's last season as the Commodores' head coach. Vanderbilt lost their first game of the season to Georgia Tech, tied their second with Alabama, and then lost the next to Mississippi, who finished the season 8–1. Vanderbilt won the last eight games of the season, which ties as the school's second longest and remained the longest win streak for the program until a seven-game streak to end the 2012 season. The 1948 Vanderbilt team outscored their opponents 328 to 73 and posted four shutouts. The Commodores played only four home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. Lee Nalley broke the record for punt return yardage.

1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 12
1948 record8–2–1 (4–2–1 SEC)
Head coachRed Sanders (3rd year of 2nd stint; 6th overall season)
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainJohn Clark
Home stadiumDudley Field
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 0 0  9 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 1 0  8 1 0
No. 13 Tulane 5 1 0  9 1 0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 2 1  8 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 0  7 3 0
Alabama 4 4 1  6 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 0  4 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 1  4 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 1  5 3 2
Florida 1 5 0  5 5 0
LSU 1 5 0  3 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0  1 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 25Georgia Tech
L 0–13
October 2at Alabama
T 14–14
October 9at No. 13 Ole Miss
L 7–20
October 16at KentuckyW 26–7
October 23at Yale*W 35–0
October 29at AuburnW 47–0
November 6LSU
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 48–7
November 13Marshall*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 56–0
November 20at Maryland*W 34–0
November 27TennesseeNo. 15
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 28–6
December 3at Miami (FL)*No. 12
W 33–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Coaching Records Game by Game: Harry R. "Red" Sanders 1948". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-09-14.


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