1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southern Conference
1935 record	7–3–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Ray Morrison (2nd season)
Home stadium	Dudley Field
Seasons

1935 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
LSU †	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Auburn	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Tulane	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Florida	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
† – Conference champion

The 1936 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1936 college football season. The Commodores were led by Ray Morrison, who was serving in the second stent as head and 2nd year overall as head coach. Vanderbilt went 7–3–1 Vanderbilt has been a member of the Southern Conference since 1932, the Commodores went 5–1 in conference play and and finished 2nd. They played their six home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The 5– 1 mark is the best record that Vanderbilt has had since joining the SEC. The five wins is the high mark for Vanderbilt and not matched until 2012 77 years.

Team captain was Charles W Geny, Vandy started out with three wins and then lost the next three, Vanderbilt bounced back by winning out the last 4 games, beating Georgia Tech, Rivals Sewanee and Tennessee and Alabama. In the 3 game slide Vandy lost to LSU who was 9-2 overall and 6-0 in SEC play. The is the best Vandy has been in the SEC to this day.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
September 21*	Union		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 34–0
September 28	Mississippi State		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–9
October 5*	Cumberland		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 32–7
October 12*	at Temple		Beury Stadium • Philadelphia, PA	L 3–6
October 19*	at Fordham		Coffey Field • The Bronx, NY	L 7–13
October 26	LSU		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 2–7
November 2	at Georgia Tech		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 14–13
November 19†	Sewanee		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 46–0
November 16	at Tennessee		Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 13–7
November 28	Alabama		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–6
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.