1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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, 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]

1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1899 record7–2 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainWalter H. Simmons
Home stadiumDudley Field
1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee $ 11 0 012 0 0
Vanderbilt 5 0 07 2 0
Alabama 1 0 03 1 0
Nashville 3 1 03 1 0
Tennessee 2 1 06 2 0
Auburn 2 1 13 1 1
Texas 3 2 06 2 0
North Carolina 1 1 07 3 0
Ole Miss 3 4 03 4 0
Georgia 2 3 12 3 1
Clemson 1 2 04 2 0
Central (KY) 1 2 01 2 0
LSU 1 3 01 4 0
Kentucky State 0 1 05 2 2
SW Presbyterian 0 1 01 1 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 3 00 3 0
Georgia Tech 0 5 00 5 0
Tulane 0 5 00 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6at Cumberland (TN)Cumberland, TNW 32–0
October 13Miami (OH)*W 12–0
October 20Cincinnati*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–6
October 28Indiana*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–22
November 4vs. Ole Miss
W 11–0[4]
November 11Bethel (TN)*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 22–0
November 18Texas
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 6–0
November 25Central (KY)
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 21–16
November 30Nashville
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 5–0
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. Couch, Ernie (2001). SEC Football Trivia. Thomas Nelson Inc.
  2. Kathy Rivers. "Godchaux Family". Archived from the original on October 25, 2014.
  3. John A. Simpson. The Greatest Game Ever Played In Dixie. p. 27.
  4. "Not A Brilliant Contest". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. November 5, 1899. p. 3. Retrieved April 3, 2022 via Newspapers.com .
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