1916 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1916 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1916 record 7–1–1 (4–1–1 SIAA)
Head coach Dan McGugin (13th year)
Offensive scheme Short-punt
Captain Irby Curry
Home stadium Dudley Field
1916 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia Tech + 5 – 0 – 0     8 – 0 – 1
Tennessee + 6 – 0 – 1     8 – 0 – 1
Georgetown (KY) 1 – 0 – 0     2 – 0 – 0
Vanderbilt 4 – 1 – 1     7 – 1 – 1
Auburn 6 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
The Citadel 3 – 1 – 0     6 – 1 – 1
LSU 3 – 1 – 1     7 – 1 – 2
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Tulane 2 – 1 – 1     4 – 3 – 1
Kentucky 2 – 1 – 2     4 – 1 – 2
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Sewanee 2 – 2 – 2     5 – 2 – 2
Transylvania 2 – 2 – 0     2 – 2 – 0
Mississippi A&M 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 1
Mississippi College 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 3 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Clemson 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Furman 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Centre 0 – 1 – 2     5 – 1 – 3
Louisville 0 – 2 – 1     2 – 3 – 1
Howard 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
Wofford 0 – 2 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Mercer 0 – 3 – 0     1 – 6 – 0
Chattanooga 0 – 3 – 0     0 – 4 – 0
Florida 0 – 4 – 0     0 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 6 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1916 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1916 college football season. The 1916 season was Dan McGugin's 13th year as head coach. Quarterback Rabbit Curry was selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 30 Rhodes* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 86–0  
October 7 Transylvania* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 42–0  
October 14 at Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY (Rivalry) W 45–0  
October 21 Ole Miss Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) W 35–0  
October 28 Virginia Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 27–6  
November 4 Rose Polytechnic* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 67–0  
November 11 at Tennessee 15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry) L 6–10  
November 18 at Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL W 20–9  
November 25 Sewanee Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) T 0–0  
*Non-conference game.

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Season summary

Tennessee

Tennessee upset Vanderbilt 10 to 6 in 1916. Vanderbilt's lone score came on a 70-yard run by Rabbit Curry. The year's only unanimous All-Southern Graham Vowell scored Tennessee's winning touchdown.[2]

Auburn

Vanderbilt at Auburn
1 234Total
• Vanderbilt 7 0013 20
Auburn 0 630 9

Vanderbilt eliminated Auburn from SIAA title contention by a 20–9 score. Josh Cody carried the ball over for the first touchdown.[3] Rabbit Curry played well at the start, but could not play the entire game due to an ankle injury.[3] Moon Ducote made a 45-yard field goal in the third quarter to put the Tigers up 9–7.[3] With the help of the forward pass, the Commodores scored two further touchdowns in the last quarter.[3]

The starting lineup was Zerfoss (left end), Cody (left tackle), Williams (left guard), Hamilton (center), Carman (right guard), Lipscomb (right tackle), Cohen (right end), Curry (quarterback), Richardson (left halfback), Beasley (right halfback), Ray (fullback).[3]

Sewanee

Vanderbilt and rival Sewanee fought to a scoreless tie. Red Floyd fumbled in the shadow of the goalpost.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "1916 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results".
  2. ↑ "Defeat of Vandy Was Big Surprise". The Charlotte Observer. November 13, 1916. p. 6. Retrieved March 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Vanderbilt Took Good Game From The Auburn Team". Winston-Salem Journal. November 19, 1916. p. 6. Retrieved May 22, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Vanderbilt 0, Sewanee 0". The Houston Post. December 1, 1916. p. 4. Retrieved May 13, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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